Robert Wickens on Silverstone Formula Renault 3.5 pole again

The Carlin racer, who won Saturday's opening race, did not register a competitive lap until two thirds of the way into Sunday's half-hour qualifying session, when he posted the seventh fastest time on old tyres.

Wickens bumped Alexander Rossi (Fortec) off the top of the timesheets with three minutes left on the clocks before lowering his benchmark with a last ditch effort to 1m45.379s.

After a relatively subdued start to his morning, Wickens' Carlin team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne took second, almost three tenths adrift of Wickens' pole effort.

Frenchman Nathanael Berthon out-qualified his highly-rated ISR team-mate Daniel Ricciardo to lead the second row for ISR.

HRT Formula 1 driver Ricciardo edged out Spaniard Alberto Costa (EPIC Racing) by 0.06s. As on Saturday, Costa had led the session at the halfway mark.

Race one podium finisher Rossi completed the top six, ahead of Gravity-Charouz racer Brendon Hartley and reigning Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup champion Kevin Korjus (Tech 1). Estonian Korjus moved himself into seventh from outside the top 10 on his final lap.

Sergio Canamasas brought out a full course yellow with an early off at Turn 4. The Spaniard's BVM Target car received a bent front wing in the incident. Although Canamasas was towed out of the gravel, he was unable to rejoin the action and lost his fastest lap for causing the interruption.

Pos  Driver             Team             Time       Gap
 1.  Robert Wickens     Carlin           1m45.379s
 2.  Jean-Eric Vergne   Carlin           1m45.660s  + 0.281s
 3.  Nathanael Berthon  ISR              1m45.704s  + 0.325s
 4.  Daniel Ricciardo   ISR              1m45.910s  + 0.531s
 5.  Albert Costa       EPIC             1m45.970s  + 0.591s
 6.  Alexander Rossi    Fortec           1m45.983s  + 0.604s
 7.  Brendon Hartley    Gravity-Charouz  1m46.073s  + 0.694s
 8.  Kevin Korjus       Tech 1           1m46.100s  + 0.721s
 9.  Jake Rosenzweig    Mofaz            1m46.197s  + 0.818s
10.  Cesar Ramos        Fortec           1m46.226s  + 0.847s
11.  Jan Charouz        Gravity-Charouz  1m46.237s  + 0.858s
12.  Walter Grubmüller  P1               1m46.277s  + 0.898s
13.  Oliver Webb        Pons             1m46.355s  + 0.976s
14.  Daniel Zampieri    BVM Target       1m46.463s  + 1.084s
15.  Nick Yelloly       Pons             1m46.469s  + 1.090s
16.  Sten Pentus        EPIC             1m46.683s  + 1.304s
17.  Anton Nebylitskiy  KMP              1m46.692s  + 1.313s
18.  Andre Negrao       Draco            1m46.808s  + 1.429s
19.  Daniil Move        P1               1m46.836s  + 1.457s
20.  Daniel McKenzie    Comtec           1m46.843s  + 1.464s
21.  Nelson Panciatici  KMP              1m46.871s  + 1.492s
22.  Fairuz Fauzy       Mofaz            1m46.877s  + 1.498s
23.  Arthur Pic         Tech 1           1m47.133s  + 1.754s
24.  Daniel de Jong     Comtec           1m47.296s  + 1.917s
25.  Stephane Richelmi  Draco            1m47.640s  + 2.261s
26.  Sergio Canamasas   BVM Target       1m55.908s  + 10.529s