Rafael Camara Takes F2 Pole at Silverstone 2026

Rafael Camara secured pole position for the Formula 2 Feature Race at the 2026 British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit. The Invicta Racing driver recorded a 1:39.690 during the 30-minute grid-setting session.

Alex Dunne placed Rodin Motorsport second, 0.201 seconds behind the pole time. Kush Maini of ART Grand Prix finished only one thousandth behind Dunne and will start the Feature Race from third.

Roman Bilinski delivered fourth place for DAMS Lucas Oil, while Nikola Tsolov completed the top five for Campos Racing. Only 0.282 seconds separated the leading five drivers, underlining the competitive margins at Silverstone.

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Gabriele Mini qualified only 10th for MP Motorsport. However, the reverse-grid format means the championship leader will start Saturday’s Sprint Race from pole position alongside Ritomo Miyata on the front row.

Mini was investigated by the stewards for a potential unsafe release during qualifying. Following a review, no further action was taken, leaving the Italian driver’s result and starting positions unchanged.

Camara now holds a strategically important opportunity to reduce the championship deficit in the Feature Race. Changing weather, tyre degradation and Silverstone’s high-speed characteristics could nevertheless alter the competitive order, particularly with Dunne, Maini, Bilinski and Tsolov covered by such narrow margins.

2026 British Grand Prix F2 Qualifying Results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Rafael Camara	Invicta Racing	1:39.690
2	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.201
3	Kush Maini	ART Grand Prix	+0.202
4	Roman Bilinski	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.277
5	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	+0.282
6	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	ART Grand Prix	+0.553
7	Joshua Dürksen	Invicta Racing	+0.619
8	Rafael Villagomez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.638
9	Ritomo Miyata	Hitech	+0.672
10	Gabriele Mini	MP Motorsport	+0.692
11	Dino Beganovic	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.771
12	Mari Boya	Prema Racing	+0.780
13	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.796
14	Sebastian Montoya	Prema Racing	+0.839
15	Colton Herta	Hitech	+0.849
16	Noel Leon	Campos Racing	+0.857
17	Martinius Stenshorne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.858
18	John Bennett	Trident	+0.862
19	Nicolas Varrone	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.891
20	Laurens van Hoepen	Trident	+0.945
21	Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.	AIX Racing	+1.092
22	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+1.282

The results remain provisional. Camara will lead the Feature Race grid, while Mini and Miyata benefit from the top-10 reversal to start the Sprint Race from the front row.