Vallelunga European F3: Marciello on double pole, Rosenqvist goes off
Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello took a double pole position for the penultimate round of the Formula 3 European Championship at Vallelunga, while title rival Felix Rosenqvist suffered a nightmare
Marciello stamped in the fastest time in the opening session, which began on a damp track and was red-flagged twice - the second time when Rosenqvist went off.
While Marciello took the overall best time in that session, on second-best times (which set the grid for race two) he narrowly lost out to Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes team-mate Alex Lynn, who set the overall third-best time.
But he won't be too bothered about that, as Rosenqvist will line up 27th and last for the first two races.
In the second session, Marciello once again stormed to the head of the times to take pole for race three, while Rosenqvist - after the Mucke Motorsport team had checked his car over for gravel damage - could only finish 13th as the squad struggles to find a competitive set-up for the technical Italian track.
Alexander Sims bounced back onto form in the T-Sport Dallara-Nissan to take the other front-row spot for race one, while Pipo Derani claimed second on the grid for the final race in his Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Merc.
It is the first time the Brazilian has earned a front-row slot from qualifying for an F3 race at this level.
Felix Serralles made it two Fortec cars in the top three for the final race, edging out Sims and Lynn.
Serralles also completed the top five in the opening session, just behind Carlin-run Russian Daniil Kvyat, who took a pair of second-row positions.
Eddie Cheever and Jordan King were the other drivers to sneak in top-six efforts.
Of the other Brits, Harry Tincknell bounced back from a difficult opening session to go 11th on the grid for race three, Jann Mardenborough also took a best grid slot of 11th, and Tom Blomqvist found himself well down the order with a highest position of 16th.
The other red flag in the first session was caused by a spin for Sean Gelael, while the second was halted with four minutes remaining due to a light crash for Roy Nissany.
Race one grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.564s 2. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m29.648s +0.084s 3. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.689s +0.125s 4. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 1m29.710s +0.146s 5. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m29.738s +0.174s 6. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.769s +0.205s 7. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m29.856s +0.292s 8. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m29.982s +0.418s 9. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 1m30.057s +0.493s 10. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 1m30.087s +0.523s 11. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.102s +0.538s 12. Sven Muller Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m30.104s +0.540s 13. John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m30.181s +0.617s 14. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m30.209s +0.645s 15. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m30.209s +0.645s 16. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.223s +0.659s 17. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.228s +0.664s 18. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.243s +0.679s 19. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.354s +0.790s 20. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.356s +0.792s 21. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 1m30.467s +0.903s 22. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 1m30.549s +0.985s 23. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 1m30.667s +1.103s 24. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 1m30.685s +1.121s 25. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 1m30.916s +1.352s 26. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 1m31.122s +1.558s 27. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.951s +2.387s Race two grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.794s 2. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.801s +0.007s 3. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 1m29.819s +0.025s 4. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m29.849s +0.055s 5. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.927s +0.133s 6. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-erc 1m29.927s +0.133s 7. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-erc 1m29.964s +0.170s 8. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.014s +0.220s 9. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 1m30.088s +0.294s 10. John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m30.207s +0.413s 11. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 1m30.259s +0.465s 12. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m30.272s +0.478s 13. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m30.288s +0.494s 14. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.344s +0.550s 15. Sven Muller Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m30.365s +0.571s 16. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 1m30.520s +0.726s 17. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.568s +0.774s 18. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.570s +0.776s 19. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 1m30.596s +0.802s 20. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.651s +0.857s 21. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 1m30.672s +0.878s 22. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 1m30.705s +0.911s 23. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.872s +1.078s 24. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.913s +1.119s 25. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 1m31.004s +1.210s 26. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 1m31.166s +1.372s 27. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m41.785s +11.991s Race three grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.329s 2. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m29.465s +0.136s 3. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m29.468s +0.139s 4. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m29.478s +0.149s 5. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.488s +0.159s 6. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m29.514s +0.185s 7. Sven Muller Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m29.574s +0.245s 8. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 1m29.608s +0.279s 9. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.644s +0.315s 10. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 1m29.653s +0.324s 11. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 1m29.721s +0.392s 12. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 1m29.798s +0.469s 13. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m29.878s +0.549s 14. Dennis van de Laar Van Amerfoort Dallara-VW 1m29.913s +0.584s 15. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m29.949s +0.620s 16. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1m29.963s +0.634s 17. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.000s +0.671s 18. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m30.037s +0.708s 19. John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m30.040s +0.711s 20. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.047s +0.718s 21. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 1m30.059s +0.730s 22. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 1m30.145s +0.816s 23. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 1m30.230s +0.901s 24. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 1m30.234s +0.905s 25. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 1m30.317s +0.988s 26. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 1m30.556s +1.227s 27. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 1m30.848s +1.519s
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