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F2: Monras and Zanella quickest in Barcelona

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Khatir Soltani
Miki Monras and Christian Zanella set the best performances during the two days of collective testing in Barcelona, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Monras, from Spain, who ended fourth in 2011 F2 championship, was fastest on day 1 ahead of Romanian driver Mihai Marinescu (5th in this year’s championship) and 2011 runner-up Christian Zanella, from Switzerland.

F2 Barcelona
Photo: Formula Two


On Wednesday, Zanella set the best time in front of Markus Pommer, who ran the 2011 German F3 championship, and Marinescu. In total, 18 drivers took part to the tests.

In parallel, the 2011 champion, Mirko Bortolotti, was doing some development runs with the new F2 car. The single-seater is still built by Williams and will make its debuts next season.



Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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