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Carlin's Antonio Felix da Costa on pole for GP3 opener at Barcelona

Antonio Felix da Costa gave Carlin the first pole of the 2012 GP3 season at Barcelona

The Portuguese driver edged out Lotus duo Conor Daly and Aaro Vainio in a top three covered by just 0.090 seconds.

Mitch Evans held pole for MW Arden early on, but was edged back to fourth on the grid, 0.193s off the pace.

Status driver Marlon Stockinger completed the top five, while Manor's Tio Ellinas secured sixth and top rookie honours despite missing free practice - although he is under investigation over a potential yellow flag infringement.

Daniel Abt (Lotus), Patric Niederhauser (Jenzer), practice pacesetter Matias Laine (MW Arden) and Dmitry Suranovich (Manor) completed the top 10.

Auto GP champion Kevin Ceccon will start on the back row after failing to set a time in his Ocean car.

Pos  Driver                  Team       Time       Gap
 1.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Carlin     1m38.642s
 2.  Conor Daly              Lotus      1m38.720s  + 0.078s
 3.  Aaro Vainio             Lotus      1m38.732s  + 0.090s
 4.  Mitch Evans             MW Arden   1m38.835s  + 0.193s
 5.  Marlon Stockinger       Status     1m38.867s  + 0.225s
 6.  Tio Ellinas             Manor      1m38.894s  + 0.252s
 7.  Daniel Abt              Lotus      1m38.945s  + 0.303s
 8.  Patric Niederhauser     Jenzer     1m38.988s  + 0.346s
 9.  Matias Laine            MW Arden   1m39.151s  + 0.509s
10.  Dmitry Suranovich       Manor      1m39.164s  + 0.522s
11.  David Fumanelli         MW Arden   1m39.175s  + 0.533s
12.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Atech CRS  1m39.201s  + 0.559s
13.  Alex Brundle            Carlin     1m39.228s  + 0.586s
14.  William Buller          Carlin     1m39.512s  + 0.870s
15.  Robert Visoiu           Jenzer     1m39.553s  + 0.911s
16.  Kotaro Sakurai          Status     1m39.701s  + 1.059s
17.  Antonio Spavone         Trident    1m39.932s  + 1.290s
18.  Alice Powell            Status     1m40.002s  + 1.360s
19.  Fabiano Machado         Manor      1m40.278s  + 1.636s
20.  John Wartique           Atech CRS  1m40.578s  + 1.936s
21.  Ethan Ringel            Atech CRS  1m40.640s  + 1.998s
22.  Jakub Klasterka         Jenzer     1m41.053s  + 2.411s
23.  Robert Cregan           Ocean      1m41.112s  + 2.470s
24.  Carmen Jorda            Ocean      1m42.066s  + 3.424s
25.  Vicky Piria             Trident    1m43.509s  + 4.867s
26.  Kevin Ceccon            Ocean

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