Pulling flies in qualifying and achieves double pole at the F1 Academy in Miami

Abbi Pulling is the one who starts from pole position in both races of the F1 Academy Miami GP. In the classification held this Saturday morning (4), the Alpine starter on the grid set the best time, did not give her opponents an opening and secured the position of honor in the peloton.

Doriane Pin and Pulling were the names that started the stage on the right foot. The Frenchwoman led the first free practice session on Friday, while the British driver, who leads the championship, was the fastest in the second session of the weekend.

Then, lights off and riders released for the 30-minute session on the Miami urban circuit. Once the clock started running, it didn’t take long for them to head out for their installation laps before starting to record attack laps.

In fact, the Alpine starter was the one who started with the fastest lap, clocking 1min59s882, followed by the Mercedes representative who clocked 0s157 slower. Maya Weug, Chloe Chambers and Bianca Bustamante completed the top five positions.

With 19 minutes left until the checkered flag, Maya jumped into first place with 1min59s555, with Pulling and Pin following. At this time, some of the drivers were in the pits making their first adjustments and tire changes.

With 13 minutes to go until the end of the classification, there weren’t many changes in the table at the moment. Weug, who represents Ferrari in 2024, still had provisional pole position, followed by Pulling at just 0.024, with Pin, Chambers, Nerea Martí, Tina Haussmann, Amna al Qubaisi, Jessica Edgar, Bustamante and Hamda al Qubaisi closing the gap. top-10. At this time, Aurélia Nobels was 16th.

Courtney Crose is the wild-card driver for the Miami stage of the F1 Academy. In the final straight of the timings, she was in 12th place, opening a fast lap to try to improve her position.

Between the lead, now being Abbi, and Hamda, who was in 11th, the riders were separated by just 1s080, showing great balance in the classification.

The session was getting closer and closer to the end and the provisional pole changed hands, going to Bianca, from McLaren, who clocked 1min59s122. The one who also improved was Aurélia, Brazilian, who was in sixth place, 0.499 seconds behind the time of first place.

But Pulling was flying at the F1 Academy weekend in Miami. The British competitor completed a lap no less than 0s4 faster than her previous time and once again jumped to the top, being the first to run under 1min59s.

Two minutes to go and therefore the last chance for a quick lap. The order was with Pulling in first, followed by Pin, Hamda, Bustamante and Weug rounding out the top five positions. Nobels appeared in eighth.

With the classification closed, Pulling is the one who starts from pole position at the F1 Academy Miami GP. Pin, Hamda al Qubaisi, Bustamante, Weug and Martí complete the first three rows. In addition to the position of honor in race 1, Abbi also starts at the front in race 2.

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