Engel takes pole for race two
Maro Engel claimed the final pole position of the British Formula 3 season at Rockingham on Saturday
This time the session was dry, although once again a red flag made an early appearance. Walter Grubmuller (Hitech Racing) was the culprit on this occasion, beaching himself in the gravel after a spin at Yentwood.
Again there were surprises. Rodolfo Gonzalez put his T-Sport car on the front row - though he was three tenths shy of Carlin's pole man.
Esteban Guerrieri recovered from a disastrous first session (he was slowest) to qualify his Ultimate Motorsport Mygale seventh this time around.
Sam Bird (Carlin) and Greg Mansell (Fortec Motorsport) share the second row, with Double R duo Atte Mustonen and Jonathan Kennard sharing the third.
Champion and - until now - Rockingham pace setter Marko Asmer (Hitech) could only manage 10th position, while Sergio Perez (T-Sport) took another clear National Class pole.
Pos Driver Car/Engine Time 1. Maro Engel Dallara/Mercedes 1:11.616 2. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mugen-Honda +0.343 3. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes +0.348 4. Greg Mansell Dallara/Mercedes +0.485 5. Atte Mustonen Dallara/Mercedes +0.540 6. Jonathan Kennard Dallara/Mercedes +0.619 7. E.Guerrieri Mygale/Mercedes +0.764 8. S.Hohenthal Dallara/Mercedes +0.765 9. Alberto Valerio Dallara/Mercedes +0.821 10. Marko Asmer Dallara/Mercedes +0.878 11. Niall Breen Dallara/Mercedes +0.894 12. John Martin Dallara/Mugen-Honda +0.898 13. Stephen Jelley Dallara/Mercedes +0.979 14. Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes +1.135 15. Mario Moraes Dallara/Mercedes +1.167 16. W.Grubmuller Dallara/Mercedes +1.266 17. Max Chilton Dallara/Mercedes +1.617 18. Sergio Perez Dallara/Mugen-Honda +1.977 19. Leo Mansell Dallara/Mercedes +2.100 20. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara/Mugen-Honda +2.263 21. Ali Jackson Dallara/Mercedes +2.324 22. F.Castellacci Dallara/Mugen-Honda +2.354 23. S.Al-Khalifa Dallara/Mugen-Honda +2.927 24. Mihai Marinescu Dallara/Mugen-Honda +3.305 25. R.Singleton Dallara/Mugen-Honda +3.329 26. Hamed Al Fardan Dallara/Mugen-Honda +6.160
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