Ferrari junior Callum Ilott shouldn’t be giving up the Components 2 Championship battle with out a battle, slashing Mick Schumacher’s lead on the high of the desk to simply 18 factors, together with his fifth pole place of the season in Bahrain qualifying.
The UNI-Virtuosi driver was flawless as he dominated the session from begin to end, setting his quickest laptime within the first half of the session to take provisional pole by 0.391s, forward of Felipe Drugovich and Dan Ticktum.
F2: How the title could be decided in Mick Schumacher’s favour in Bahrain – and who can stop him
Championship chief Mick Schumacher may solely handle P10, with the PREMA racer eight tenths off the tempo in Sakhir.
Schumacher wasn’t the one title challenger who endured a troublesome afternoon as Yuki Tsunoda did not set a laptime. The Purple Bull junior spun at Flip 12 and was unable to get his automobile going once more, forcing him into retirement.
Ilott can be eying up a fourth win of the season within the Characteristic Race on Saturday at 1210 (native time), whereas Schumacher can be requiring one other one among his trademark robust begins if he’s to stop his FDA rival from additional closing the hole within the Championship battle.
