Felipe Drugovich took pole position for the Formula 2 feature race in Jeddah in a qualifying session which saw no fewer than three red flags in half an hour.
F2’s only practice session was disrupted by two heavy crashes earlier in the day. As a consequence of his crash, Cem Bolukbasi was taken to a local hospital for precautionary checks and therefore unable to compete in qualifying.
Theo Pourchaire was able to take part after his heavy crash in the final 10 minutes of free practice. However, with 18 minutes of the qualifying session remaining he was forced to pull his ART over to the side of the track, with a fire in the engine bay. Pourchaire, who had to extinguish his car following his crash in free practice, was forced to do so again.
At the time, drivers had only set their first laps, with Ralph Boschung leading the times for Campos, with a 1’41.538. The clock was stopped during the retrieval of Pourchaire’s car and drivers were sent out again with slightly over 18 minutes…