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Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello take F3 poles at the Norisring while Pietro Fantin is best British F3 runner

Formula 3 rookie Pascal Wehrlein proved his fondness for street circuits by taking fastest time in qualifying for the combined European/Euro Series/British round at the Norisring on Saturday morning

Wehrlein, who was also quick at the Pau track several weeks ago, leapt to the top of the times in the closing stages of a session in which he had been a contender throughout, and will start tomorrow's race from the front.

But the Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes driver missed out on pole for Saturday's race, with FIA European F3 points leader Raffaele Marciello topping the list of second-fastest times in his Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes.

The spectacular Will Buller was sitting atop the times with a few minutes remaining, but the Briton looped his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen into a spin at the Scholler 'S' behind the start-finish straight and was third by the end.

Buller will share the second row of the grid for both races with Prema's Daniel Juncadella, the Euro Series points leader.

Meanwhile, Pietro Fantin showed vastly improved form by heading the British F3 field, fifth overall in his Carlin machine. "I've had a really good car since yesterday," said the Brazilian. "I'd never driven here before but this track really suits me, with the heavy braking points. I just need a good start and want to concentrate on scoring maximum points in the British championship."

Fortec Motorsport trio Felix Serralles, Pipo Derani and Hannes van Asseldonk also finished in the top 10 overall, although Serralles drops to 11th on second-best times.

British F3 series leader Jazeman Jaafar was in the top five overall on his first set of tyres, but ran into traffic on his second and ended up outside the top 10. Nevertheless, he qualified ahead of Carlin team-mate and main title rival Jack Harvey. The other Carlin driver in the hunt for the British title, Carlos Sainz Jr, outqualified both and is seventh on the grid for Saturday's race.

Race one qualifying:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                Time     Gap
 1.  Raffaelle Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc      49.254s
 2.  Pascal Wehrlein      Mucke Dallara-Merc      49.271s  + 0.017s
 3.  Daniel Juncadella    Prema Dallara-Merc      49.273s  + 0.019s
 4.  Will Buller          Carlin Dallara-VW       49.327s  + 0.073s
 5.  Pietro Fantin        Carlin Dallara-VW       49.376s  + 0.122s
 6.  Emil Bernstorff      Ma-con Dallara-VW       49.500s  + 0.246s
 7.  Carlos Sainz Jr      Carlin Dallara-VW       49.567s  + 0.313s 
 8.  Hannes van Asseldonk Fortec Dallara-Merc     49.571s  + 0.317s
 9.  Pipo Derani          Fortec Dallara-Merc     49.578s  + 0.324s
10.  Michael Lewis        Prema Dallara-Merc      49.580s  + 0.326s
11.  Felix Serralles      Fortec Dallara-Merc     49.582s  + 0.328s
12.  Jazeman Jaafar       Carlin Dallara-VW       49.631s  + 0.377s
13.  Alex Lynn            Fortec Dallara-Merc     49.684s  + 0.430s
14.  Jack Harvey          Carlin Dallara-VW       49.727s  + 0.473s
15.  Harry Tincknell      Carlin Dallara-VW       49.743s  + 0.489s
16.  Sven Muller          Prema Dallara-Merc      49.746s  + 0.492s
17.  Tom Blomqvist        Ma-con Dallara-VW       49.758s  + 0.504s
18.  Andrea Roda          Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc  49.819s  + 0.565s
29.  Fahmi Ilyas          Double R Dallara-Merc   49.866s  + 0.612s
20.  Geoff Uhrhane        Double R Dallara-Merc   49.889s  + 0.635s
21.  Nick McBride         T-Sport Dallara-Nissan  49.922s  + 0.668s
22.  Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Merc      49.959s  + 0.705s
23.  Lucas Wolf           URD Dallara-Merc        50.114s  + 0.860s
24.  Sandro Zeller        Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc  50.174s  + 0.920s
25.  Luis Sa Silva        Angola Dallara-Merc     50.318s  + 1.064s
26.  Philip Ellis         GU Dallara-Merc         50.599s  + 1.345s
27.  Spike Goddard        T-Sport Dallara-Mugen   51.506s  + 2.252s
28.  Duvashen Padayachee  Double R Dallara-Mugen  51.912s  + 2.658s

Race three qualifying:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                Time     Gap
 1.  Pascal Wehrlein      Mucke Dallara-Merc      49.100s
 2.  Raffaelle Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc      49.120s  + 0.020s
 3.  Will Buller          Carlin Dallara-VW       49.238s  + 0.138s
 4.  Daniel Juncadella    Prema Dallara-Merc      49.262s  + 0.162s
 5.  Pietro Fantin        Carlin Dallara-VW       49.328s  + 0.228s
 6.  Emil Bernstorff      Ma-con Dallara-VW       49.493s  + 0.393s
 7.  Felix Serralles      Fortec Dallara-Merc     49.494s  + 0.394s
 8.  Pipo Derani          Fortec Dallara-Merc     49.501s  + 0.401s
 9.  Michael Lewis        Prema Dallara-Merc      49.506s  + 0.406s
10.  Hannes van Asseldonk Fortec Dallara-Merc     49.522s  + 0.422s
11.  Carlos Sainz Jr      Carlin Dallara-VW       49.559s  + 0.459s
12.  Tom Blomqvist        Ma-con Dallara-VW       49.571s  + 0.471s
13.  Jazeman Jaafar       Carlin Dallara-VW       49.613s  + 0.513s
14.  Alex Lynn            Fortec Dallara-Merc     49.664s  + 0.564s
15.  Harry Tincknell      Carlin Dallara-VW       49.687s  + 0.587s
16.  Sven Muller          Prema Dallara-Merc      49.694s  + 0.594s
17.  Jack Harvey          Carlin Dallara-VW       49.715s  + 0.615s
18.  Andrea Roda          Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc  49.778s  + 0.678s
19.  Geoff Uhrhane        Double R Dallara-Merc   49.817s  + 0.717s
20.  Fahmi Ilyas          Double R Dallara-Merc   49.834s  + 0.734s
21.  Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Merc      49.864s  + 0.764s
22.  Nick McBride         T-Sport Dallara-Nissan  49.869s  + 0.769s
23.  Luis Sa Silva        Angola Dallara-Merc     49.901s  + 0.801s
24.  Sandro Zeller        Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc  50.071s  + 0.971s
25.  Lucas Wolf           URD Dallara-Merc        50.074s  + 0.974s
26.  Philip Ellis         GU Dallara-Merc         50.346s  + 1.246s
27.  Spike Goddard        T-Sport Dallara-Mugen   51.434s  + 2.234s
28.  Duvashen Padayachee  Double R Dallara-Mugen  51.805s  + 2.705s

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