Last-gasp Luciano Bacheta grabs Brands Hatch Formula 2 pole
Luciano Bacheta will start Saturday's Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch from pole position after snatching the top spot in the final seconds of the session
On a wet track that never quite dried out enough for slicks, Bacheta played the conditions to perfection to deny Russian Max Snegirev a shock pole position by over half a second.
Points leader Bacheta had been among the pacesetters from the off, but with the track drying throughout, pole was always going to be decided in the dying moments. It changed hands three times in under a minute, with first Kevin Mirocha, then Snegirev and finally Bacheta going fastest.
Only one driver made a successful switch to slicks, with Brit Dino Zamperelli securing fourth spot - his best result of the season - on the grid for Saturday afternoon's race with a solid late effort.
There were problems for the free practice pacesetter Markus Pommer. The German will start 16th and last after technical problems forced him to miss the second half of the 30-minute session. Christopher Zanella, second in the championship, starts eighth.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Luciano Bacheta 1m22.806s 2. Maxim Snegirev 1m23.367s + 0.561s 3. Kevin Mirocha 1m23.971s + 1.165s 4. Dino Zamparelli 1m24.034s + 1.228s 5. Matheo Tuscher 1m24.316s + 1.510s 6. Mihai Marinescu 1m24.482s + 1.676s 7. Alex Fontana 1m24.901s + 2.095s 8. Christopher Zanella 1m25.114s + 2.308s 9. Daniel McKenzie 1m25.179s + 2.373s 10. Kourosh Khani 1m25.241s + 2.435s 11. Axcil Jefferies 1m25.347s + 2.541s 12. Hector Hurst 1m25.531s + 2.725s 13. David Zhu 1m26.223s + 3.417s 14. Mauro Calamia 1m26.397s + 3.591s 15. Plamen Kralev 1m26.562s + 3.756s 16. Markus Pommer 1m28.101s + 5.295s
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