GP3 Hockenheim: Albon leads ART team-mate Leclerc to take pole
Championship leader Alexander Albon claimed his second GP3 career pole for ART in qualifying at Hockenheim
The ART team ran all of its cars in formation during the closing minutes of the session, with Albon leading the way on the timesheets with a time of 1m28.43s.
That was good enough to take pole over team-mate and Haas Formula 1 test driver Charles Leclerc by just seven hundredths of a second.
Leclerc looked like he was going to take pole for much of the session but a trip into the gravel during his penultimate run cost him.
Jake Dennis will line up third for Arden, despite bouncing over the kerbs and erasing his chance at pole. Nick De Vries was fourth and Antonio Fuoco was fifth.
In sixth was Welshman Matthew Parry, who had also looked set to challenge for pole after choosing to do much of his running during the mid-session lull to avoid traffic.
Seventh and eighth were Nirei Fukuzumi and Alex Palou respectively, with Campos Racing's Steijn Schothorst and Trident's Sandy Stuvik rounding out the top 10.
QUALIFYING RESULTS:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexander Albon | ART Grand Prix | 1m28.431s | - | 16 |
2 | Charles Leclerc | ART Grand Prix | 1m28.509s | 0.078s | 16 |
3 | Jake Dennis | Arden International | 1m28.518s | 0.087s | 15 |
4 | Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | 1m28.524s | 0.093s | 16 |
5 | Antonio Fuoco | Trident | 1m28.618s | 0.187s | 15 |
6 | Matt Parry | Koiranen GP | 1m28.638s | 0.207s | 15 |
7 | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | 1m28.662s | 0.231s | 15 |
8 | Alex Palou | Campos Racing | 1m28.838s | 0.407s | 14 |
9 | Steijn Schothorst | Campos Racing | 1m28.918s | 0.487s | 14 |
10 | Jack Aitken | Arden International | 1m28.935s | 0.504s | 15 |
11 | Sandy Stuvik | Trident | 1m28.944s | 0.513s | 16 |
12 | Jake Hughes | DAMS | 1m29.052s | 0.621s | 14 |
13 | Arjun Maini | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m29.076s | 0.645s | 15 |
14 | Konstantin Tereschenko | Campos Racing | 1m29.107s | 0.676s | 14 |
15 | Ralph Boschung | Koiranen GP | 1m29.126s | 0.695s | 14 |
16 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1m29.301s | 0.870s | 13 |
17 | Santino Ferrucci | DAMS | 1m29.311s | 0.880s | 15 |
18 | Artur Janosz | Trident | 1m29.383s | 0.952s | 13 |
19 | Kevin Jorg | DAMS | 1m29.542s | 1.111s | 14 |
20 | Matevos Isaakyan | Koiranen GP | 1m29.665s | 1.234s | 15 |
21 | Akash Nandy | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m29.847s | 1.416s | 14 |
22 | Tatiana Calderon | Arden International | 1m29.895s | 1.464s | 13 |
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