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Monza FR3.5: Stoffel Vandoorne takes pole on debut

McLaren junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne has taken pole position for his Formula Renault 3.5 debut at Monza

The reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion came out on top in tricky conditions, taking pole shortly before a red flag came out in the closing stages when Lucas Foresti crashed.

With just 1m52s left on the clock the session was not restarted, leaving the Fortec rookie on pole ahead of ISR duo Sergey Sirotkin and Christopher Zanella.

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Championship favourite Antonio Felix da Costa salvaged fourth place just before the red flag. The Arden Caterham driver was one of many to gamble on slick tyres in the hope that the damp track would dry, but conditions didn't improve enough.

Before his late effort on wets da Costa was more than 10 seconds off the pace at the back of the field. Another likely title contender, Marco Sorensen, did not make up for starting the session on slicks and will line up 25th.

The third row of the grid is made up of Daniil Move and Nikolay Martsenko, while Kevin Magnussen, who was one of the first drivers to take a second set of wets rather than try slicks, took seventh.


Pos Driver                     Team               Time      Gap      Laps
 1. Stoffel Vandoorne          Fortec             1:45.416            12
 2. Sergey Sirotkin            ISR                1:46.393  + 0.977s  13
 3. Christopher Zanella        ISR                1:47.042  + 1.626s  11
 4. Antonio Felix Da Costa     Arden Caterham     1:47.051  + 1.635s  12
 5. Daniil Move                Comtec             1:47.732  + 2.316s  10
 6. Nikolay Martsenko          Pons Racing        1:47.827  + 2.411s  7
 7. Kevin Magnussen            DAMS               1:47.872  + 2.456s  11
 8. Andre Negrao               Draco              1:48.035  + 2.619s  10
 9. Will Stevens               P1                 1:48.048  + 2.632s  11
10. Oliver Webb                Fortec             1:48.134  + 2.718s  12
11. Jazeman Jaafar             Carlin             1:48.378  + 2.962s  12
12. Nigel Melker               Tech 1             1:48.596  + 3.180s  2
13. Lucas Foresti              Comtec             1:48.621  + 3.205s  11
14. Norman Nato                DAMS               1:48.668  + 3.252s  11
15. Carlos Huertas             Carlin             1:48.711  + 3.295s  12
16. Mikhail Aleshin            Tech 1             1:48.932  + 3.516s  13
17. Nico Muller                Draco              1:49.049  + 3.633s  12
18. Pietro Fantin              Arden Caterham     1:49.206  + 3.790s  7
19. Matias Laine               P1                 1:49.285  + 3.869s  11
20. Zoel Amberg                Pons               1:50.899  + 5.483s  10
21. Emmanuel Piget             Zeta Corse         1:51.101  + 5.685s  10
22. Arthur Pic                 AV Formula         1:51.567  + 6.151s  11
23. Mihai Marinescu            Zeta Corse         1:54.420  + 9.004s  11
24. Marlon Stockinger          Lotus              1:54.823  + 9.407s  11
25. Marco Sorensen             Lotus              1:55.589  + 10.173s 11
26. Yann Cunha                 AV Formula         1:58.694  + 13.278s 11

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