Bulgarian Driver Nicola Tsolov Finishes Third in Free Practice in Montreal

Bulgarian Formula 2 driver Nicola Tsolov (Campos) finished in third place in free practice at the Montreal circuit, where the third round of the season is being held. The best time of the Bulgarian driver was 1.22,625 minutes, just 0.101 seconds behind Alex Dunne (Roding), who led the rankings, with the second spot going to Roding's other driver, Martinus Stenshorne, just 0.012 seconds behind.

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TOP 10 IN PRACTICE 👇🇨🇦

Dunne 📸
Stenshorne
Tsolov
Varrone
Beganovic
Leon
van Hoepen
Dürksen
Herta
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Tsolov's Performance in Detail

Tsolov, who is leading the Formula 2 rankings after the first two rounds, emerged third in his first fast lap, 0.747 seconds behind Laurens van Hoepen (Trident), who led the race with a time of 1.24,100 minutes just 12 minutes after the start of the 45-minute practice session.

In his second fast lap, Tsolov was seventh, 0.964 seconds behind Joshua Dürksen (Invicta), who achieved a time of 1.23,519 minutes. Tsolov once again led the rankings in his third fast lap, setting record times in all three sectors, with a significant advantage in the second sector. Tsolov achieved a time of 1.23,124 minutes, finishing just 0.3 seconds behind the leader, Stenshorne, but was immediately pushed to second place by van Hoepen, who had a 0.019 seconds advantage. Dunne then took the lead, relegating Tsolov to third place.

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Tsolov's lap is ruined by a yellow flag in the final sector as Villagomez goes for a spin 😬#F2 #CanadianGP pic.twitter.com/RJPmTAvtyK

Final Moments of Practice

Nine minutes before the end of the session, Tsolov was again in a fast lap, with two record sectors, but just ahead of him, Rafael Villagomez (Van Amerfort) spun out at the exit of the last chicane and hit the Wall of Champions. Due to the yellow flags, Tsolov had to reduce his speed and even stopped to wait for Rafael before continuing, thus losing the chance to regain first place. Tsolov ended the practice session with a total of 20 laps, while Dunne and Stenshorne each recorded 25.