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Brands Hatch European F3: Alex Lynn takes pole hat-trick

Alex Lynn took a triple pole position for this weekend's Formula 3 European Championship races at Brands Hatch

Local man Lynn had a thrilling battle with Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes team-mate Lucas Auer in the first even-numbered session, edging out the Austrian by 0.049 seconds.

Their times were easily faster than championship leader Raffaele Marciello, who topped the odd group, in which times were slower before the track rubbered in.

The gap between Lynn and Auer was even narrower on second-fastest times, which set the grid for race two, with just 0.035s splitting the pair. Marciello was again quickest on second-best times from the odd numbers.

Marciello was top of the second odd-numbered session when it was red-flagged with less than two minutes remaining due to a heavy shunt for Michael Lewis at Paddock Hill Bend.

It took 20 minutes to extract the American from his Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes, and a further five before he was stretched into an ambulance and taken to the medical centre. He was conscious immediately after the impact, although there is no official update on his condition yet.

The delay meant that the second even-numbered session had to be reduced from 20 minutes to 15 owing to the circuit curfew.

Lynn finally bettered Marciello's best by a mere thousandth of a second and, with Auer second behind him again, this means that the top three on the grid for all three races will be Lynn, Marciello and Auer.

Sven Muller will line his Ma-Con Dallara-Volkswagen up from fourth position for the first two races, after narrowly edging out Harry Tincknell's Carlin Dallara-VW in the opening odd session. Tincknell turned the tables later on, securing a second-row berth ahead of Mans Grenhagen (Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara-VW) and Muller.

Felix Rosenqvist is on the third row for all three races, the Mucke Motorsport driver not quite having an answer to Lynn and Auer in either of the even-number groups.

Tom Blomqvist (pictured) secured two fourth-row slots in his EuroInternational Dallara-Merc, while Jordan King achieved that feat once in his Carlin machine.

Josh Hill claimed a hat-trick of fifth-row starts as he headed the Fortec Motorsport trio, and will line up alongside Welsh single-seater rookie Jann Mardenborough's Carlin entry in all three races. The other driver to claim a top-10 grid slot was the unfortunate Lewis.

Race one grid:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                      Time
 1.  Alex Lynn           Prema Dallara-Merc            41.098s  Group B
 2.  Raffaelle Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc            41.310s  Group A
 3.  Lucas Auer          Prema Dallara-Merc            41.147s  Group B
 4.  Sven Muller         Ma-con Dallara-VW             41.395s  Group A
 5.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.182s  Group B
 6.  Harry Tincknell     Carlin Dallara-VW             41.425s  Group A
 7.  Tom Blomqvist       Eurointernational Dallara-VW  41.267s  Group B
 8.  Michael Lewis       Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.704s  Group A
 9.  Josh Hill           Fortec Dallara-Merc           41.367s  Group B
10.  Jann Mardenborough  Carlin Dallara-VW             41.731s  Group A
11.  Jordan King         Carlin Dallara-VW             41.458s  Group B
12.  Eddie Cheever       Prema Dallara-Merc            41.756s  Group A
13.  Will Buller         T-Sport Dallara-Nissan        41.487s  Group B
14.  Daniil Kvyat        Carlin Dallara-VW             41.756s  Group A
15.  Nicholas Latifi     Carlin Dallara-VW             41.585s  Group B
16.  Felix Serralles     Fortec Dallara-Merc           41.798s  Group A
17.  Dennis van de Laar  Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW     41.610s  Group B
18.  Mans Grenhagen      Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW     41.801s  Group A
19.  Mitchell Gilbert    Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.692s  Group B
20.  Antonio Giovinazzi  Double R Dallara-Merc         41.816s  Group A
21.  Pipo Derani         Fortec Dallara-Merc           41.785s  Group B
22.  Lucas Wolf          URD Dallara-VW                41.827s  Group A
23.  Andre Rudersdorf    Ma-con Dallara-VW             41.936s  Group B
24.  Spike Goddard       T-Sport Dallara-Nissan        42.053s  Group A
25.  Sandro Zeller       Zeller Dallara-Merc           42.091s  Group B
26.  Roy Nissany         Mucke Dallara-Merc            42.146s  Group A
27.  Sean Gelael         Double R Dallara-Merc         42.384s  Group B
28.  Michela Cerruti     Ferraris Dallara-Merc         43.371s  Group A
29.  Tatiana Calderon    Double R Dallara-Merc         42.560s  Group B

