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F2: Mihai Marinescu dominates Portimao tests

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Khatir Soltani
Mihai Marinescu set the best performance at the end of two day of collective tests in Portimao, Portugal.

German driver Markus Pommer dominated the sessions on Wednesday, setting the quickest lap in the morning, then in the afternoon session, and was again the fastest driver on Thursday morning. But, on Thursday afternoon, Mihai Marinescu set his best lap in 1’33’’871, which put him in front of the classification of the four sessions cumulated.

F2 Mihai Marinescu
Steering wheel of Mihai Marinescu. (Photo: FormulaTwo.com)

The performances were very close during the last test session, as the romanian driver finally led Kevin Mirocha, from Poland, for only one thousand of a second, while British driver (and championship leader) Luciano Bacheta was only 78 thousands slower, and Pommer concluded the session 99 thousands of a second slower than Marinescu.

F2 Markus Pommer
Markus Pommer. (Photo: FormulaTwo.com)

The Portimao circuit will host the 3rd and 4th rounds of the Formula 2 championship, after both opening rounds presented in Silverstone were won by Luciano Bacheta.



Khatir Soltani
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