Red Bull F1 training Ayumu Iwasa won F2’s first pole position in qualifying for Round 10 of the FIA F2 Championship.
Ayumu Iwasa (DAMS) marked 1’27.930 in qualifying held at the Hungaroring. 0.381 seconds ahead of Marcus Armstrong (Hitech) in 2nd place to win F2’s first pole position. Starting Sunday’s feature race from the top.
Ayumu Iwasa said, “I was surprised by the gap behind, but I was quite far from pole position and I wasn’t able to complete the first lap, so to be honest, I was nervous until the last push.” comment.
“I was very nervous. I was finally able to wrap it up on the last lap. The car was pretty nervous on the first run. Then I made some changes and worked on the second run. Everything was good. I think it turned out well, and I was able to do a pretty good lap.”
“Honestly, this is one of my favorite tracks. I like technical tracks like this and I was pretty confident in my driving. I knew in free practice that the car had good potential. So I was confident to get pole position, but I thought it would be quite difficult in the last run, but I think the car set-up worked really well and I think I improved my driving throughout the session. .It was good”
