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Nurburgring GP3: ART's Facu Regalia grabs maiden pole

Facu Regalia took pole position in a thrilling GP3 qualifying session at the Nurburgring on Saturday morning

The Argentinian ART racer scored his maiden GP3 pole thanks mainly to a blinding first sector time that was over a tenth clear of his rivals. His eventual advantage over Manor's Tio Ellinas was 0.054 seconds.

The times constantly tumbled throughout the 30-minute session as teams decided that track position was more important than saving tyres, which meant multiple runs.

The improving Alex Fontana will start third for Jenzer, his one of the latest times to be set in the session.

Silverstone victor Jack Harvey was fourth fastest, ahead of fellow Brits Lewis Williamson, Nick Yelloly and comeback man Alexander Sims.

Daniil Kvyat will start eighth, followed by Silverstone poleman Kevin Korjus and Carlos Sainz Jr, the latter escaping an early spin in the Mercedes Arena.

Title contender Conor Daly suffered a wretched session, and salvaged 14th, ahead of usual frontrunners Patric Niederhauser, Dino Zamparelli, Aaro Vainio and Silverstone race-two winner, Giovanni Venturini.

Expect a race within a race between them in the Saturday afternoon race as they target the eighth place that becomes pole on race two's reversed grid.

Pos  Driver               Team      Time       Gap
 1.  Facu Regalia         ART       1m44.170s
 2.  Tio Ellinas          Manor     1m44.224s  +0.054s
 3.  Alex Fontana         Jenzer    1m44.482s  +0.312s
 4.  Jack Harvey          ART       1m44.566s  +0.396s
 5.  Lewis Williamson     Bamboo    1m44.602s  +0.432s
 6.  Nick Yelloly         Carlin    1m44.619s  +0.449s
 7.  Alexander Sims       Status    1m44.670s  +0.500s
 8.  Daniil Kvyat         MW Arden  1m44.675s  +0.505s
 9.  Kevin Korjus         Koiranen  1m44.685s  +0.515s
10.  Carlos Sainz Jr      MW Arden  1m44.686s  +0.516s
11.  Robert Visoiu        MW Arden  1m44.881s  +0.711s
12.  Eric Lichtenstein    Carlin    1m44.945s  +0.775s
13.  Melville Mckee       Bamboo    1m44.958s  +0.788s
14.  Conor Daly           ART       1m45.015s  +0.845s
15.  Patric Niederhauser  Jenzer    1m45.073s  +0.903s
16.  Dino Zamparelli      Manor     1m45.151s  +0.981s
17.  Aaro Vainio          Koiranen  1m45.204s  +1.034s
18.  Giovanni Venturini   Trident   1m45.260s  +1.090s
19.  Jimmy Eriksson       Status    1m45.385s  +1.215s
20.  Luis Sa Silva        Carlin    1m45.441s  +1.271s
21.  David Fumanelli      Trident   1m45.469s  +1.299s
22.  Patrick Kujala       Koiranen  1m45.515s  +1.345s
23.  Emanuele Zonzini     Trident   1m46.191s  +2.021s
24.  Josh Webster         Status    1m46.675s  +2.505s
25.  Samin Gomez          Jenzer    1m46.808s  +2.638s
26.  Ryan Cullen          Manor     1m47.644s  +3.474s
27.  Carmen Jorda         Bamboo    1m49.033s  +4.863s

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