Race two:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                      Time
 1.  Alex Lynn           Prema Dallara-Merc            41.189s  Group A
 2.  Raffaelle Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc            41.367s  Group B
 3.  Lucas Auer          Prema Dallara-Merc            41.224s  Group A
 4.  Sven Muller         Ma-con Dallara-VW             41.477s  Group B
 5.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.247s  Group A
 6.  Harry Tincknell     Carlin Dallara-VW             41.486s  Group B
 7.  Tom Blomqvist       Eurointernational Dallara-VW  41.282s  Group A
 8.  Michael Lewis       Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.725s  Group B
 9.  Josh Hill           Fortec Dallara-Merc           41.374s  Group A
10.  Jann Mardenborough  Carlin Dallara-VW             41.777s  Group B
11.  Will Buller         T-Sport Dallara-Nissan        41.505s  Group A
12.  Eddie Cheever       Prema Dallara-Merc            41.799s  Group B
13.  Jordan King         Carlin Dallara-VW             41.622s  Group A
14.  Mans Grenhagen      Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW     41.810s  Group B
15.  Nicholas Latifi     Carlin Dallara-VW             41.638s  Group A
16.  Daniil Kvyat        Carlin Dallara-VW             41.890s  Group B
17.  Dennis van de Laar  Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW     41.646s  Group A
18.  Antonio Giovinazzi  Double R Dallara-Merc         41.955s  Group B
19.  Mitchell Gilbert    Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.701s  Group A
20.  Lucas Wolf          URD Dallara-VW                41.980s  Group B
21.  Pipo Derani         Fortec Dallara-Merc           41.899s  Group A
22.  Felix Serralles     Fortec Dallara-Merc           42.033s  Group B
23.  Andre Rudersdorf    Ma-con Dallara-VW             41.942s  Group A
24.  Spike Goddard       T-Sport Dallara-Nissan        42.068s  Group B
25.  Sandro Zeller       Zeller Dallara-Merc           42.168s  Group A
26.  Roy Nissany         Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.152s  Group B
27.  Sean Gelael         Double R Dallara-Merc         42.418s  Group A
28.  Michela Cerruti     Ferraris Dallara-Merc         43.401s  Group B
29.  Tatiana Calderon    Double R Dallara-Merc         42.613s  Group A

Race three grid:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                      Time
 1.  Alex Lynn           Prema Dallara-Merc            40.845s  Group B
 2.  Raffaele Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc            40.846s  Group A
 3.  Lucas Auer          Prema Dallara-Merc            40.970s  Group B
 4.  Harry Tincknell     Carlin Dallara-VW             41.052s  Group A
 5.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc            40.982s  Group B
 6.  Mans Grenhagen      Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW     41.245s  Group A
 7.  Jordan King         Carlin Dallara-VW             41.206s  Group B
 8.  Sven Muller         Ma-con Dallara-VW             41.247s  Group A
 9.  Josh Hill           Fortec Dallara-Merc           41.257s  Group B
10.  Jann Mardenborough  Carlin Dallara-VW             41.285s  Group A
11.  Tom Blomqvist       Eurointernational Dallara-VW  41.260s  Group B
12.  Antonio Giovinazzi  Double R Dallara-Merc         41.322s  Group A
13.  Dennis van de Laar  Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW     41.306s  Group B
14.  Daniil Kvyat        Carlin Dallara-VW             41.332s  Group A
15.  Will Buller         T-Sport Dallara-Nissan        41.324s  Group B
16.  Lucas Wolf          URD Dallara-VW                41.382s  Group A
17.  Nicholas Latifi     Carlin Dallara-VW             41.486s  Group B
18.  Michael Lewis       Prema Dallara-Merc            41.396s  Group A
19.  Mitchell Gilbert    Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.498s  Group B
20.  Felix Serralles     Fortec Dallara-Merc           41.537s  Group A
21.  Pipo Derani         Fortec Dallara-Merc           41.549s  Group B
22.  Eddie Cheever       Prema Dallara-Merc            41.554s  Group A
23.  Sean Gelael         Double R Dallara-Merc         41.885s  Group B
24.  Roy Nissany         Mucke Dallara-Merc            41.557s  Group A
25.  Andre Rudersdorf    Ma-con Dallara-VW             41.998s  Group B
26.  Spike Goddard       T-Sport Dallara-Nissan        41.689s  Group A
27.  Sandro Zeller       Zeller Dallara-Merc           42.040s  Group B
28.  Michela Cerruti     Ferraris Dallara-Merc         43.184s  Group A
29.  Tatiana Calderon    Double R Dallara-Merc         42.206s  Group B

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