19-year-old Philippe Eng has taken his first Formula 2 pole position for Saturday's Round 7 at Brands Hatch in England. In a session full of incident, Eng eventually headed Spain's Andy Soucek with less than a tenth between the top three and a second covering the first seventeen cars.
Austrian Eng set his best time just before the session was red flagged after Pietro Gandolfi spun off at Clark Curve with five minutes to go.
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| Eng will have the best view of the starting lights on Saturday |
This led to a frantic shootout, with the majority of the cars taking to the circuit for one last shot at pole, and Andy Soucek took full advantage to leap up the leaderboard and take second place, missing the top spot by just 13 thousandths of a second. Sebastian Hohenthal took an impressive third with Henry Surtees the leading British driver in fourth.
Unfortunately, two very strong practice sessions came to nothing for Julien Jousse who crashed heavily at Turn 7 shortly after setting his fastest time of the session and took no further part, having sustained significant damage to the rear of the car.
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