Ferrari F1 junior Callum Ilott takes maiden F2 pole in Italy
Callum Ilott claimed his first-ever Formula 2 pole position at Monz🅷a for the Sauber Junior team by Charouz in a rain-affecꦅted qualifying session.
In a ses𝓀sion disrupted by multiple flag periods and changeable conditions, Ilott’s early 1m33.887s proved unbeatable as wet weather hit in the closing stages of qualifying, earning him and his team a first pole.
The Ferrari junior dri▨ver is Charouz’s sole entry in Italy this weekend while teammate Juan Manuel Correa recovers from injuries he sustained in a crash that tragically killed Anthoine Hubert at Spa last weekend.
Callum ൩Ilott claimed his first-ever Formula 2 pole position at Monza for the Sauber Junior team by Charouz in a rain-affected qualifying session.
In a session disrupted by multiple flag periods and changeable conditions, Ilott’s early 1m33.887s proved unbeatable as wet weather hit in the closing stages of qualifyi𒀰ng, earning him and his team a first pole.
Th🃏e Ferrari junior driver is Charouz’s sole entry in Italy this weekend while teammate Juan Manuel Correa recovers from injuries he sustained in a crash that tragically killed Anthoine Hubert at Spa last weekend.
UNI-Virtuosiꦛ’s Guanyu Zhou will line-up alongside Ilott on the front-row of the grid for Saturday's feature race having set a time less than a tenth slower thaꦡn the Briton.
Nikita Mazepin was a fraction further behind in third for ART Grand Prix, with championship leader Nyck de Vries the only driver able to find improvement late in the session as 🦩he vaulted up to fourth, ahead of DAMS driver Sergio Sette Camar⛦a.
Despite causing a red flag with a spin at the second chic👍ane, Nobuharu Matsushita was able to set a laptime good enough for sixth on the grid, ahead of tit🐎le contender Nicholas Latifi.
Jordan King to🅘ok eighth for MP Motꦺorsport, with Prema’s Mick Schumacher and Carlin’s Louis Deletraz completing the top 10.
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