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Renault F1 junior Aitken takes first GP3 pole position of 2017

Renault Formula 1 academy driver Jack Aitken took the first pole of the 2017 GP3 season after surging to the top of the times late on in qualifying at Barcelona

Aitken, who beat ART Grand Prix team-mate Nirei Fukuzumi to the top spot, lit up the timing screens in the first two sectors to go quickest on his final lap at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and claim his first ever GP3 pole.

Trident driver Dorian Boccolacci - the fastest driver in pre-season testing at Barcelona - had held first place after the field had completed their first series of flying laps, but could not improve as much as Aitken and Fukuzumi on his final run and ended up third.

Mercedes F1 junior driver George Russell finished fourth in his first GP3 qualifying session, ahead of Arden's Leonardo Pulcini and Jenzer Motorsport racer Arjun Maini.

Giuliano Alesi - son of former F1 racer Jean - was seventh fastest, just in front of Alessio Lorandi, reigning Italian Formula 4 champion Marcos Siebert and Anthoine Hubert, who completed the top 10 for ART.

Santino Ferrucci and Tatiana Calderon - F1 development drivers for Haas and Sauber respectively - qualified 14th and 18th for DAMS.

QUALIFYING RESULTS:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix 1m34.187s -
2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1m34.358s 0.171s
3 Dorian Boccolacci Trident 1m34.380s 0.193s
4 George Russell ART Grand Prix 1m34.468s 0.281s
5 Leonardo Pulcini Arden International 1m34.602s 0.415s
6 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1m34.685s 0.498s
7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1m34.708s 0.521s
8 Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport 1m34.720s 0.533s
9 Marcos Siebert Campos Racing 1m34.788s 0.601s
10 Anthoine Hubert ART Grand Prix 1m34.866s 0.679s
11 Niko Kari Arden International 1m34.964s 0.777s
12 Raoul Hyman Campos Racing 1m35.031s 0.844s
13 Steijn Schothorst Arden International 1m35.041s 0.854s
14 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1m35.070s 0.883s
15 Julien Falchero Campos Racing 1m35.088s 0.901s
16 Ryan Tveter Trident 1m35.224s 1.037s
17 Kevin Jorg Trident 1m35.423s 1.236s
18 Tatiana Calderon DAMS 1m35.613s 1.426s
19 Bruno Baptista DAMS 1m35.851s 1.664s

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