F2 Hungaroring: Alex Fontana sets pace in first practice

The Swiss/Greek driver only needed one run to outpace Kevin Mirocha by 0.2 seconds, thanks to his table-topping time of 1m34.787s.

After Thursday's pre-event test, there was not much impetus for drivers to take to the circuit; Daniel McKenzie being the only man to set a meaningful time inside the opening 10 minutes.

Eventually the front runners took to the track with Mihai Marinescu going fastest before ultimately dropping to third.

After going fastest in the test, Christopher Zanella ended the session in fourth position ahead of Markus Pommer and Matheo Tuscher.

Axcil Jefferies put in one of his strongest performances of the season so far with seventh quickest, just ahead of Luciano Bacheta, who could wrap up the championship this weekend, but is yet to show any signs of real pace so far.

McKenzie wound up ninth ahead of David Zhu, with debutant Richard Gonda ending the session 12th quickest.

Pos  Driver               Time       Gap
 1.  Alex Fontana         1m34.787s
 2.  Kevin Mirocha        1m34.974s  + 0.187s
 3.  Mihai Marinescu      1m35.025s  + 0.238s
 4.  Christopher Zanella  1m35.184s  + 0.397s
 5.  Markus Pommer        1m35.421s  + 0.634s
 6.  Matheo Tuscher       1m35.434s  + 0.647s
 7.  Axcil Jefferies      1m35.493s  + 0.706s
 8.  Luciano Bacheta      1m35.548s  + 0.761s
 9.  Daniel McKenzie      1m35.825s  + 1.038s
10.  David Zhu            1m36.064s  + 1.277s
11.  Hector Hurst         1m36.341s  + 1.554s
12.  Richard Gonda        1m36.404s  + 1.617s
13.  Plamen Kralev        1m36.674s  + 1.887s
14.  Max Snegirev         1m36.974s  + 2.187s
15.  Dino Zamparelli      No time