Hartley takes pole for race two
Brendon Hartley broke Oliver Turvey's run of pole positions with the fastest lap in qualifying for the second British Formula 3 race at Silverstone tomorrow
The New Zealander had finished second to Turvey in the day's earlier session, but posted a 1:14.906 to claim the top spot this afternoon.
"I was a bit frustrated after the first session because I didn't feel I got the best lap together," he said. "But this is good for my championship with the other contenders behind me.
"It's going to be a big battle between me and Oliver with both of us on the front row for both races. I need to focus on winning both, so there's quite a lot of pressure. But I need to make up for mistakes made earlier in the season."
The front runners again waited until half way through qualifying before leaving the pits, and title protagonist Sergio Perez was first to the top of the timesheet.
Turvey went fastest with ten minutes remaining, but was pipped Hartley and then Tandy, who went top for a while in the JTR Mygale.
Hartley got down into the 1:14s to claim pole, and Turvey eventually pinched second back from Tandy with a final, late effort. Marcus Ericsson also produced his best lap late on to join Tandy on row two.
Perez qualified on row three for the second time today, ahead of Sam Abay, while Alguersuari will start only eighth, sharing the fourth row with Double R's John Martin.
Atte Mustonen and Philip Major rounded out the top ten, while Stefan Wilson was top of the National Class in 17th again.
Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap 1. Brendon Hartley Carlin D/M 1:14.906 2. Oliver Turvey Carlin D/M 1:15.016 +0.110 3. Nick Tandy JTR M/M 1:15.136 +0.230 4. Marcus Ericsson Fortec D/M 1:15.186 +0.280 5. Sergio Perez T-Sport D/H 1:15.198 +0.292 6. Sam Abay Carlin D/M 1:15.234 +0.328 7. John Martin Double R D/M 1:15.240 +0.334 8. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin D/M 1:15.321 +0.415 9. Atte Mustonen Double R D/M 1:15.522 +0.616 10. Philip Major Fortec D/M 1:15.650 +0.744 11. Max Chilton Hitech D/M 1:15.662 +0.756 12. Oliver Oakes Eurotek D/M 1:15.736 +0.830 13. Walter Grubmuller Hitech D/M 1:15.852 +0.946 14. Michael Devaney Ultimate M/M 1:15.891 +0.985 15. Henry Arundel Double R D/M 1:15.935 +1.029 16. Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate M/M 1:16.260 +1.354 17. Stefan Wilson Fluid (N) D/H 1:16.328 +1.422 18. Alastair Jackson Ultimate M/M 1:16.340 +1.434 19. Clemente Faria Jr Double R D/M 1:16.344 +1.438 20. Jay Bridger Fluid (N) D/H 1:16.352 +1.446 21. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) D/H 1:16.583 +1.677 22. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) D/H 1:16.620 +1.714 23. Hywel Lloyd CF (N) D/H 1:16.711 +1.805 24. Kristjan Einar Carlin (N) D/H 1:17.469 +2.563 25. Craig Reiff Nexa (N) D/H 1:17.659 +2.752 26. Jonathan Legris Litespeed (N) D/H 1:18.076 +3.170
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