Ericsson takes maiden pole at Croft
| By Steven English |
Saturday, April 26th 2008, 12:01 GMT |
 Marcus Ericsson took his maiden British Formula 3 pole position in first qualifying at Croft today.
The Swedish rookie, who has a share in the championship lead after the opening rounds at Oulton Park last month, pulled out a 1:12.7 second lap towards the end of the half hour session to snatch pole from Esteban Guerrieri, who held the top spot for much of the session.
Sergio Perez proved that the Mugen-Honda engine is just as strong as the Mercedes by putting it on the front row, ahead of Ericsson's Fortec Motorsport team-mate Sebastian Hohenthal who was third.
Michael Devaney and Guerrieri ended up fourth and fifth for Ultimate Motorsport, in the best showing so far for the new Mygale chassis.
Carlin Motorsport lost the dominance they enjoyed at Oulton, but are still in touch with their four drivers qualifying sixth, seventh, ninth, and 10th, sandwiching Ricardo Teixeira in the third Ultimate car. Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap
1. Marcus Ericsson Fortec D/M 1:12.733
2. Sergio Perez T-Sport D/H 1:12.867 +0.134
3. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec D/M 1:12.937 +0.204
4. Michael Devaney Ultimate M/M 1:12.965 +0.232
5. Esteban Guerrieri Ultimate M/M 1:12.979 +0.246
6. Brendon Hartley Carlin D/M 1:13.015 +0.282
7. Oliver Turvey Carlin D/M 1:13.077 +0.344
8. Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate M/M 1:13.077 +0.344
9. Sam Abay Carlin D/M 1:13.142 +0.409
10. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin D/M 1:13.222 +0.489
11. Atte Mustonen Double R D/M 1:13.264 +0.531
12. Nick Tandy JTR M/M 1:13.268 +0.535
13. Alistair Jackson Double R D/M 1:13.389 +0.656
14. Andy Meyrick Carlin (N) D/H 1:13.468 +0.735
15. John Martin Double R D/M 1:13.587 +0.854
16. Max Chilton Hitech D/M 1:13.629 +0.896
17. Oliver Oakes Eurotek D/M 1:13.719 +0.986
18. Walter Grubmuller Hitech D/M 1:13.723 +0.990
19. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) D/H 1:14.109 +1.376
20. Philip Major Fortec D/M 1:14.250 +1.517
21. Hywel Lloyd CF (N) D/H 1:14.317 +1.584
22. Jay Bridger Fluid (N) D/H 1:14.609 +1.876
23. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) D/H 1:14.930 +2.197
24. Viktor Jensen Nexa D/H 1:15.023 +2.290
25. Stefan Wilson Fluid (N) D/H 1:15.031 +2.298
26. Kristjan Einar Carlin (N) D/H 1:15.098 +2.365
27. Craig Reiff Nexa (N) D/H 1:15.304 +2.571
28. Niall Quinn Loctite (N) D/H 1:15.562 +2.829
29. Henry Arundel Double R D/M 1:20.228 +7.495 (D/M = Dallara Mercedes, M/M = Mygale Mercedes, D/H = Dallara Mugen-Honda)
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