Jun 3

Jun 3 Ollie Bearman narrowly on pole, Jack Doohan third in Formula 2 Barcelona qualifying

Ollie Bearman edged to pole around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, just seven-hundredths of a second ahead of Enzo Fittipaldi and Jack Doohan.

Ollie Bearman went fastest on Friday to take Formula 2 pole at the Spanish Grand Prix. *(PREMA Racing)*

Fittipaldi was fastest after the first set of flying laps until Jack Doohan went to the top with a lap of 1:24.078.

With ten minutes remaining, a flurry of hot laps left Fittipaldi in the top spot once again before Bearman went quickest overall with a lap of 1:23.546.

“Everyone knows I made my life a bit more difficult than I needed to in Baku,” said Bearman, who set the fastest lap in Azerbaijan with bent steering.

“Today was a bit more of a standard session let's say. I had a good car underneath me and yeah, it was a nice session.”

“From the car it felt like I had loads of room. That clearly wasn't the case but you know it’s a 1ualifying lap, you have to give it everything.”

“It was a decent lap. They’re never perfect. We've had like three push laps today, so there's always places where you're like I could have found a bit more time there. But it's just about putting it all together and we managed that today.”

Ollie Bearman celebrates Formula 2 pole position in Spain. *(Formula Motorsport Limited)*

Amaury Cordeel will start the reverse-grid sprint race on pole after qualifying tenth, with Jak Crawford alongside him on the front row.

Monao race-winner and championship leader Frederik Vesti qualified eighth, with the Spanish Grand Prix promising to mix up the standings for yet another round of the Formula 2 season.