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European F3 Zandvoort: Antonio Giovinazzi takes first pole of 2015

Antonio Giovinazzi grabbed pole position for the first Formula 3 European Championship race of the weekend at Zandvoort

On a clear track, the Jagonya Ayam protege from southern Italy nailed two successive hot laps very early in the session in his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen that could not be beaten by anyone else for his first pole of 2015.

Felix Rosenqvist came closest, although the Swede fell 0.097 seconds short in his Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes.

In a session in which traffic played a major part, Rosenqvist took until his seventh flying lap to set his time, whereas Giovinazzi had set his fastest on his third, when the tyres were at peak performance. On theoretical bests combining the three sectors, Rosenqvist would have been fastest.

Motopark runner Markus Pommer pitted halfway through the session before putting in his best qualifying performance of the season, the reigning German F3 champion taking third.

That relegated the Prema car of Jake Dennis to fourth, while championship leader Charles Leclerc, on the home track of his team Van Amersfoort Racing, was fifth.

Continuing Motopark's good form, the team's Malaysian driver Nabil Jeffri jumped forward about 10 rows from his usual territory to take sixth with a lap right at the end of the session.

The fourth row is occupied by Lance Stroll (Prema) and the Signature car of Alexander Albon, with Carlin's George Russell in ninth and then Mikkel Jensen heading his spectacular Mucke Motorsport team-mates Maximilian Gunther and Santino Ferrucci for the final spot in the top 10.

After his fire in the morning - which was in the wiring loom - Sam MacLeod joined the session a little late and took 22nd place.

QUALIFYING RESULT:

Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m29.897s -
2 Felix Rosenqvist Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m29.994s 0.097s
3 Markus Pommer Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.195s 0.298s
4 Jake Dennis Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m30.312s 0.415s
5 Charles Leclerc Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.331s 0.434s
6 Nabil Jeffri Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.352s 0.455s
7 Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m30.431s 0.534s
8 Alexander Albon Signature Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.462s 0.565s
9 George Russell Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.473s 0.576s
10 Mikkel Jensen KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m30.495s 0.598s
11 Maximilian Guenther KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m30.576s 0.679s
12 Santino Ferrucci KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m30.603s 0.706s
13 Callum Ilott Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.709s 0.812s
14 Brandon Maisano Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m30.754s 0.857s
15 Sergio Sette Camara Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.818s 0.921s
16 Arjun Maini Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.961s 1.064s
17 Ryan Tveter Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m30.988s 1.091s
18 Raoul Hyman Team West-Tec F3 Dallara/Mercedes 1m31.007s 1.110s
19 Julio Moreno ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara/NBE 1m31.055s 1.158s
20 Dorian Boccolacci Signature Dallara/Volkswagen 1m31.057s 1.160s
21 Gustavo Menezes Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m31.108s 1.211s
22 Sam MacLeod Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m31.222s 1.325s
23 Pietro Fittipaldi Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m31.291s 1.394s
24 Matt Solomon Double R Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m31.401s 1.504s
25 Alessio Lorandi Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m31.470s 1.573s
26 Michele Beretta KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m31.485s 1.588s
27 Tatiana Calderon Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m31.580s 1.683s
28 Fabian Schiller Team West-Tec F3 Dallara/Mercedes 1m31.590s 1.693s
29 Kang Ling KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m31.689s 1.792s
30 Nicolas Pohler Double R Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.148s 2.251s
31 Matt Rao Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.231s 2.334s
32 Andy Chang Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.360s 2.463s
33 Mahaveer Raghunathan Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m32.776s 2.879s
34 Zhi Cong Li Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m33.353s 3.456s

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