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Silverstone European F3: rookie Esteban Ocon nets double pole

Lotus F1 Junior Esteban Ocon took a brace of pole positions in the second qualifying session for this weekend's Formula 3 European Championship opener at Silverstone

The French F3 rookie outpaced his team-mate at the Prema Powerteam squad, Nicholas Latifi, to claim the fastest time by 0.136 seconds.

Ocon also set the best second-fastest time, securing pole for Sunday morning's third race from another of his fellow Prema runners, Ferrari protege Antonio Fuoco.

"This time I managed to put it all together," said 17-year-old Ocon. "I did less mistakes and, although we still have to work for the races, I'm happy for the moment.

"I really want to thank Prema for giving me such a good car and HWA for the Mercedes engine."

Canadian Latifi, on a track where he always goes well, was happy to improve on his first-session performance after set-up changes: "I felt much more comfortable, and this is a track where you need confidence."

Latifi ran into traffic on his second-best lap and dropped to fourth on the grid for race three, while Fuoco starts fourth for the second race.

Third on the grid for both is Tom Blomqvist, who kept up his strong weekend in the Jagonya Ayam arm of the Carlin team after taking pole position earlier for the first race.

Blomqvist's team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi shares the third row for both races with Max Verstappen, the free practice pacesetter, with this duo taking a fifth and a sixth apiece.

Jordan King, Dennis van de Laar, Ed Jones and Mitch Gilbert round out the top 10 on the grid for race two, with their order reshuffled slightly to Jones, van de Laar, Gilbert and King for race three.

Once again the Mucke Motorsport team struggled for pace, with Lucas Auer and Felix Rosenqvist 12th and 13th respectively on the grid for race two, and 11th and 14th for race three.

Race two grid

Pos Driver               Car                                    Time       Gap
 1. Esteban Ocon         Prema Dallara-Mercedes                 1m51.322s   
 2. Nicholas Latifi      Prema Dallara-Mercedes                 1m51.460s  +0.138s
 3. Tom Blomqvist        Carlin Dallara-VW                      1m51.517s  +0.195s
 4. Antonio Fuoco        Prema Dallara-Mercedes                 1m51.536s  +0.214s
 5. Antonio Giovinazzi   Carlin Dallara-VW                      1m51.755s  +0.433s
 6. Max Verstappen       Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW              1m51.808s  +0.486s
 7. Jordan King          Carlin Dallara-VW                      1m51.857s  +0.535s
 8. Dennis van de Laar   Prema Dallara-Mercedes                 1m51.864s  +0.542s
 9. Ed Jones             Carlin Dallara-VW                      1m51.907s  +0.585s
10. Mitch Gilbert        Fortec Dallara-Mercedes                1m51.993s  +0.671s
11. John Bryant-Meisner  Fortec Dallara-Mercedes                1m51.998s  +0.676s
12. Lucas Auer           Mucke Dallara-Mercedes                 1m51.999s  +0.677s
13. Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Mercedes                 1m52.104s  +0.782s
14. Gustavo Menezes      Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW              1m52.116s  +0.794s
15. Spike Goddard        T-Sport Dallara-NBE                    1m52.367s  +1.045s
16. Felix Serralles      West-Tec Dallara-Mercedes              1m52.393s  +1.071s
17. Felipe Guimaraes     Double R Dallara-Mercedes              1m52.431s  +1.109s
18. Jake Dennis          Carlin Dallara-VW                      1m52.518s  +1.196s
19. Riccardo Agostini    EuroInternational Dallara-Mercedes     1m52.533s  +1.211s
20. Alexander Toril      T-Sport Dallara-NBE                    1m52.672s  +1.350s
21. Roy Nissany          Mucke Dallara-Mercedes                 1m52.674s  +1.352s
22. Hector Hurst         West-Tec Dallara-Mercedes              1m52.689s  +1.367s
23. Sean Gelael          Carlin Dallara-VW                      1m52.746s  +1.424s
24. Jules Szymkowiak     Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW              1m52.896s  +1.574s
25. Tatiana Calderon     Jo Zeller Dallara-Mercedes             1m53.056s  +1.734s
26. Michele Beretta      EuroInternational Dallara-Mercedes     1m53.301s  +1.979s

Race three grid

Pos Driver               Car                                   Time       Gap
 1. Esteban Ocon         Prema Dallara-Mercedes                1m51.327s          
 2. Antonio Fuoco        Prema Dallara-Mercedes                1m51.557s  +0.230s 
 3. Tom Blomqvist        Carlin Dallara-VW                     1m51.577s  +0.250s 
 4. Nicholas Latifi      Prema Dallara-Mercedes                1m51.777s  +0.450s 
 5. Max Verstappen       Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW             1m51.810s  +0.483s 
 6. Antonio Giovinazzi   Carlin Dallara-VW                     1m51.894s  +0.567s 
 7. Ed Jones             Carlin Dallara-VW                     1m51.982s  +0.655s 
 8. Dennis van de Laar   Prema Dallara-Mercedes                1m51.990s  +0.663s 
 9. Mitch Gilbert        Fortec Dallara-Mercedes               1m52.096s  +0.769s 
10. Lucas Auer           Mucke Dallara-Mercedes                1m52.147s  +0.820s 
11. Jordan King          Carlin Dallara-VW                     1m52.147s  +0.820s 
12. John Bryant-Meisner  Fortec Dallara-Mercedes               1m52.181s  +0.854s 
13. Gustavo Menezes      Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW             1m52.230s  +0.903s 
14. Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Mercedes                1m52.277s  +0.950s 
15. Spike Goddard        T-Sport Dallara-NBE                   1m52.375s  +1.048s 
16. Felix Serralles      West-Tec Dallara-Mercedes             1m52.491s  +1.164s 
17. Jake Dennis          Carlin Dallara-VW                     1m52.566s  +1.239s 
18. Hector Hurst         West-Tec Dallara-Mercedes             1m52.715s  +1.388s 
19. Riccardo Agostini    EuroInternational Dallara-Mercedes    1m52.757s  +1.430s 
20. Alexander Toril      T-Sport Dallara-NBE                   1m52.799s  +1.472s 
21. Felipe Guimaraes     Double R Dallara-Mercedes             1m52.813s  +1.486s 
22. Sean Gelael          Carlin Dallara-VW                     1m52.818s  +1.491s 
23. Roy Nissany          Mucke Dallara-Mercedes                1m52.936s  +1.609s 
24. Jules Szymkowiak     Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW             1m53.014s  +1.687s 
25. Tatiana Calderon     Jo Zeller Dallara-Mercedes            1m53.098s  +1.771s 
26. Michele Beretta      EuroInternational Dallara-Mercedes    1m53.383s  +2.056s 


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