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Mortara disappointed with third

Edoardo Mortara says he is disappointed to be third on the grid after dominating the Macau Grand Prix weekend up until today's final qualifying session

The Italian, who finished runner-up in the F3 Euro Series this season, has been fastest in every other session this week, but only set the fourth fastest time this afternoon. He was promoted to third when Sam Bird - who qualified second - was given a three-place penalty for missing a weigh bridge check.

"I am clearly disappointed," said Mortara. "Yesterday I had a crash when I was doing a pretty good lap and again today I could not do the maximum because I was just stuck in the traffic.

"I did my best time on old tyres, I couldn't do it with the new ones because I was held up by other cars. I tried to make a gap but I was too fast and caught them too much - that last lap could have been pole position but I couldn't finish it because I touched the wall when I caught one of the Carlin cars."

But Mortara believes he can still win the event on Sunday, if he avoids a repeat of his mistake last year when he crashed at the first corner in the qualifaction race.

"We don't have to be too disappointed, though," he added. "Third is a good position for sure because it's only the final that counts. If you start at the front it's easier to win, but third is ok. It's important just to finish the Saturday race, I can't afford to do a repeat of last year."

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