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Magnussen takes second Spa-Francorchamps pole by comfortable margin in the rain

Kevin Magnussen made it two pole positions from two qualifying sessions at Spa this weekend by comfortably taking top spot in the rain on Sunday morning

The Dane, who led for a long period of race one before eventually retiring after getting hit by DAMS' Arthur Pic, bounced back in style to comfortably take pole for race two by six tenths of a second.

The pressure had been on Carlin driver Magnussen, as prior to his pole lap two minutes from the end of qualifying he was sitting down in 15th place.

But seconds after Robin Frijns (Fortec) had deposed Sam Bird (ISR) for first position, Magnussen crossed the line behind the Dutchman to relegate him to second place.

Frijns was safe in second as Bird stopped at Blanchimont on his final lap, while a late effort from Jules Bianchi got the Ferrari junior driver's Tech 1 car onto the second row at the expense of Lewis Williamson.

Fifth place still marks Williamson's best qualifying of the season by some margin, as his previous best was 18th. The Red Bull-backed Scot has struggled so far this season as newcomer team Arden Caterham gets to grips with the series, but he was able to use the conditions to his advantage to haul himself into contention.

Comtec's Nick Yelloly made it an all-British third row with sixth on the grid, while Nico Muller (Draco), Walter Grubmuller (P1), Jake Rosenzweig (ISR) and Daniil Move (P1) compled the top 10 ahead of race one winner Marco Sorensen (Lotus).

Pos  Driver              Team        Time       Gap
 1.  Kevin Magnussen     Carlin      2m18.733s
 2.  Robin Frijns        Fortec      2m19.431s  + 0.698s
 3.  Sam Bird            ISR         2m19.605s  + 0.872s
 4.  Jules Bianchi       Tech 1      2m19.800s  + 1.067s
 5.  Lewis Williamson    Arden       2m19.801s  + 1.068s
 6.  Nick Yelloly        Comtec      2m19.999s  + 1.266s
 7.  Nico Muller         Draco       2m20.139s  + 1.406s
 8.  Walter Grubmuller   P1          2m20.195s  + 1.462s
 9.  Jake Rosenzweig     ISR         2m20.477s  + 1.744s
10.  Daniil Move         P1          2m20.560s  + 1.827s
11.  Marco Sorensen      Lotus       2m20.872s  + 2.139s
12.  Will Stevens        Carlin      2m20.962s  + 2.229s
13.  Anton Nebylitskiy   RFR         2m20.985s  + 2.252s
14.  Alexander Rossi     Arden       2m20.996s  + 2.263s
15.  Kevin Korjus        Tech 1      2m21.027s  + 2.294s
16.  Richie Stanaway     Lotus       2m21.169s  + 2.436s
17.  Vittorio Ghirelli   Comtec      2m21.373s  + 2.640s
18.  Arthur Pic          DAMS        2m21.752s  + 3.019s
19.  Carlos Huertas      Fortec      2m21.832s  + 3.099s
20.  Andre Negrao        Draco       2m21.900s  + 3.167s
21.  Nikolay Martsenko   BVM Target  2m23.038s  + 4.305s
22.  Zoel Amberg         Pons        2m23.060s  + 4.327s
23.  Yann Cunha          Pons        2m23.198s  + 4.465s
24.  Giovanni Venturini  BVM Target  2m24.742s  + 6.009s
25.  Mikhail Aleshin     RFR         2m25.243s  + 6.510s
26.  Lucas Foresti       DAMS        2m29.085s + 10.352s

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