Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger set fastest time again in second ADAC Formula 4 practice session at the Hockenheimring, making him favourite to secure pole in qualifying this afternoon. In temperatures of 25 degrees as the summer draws to a close, the 16-year-old Norwegian from Team Van Amersfoort Racing lapped the track in a time of 1:40.855 minutes to decisively beat his 1:41.281 from FP1 this morning.

Driving for US Racing CHRS, championship leader Théo Pourchaire followed him home in second place with a deficit of three-and-a-half tenths. Pourchaire’s team-mate, Arthur Leclerc, finished third. Joshua Dürksen ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg eV in P4 was best Rookie again.

Qualifying for the juniors in the ADAC High-Speed Academy starts at 5.55 pm and will decide our pole-sitters for the weekend’s first two races in two sessions. The top eight drivers from the second race will start the third race on Sunday afternoon in reverse order.

SPORT1 will broadcast the ADAC Formula 4 races on TV this Saturday and Sunday and online at SPORT1.de. Racing can also be watched as live stream at adac.de/motorsport, on the Facebook page of the ADAC Formula 4 and at youtube.com/adac with a choice of German or English commentary.