Asmer takes pole for race one
Championship leader Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing) looks set to increase his advantage in tomorrow's first Donington Park race after taking pole position in the first session today
The Estonian will share the front row with home driver Stephen Jelley (Double R Racing) after dominating qualifying and earning his first pole position of the year.
It was a crowded session on the short National layout, but that didn't stop the two drivers who were fastest in last week's test from holding onto their position at the top of the field.
Greg Mansell (Fortec Motorsport) was the find of qualifying, turning in an impressive performance in only his second Formula Three outing. The younger Mansell was third-fastest and best of the rookies, despite having to change a tyre midway through the session.
Jelley's team-mate Jonathan Kennard, who took pole last time out at Oulton Park, was fourth but confident of an improvement in session two.
Michael Meadows (Master Motorsport) took the National Class pole.
Qualifying times:
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Marko Asmer Dallara/Mercedes 1:01.200 2. Stephen Jelley Dallara/Mercedes 1:01.682 + 0.482 3. Greg Mansell Dallara/Mercedes 1:01.738 + 0.538 4. Jonathan Kennard Dallara/Mercedes 1:01.890 + 0.690 5. Niall Breen Dallara/Mercedes 1:01.960 + 0.760 6. S.Hohenthal Dallara/Mercedes 1:01.966 + 0.766 7. Maro Engel Dallara/Mercedes 1:01.970 + 0.770 8. Atte Mustonen Dallara/Mercedes 1:02.186 + 0.986 9. W.Grubmuller Dallara/Mercedes 1:02.226 + 1.026 10. Mario Moraes Dallara/Mercedes 1:02.326 + 1.126 11. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes 1:02.380 + 1.180 12. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:02.425 + 1.225 13. E.Guerrieri Mygale/Mercedes 1:02.594 + 1.394 14. Alberto Valerio Dallara/Mercedes 1:02.611 + 1.411 15. Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes 1:02.640 + 1.440 16. Michael Meadows Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:02.890 + 1.690 17. Leo Mansell Dallara/Mercedes 1:02.907 + 1.707 18. C.Morgado Lola/Mugen-Honda 1:02.968 + 1.768 19. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.009 + 1.809 20. Sergio Perez Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.015 + 1.815 21. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.078 + 1.878 22. Ali Jackson Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.395 + 2.195 23. Max Chilton Dallara/Mercedes 1:03.419 + 2.219 24. F.Castellacci Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.512 + 2.312 25. Alberto Costa Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.552 + 2.352 26. Alex Waters Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.783 + 2.583 27. Hamed Al Fardan Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.801 + 2.601 28. Viktor Jensen Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:03.849 + 2.649 29. Sean Petterson Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda 1:03.888 + 2.688 30. Juan P.Garcia Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda 1:04.473 + 3.273 31. John Martin Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:04.586 + 3.386 32. S.Al-Khalifa Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:04.947 + 3.747
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