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2026 Miami F2 qualifying: Maini on pole, Herta 14th, Stenshorne P3

Kush Maini claimed Miami F2 pole with a 1:39.888, edging Rafael Camara by 0.033s after a tight 30-minute session. Martinius Stenshorne was third but triggered late yellows with an engine failure, while Colton Herta qualified P14 after a final-run mistake. Laurens van Hoepen and Nikola Tsolov will start the reverse-grid Sprint from the front row, and Alex Dunne’s five-place penalty drops him to ninth for the Feature.
2026 Miami F2 qualifying: Maini on pole, Herta 14th, Stenshorne P3

Key Takeaways

  • 1.On the series’ first visit to the United States, Martinius Stenshorne completed the top three for Rodin Motorsport, 0.050s off Maini’s benchmark.
  • 2.Rodin’s Alex Dunne was fourth fastest, 0.169s back, but he will line up ninth for Sunday’s Feature Race due to a five-place grid drop carried over from the Melbourne opener.
  • 3.Nine-time IndyCar winner Colton Herta, who topped practice on home soil, qualified 14th for Hitech after a mistake on his final run.

Kush Maini put ART Grand Prix on pole for Formula 2 qualifying at the Miami International Autodrome, stopping the clock at 1:39.888 on May 1. The Indian driver edged Invicta Racing’s Rafael Camara by just 0.033s in a tightly contested 30-minute session held in support of the 2026 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix.

On the series’ first visit to the United States, Martinius Stenshorne completed the top three for Rodin Motorsport, 0.050s off Maini’s benchmark. His session ended prematurely when an engine failure with little more than a minute remaining brought out yellow flags, cutting short several final flying laps.

Rodin’s Alex Dunne was fourth fastest, 0.169s back, but he will line up ninth for Sunday’s Feature Race due to a five-place grid drop carried over from the Melbourne opener. MP Motorsport’s Gabriele Mini secured fifth, with Van Amersfoort Racing’s Nicolas Varrone in sixth.

Invicta’s Joshua Dürksen and MP’s Oliver Goethe took seventh and eighth, respectively. Laurens van Hoepen (Trident) and Nikola Tsolov (Campos Racing) rounded out the top 10 and will share the front row for the shorter reverse-grid Sprint race.

Nine-time IndyCar winner Colton Herta, who topped practice on home soil, qualified 14th for Hitech after a mistake on his final run. Behind the top 10, Dino Beganovic (DAMS Lucas Oil) was 11th, ART Grand Prix’s Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 12th, and Campos Racing’s Noel Leon 13th.

Further down the order, John Bennett took 15th. Prema Racing’s Mari Boya and Sebastian Montoya qualified 16th and 20th, respectively. Ritomo Miyata and Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. were 17th and 18th, followed by Rafael Villagomez in 19th, Roman Bilinski 21st, and Cian Shields 22nd.

The qualifying result sets the grid for the Feature Race, subject to any penalties, while the top 10 is reversed for the Sprint. With Maini on pole and Camara alongside, attention now turns to how the field reshuffles between the reverse-grid Sprint and Sunday’s Feature — and whether Stenshorne can rebound after his late stoppage and Herta can climb from the midfield on home soil.

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*Originally published on [News Formula One](https://newsformula.one/article/2026-miami-f2-qualifying-maini-on-pole-herta-14th-stenshorne-p3). Visit for full coverage.*