Ericsson takes pole at Brands Hatch
Marcus Ericsson took his second pole position of the British Formula 3 season with a decisive late effort at Brands Hatch this morning
The 17-year-old waited in the pits for the first ten minutes of the qualifying session and hooked up all three sectors to snatch pole position from Jaime Alguersuari, who was already out of his car in the pit lane with more than ten minutes to run.
Alguersuari looked to have the secured what would have been his fifth pole of the season when he got the better of Atte Mustonen, Oliver Turvey, and Sergio Perez as the quartet traded quickest time half way through the session.
He and Turvey returned to the pits, while Perez went off out the back of the circuit, and Mustonen stayed out but had used the best of his tyres. Ericsson, Sam Abay, and Brendon Hartley, however, kept more life in their tyres for the second half of the session and pinched first, fourth, and six places in the closing minutes while their rivals watched from the pit wall.
Jay Bridger took the National Class pole by just 0.012s from Steven Guerrero, with Stefan Wilson less than a tenth further back in third place.
Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap 1. Marcus Ericsson Fortec D/M 1:17.112 2. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin D/M 1:17.282 +0.170 3. Atte Mustonen Double R D/M 1:17.357 +0.245 4. Sam Abay Carlin D/M 1:17.663 +0.551 5. Oliver Turvey Carlin D/M 1:17.669 +0.587 6. Brendon Hartley Carlin D/M 1:17.730 +0.618 7. Sergio Perez T-Sport D/H 1:17.733 +0.621 8. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec D/M 1:17.837 +0.725 9. Walter Grubmuller Hitech D/M 1:17.868 +0.756 10. John Martin Double R D/M 1:17.890 +0.778 11. Henry Arundel Double R D/M 1:17.943 +0.831 12. Nick Tandy JTR M/M 1:18.119 +1.007 13. Max Chilton Hitech D/M 1:18.192 +1.080 14. Michael Devaney Ultimate M/M 1:18.795 +1.578 15. Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate M/M 1:18.889 +1.777 16. Philip Major Fortec D/M 1:18.957 +1.845 17. Jay Bridger Fluid (N) D/H 1:19.351 +2.239 18. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) D/H 1:19.363 +2.251 19. Stefan Wilson Fluid (N) D/H 1:19.437 +2.325 20. Viktor Jensen Nexa D/H 1:19.572 +2.460 21. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) D/H 1:19.800 +2.671 22. Ali Jackson Ultimate M/M 1:19.894 +2.688 23. Jonathan Legris Litespeed (N) S/H 1:19.909 +2.782 24. Martin O'Connell Carlin (N) D/H 1:20.126 +3.014 25. Kristjan Einar Carlin (N) D/H 1:20.312 +3.200 26. Jordan Williams Loctite (N) D/H 1:20.373 +3.261 27. Hywel Lloyd CF (N) D/H 1:20.753 +3.641 D/M = Dallara Mercedes, D/H = Dallara Mugen-Honda, M/M = Mygale Mercedes, S/H = SLC Mugen-Honda
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