Daniel Juncadella dominates Masters of Formula 3 qualifying at Zandvoort

As was the case in second practice, the only other dry session at the Dutch track, Juncadella simply overwhelmed the rest of the field.

His overall best, a 1m31.783s, put him more than half a second clear at the top, with most of the gains coming in the final sector. At the death the Prema man, the only driver able to dip below the 1m32s mark, set another lap good enough for pole, underlining his control of the session.

Only Carlos Sainz Jr (Carlin) was able to upset Juncadella's charge, jumping to the top of the timesheets with five minutes to run.

While he had no answer to Juncadella's final burst, he did enough to secure a front-row berth alongside his compatriot.

Third went to Prema's Raffaele Marciello, who did just enough to shade out local man Hannes van Asseldonk (Fortec) and last year's victor Felix Rosenqvist (Mucke Motorsport).

The Swede will share the third row with team-mate Pascal Wehrlein, with Carlin's Will Buller and Prema's Sven Muller occupying the fourth.

Michael Lewis (Prema) and Alex Lynn (Fortec) meanwhile secured the fifth row, although both dropped down the order in the closing minutes.

Lewis had been fourth when Josh Webster's off at Turn 8 brought out the red flags and set up the final eight-minute shoot-out, while Lynn had been sixth.

Pos  Driver                Team/Car                Time       Gap
 1.  Daniel Juncadella     Prema Dallara-Merc      1m31.783s
 2.  Carlos Sainz Jr       Carlin Dallara-VW       1m32.312s  + 0.529s
 3.  Raffaelle Marciello   Prema Dallara-Merc      1m32.433s  + 0.650s
 4.  Hannes van Asseldonk  Fortec Dallara-Merc     1m32.533s  + 0.750s
 5.  Felix Rosenqvist      Mucke Dallara-Merc      1m32.555s  + 0.772s
 6.  Pascal Wehrlein       Mucke Dallara-Merc      1m32.629s  + 0.846s
 7.  Will Buller           Carlin Dallara-VW       1m32.698s  + 0.915s
 8.  Sven Muller           Prema Dallara-Merc      1m32.768s  + 0.985s
 9.  Michael Lewis         Prema Dallara-Merc      1m32.779s  + 0.996s
10.  Alex Lynn             Fortec Dallara-Merc     1m32.782s  + 0.999s
11.  Pipo Derani           Fortec Dallara-Merc     1m32.878s  + 1.095s
12.  Felix Serralles       Fortec Dallara-Merc     1m32.915s  + 1.132s
13.  Dennis van de Laar    Carlin Dallara-VW       1m33.087s  + 1.304s
14.  Conor Daly            Double R Dallara-Merc   1m33.963s  + 2.180s
15.  Geoff Uhrhane         Double R Dallara-Merc   1m34.026s  + 2.243s
16.  Andrea Roda           Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc  1m34.103s  + 2.320s
17.  Sandro Zeller         Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc  1m34.125s  + 2.342s
18.  Luis Sa Silva         Angola Dallara-Merc     1m34.366s  + 2.583s
19.  Spike Goddard         T-Sport Dallara-Mugen   1m35.562s  + 3.779s
20.  Josh Webster          T-Sport Dallara-Mugen   1m36.550s  + 4.767s