Grosjean on Masters pole

With Grosjean's ASM teammate Nico Hulkenberg starting directly behind him in third position, the French team are well placed to make it four Masters victories in a row.

But rival Euro Series team Manor Motorsport are best-placed to prevent that from happening, with Franck Mailleux sharing the front row with Grosjean.

The top three were covered by just a tenth of a second at the end of a stop-start session, which was run in fine, dry conditions.

Signature drivers were next up, with Jean Karl Vernay and Yann Clairay in fourth and fifth. They were followed by the very impressive rookie Brendan Hartley (Mucke Motorsport), who will start his first F3 race in sixth.

British F3 series leader Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing) will start 16th.

Pos  Driver             Make                  Time
 1.  Romain Grosjean    Dallara/Mercedes      1:23.631
 2.  Franck Mailleux    Dallara/Mercedes      1:23.738 + 0.107
 3.  N.Hulkenberg       Dallara/Mercedes      1:23.780 + 0.149
 4.  Jean-Karl Vernay   Dallara/Mercedes      1:23.944 + 0.313
 5.  Yann Clairay       Dallara/Mercedes      1:23.948 + 0.317
 6.  Brendon Hartley    Dallara/Mercedes      1:23.975 + 0.344
 7.  R.van der Zande    Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.000 + 0.369
 8.  Edoardo Piscopo    Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.160 + 0.529
 9.  Edoardo Mortara    Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.213 + 0.582
10.  Yelmer Buurman     Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.252 + 0.621
11.  H.Schlegelmilch    Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.332 + 0.701
12.  Tom Dillmann       Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.341 + 0.710
13.  Jonathan Kennard   Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.376 + 0.745
14.  Maro Engel         Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.386 + 0.755
15.  Daniel Clos        Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.403 + 0.772
16.  Marko Asmer        Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.473 + 0.842
17.  Sam Bird           Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.560 + 0.929
18.  Atte Mustonen      Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.609 + 0.978
19.  Kamui Kobayashi    Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.636 + 1.005
20.  Filip Salaquarda   Dallara/Mercedes      1:25.295 + 1.664
21.  Stephen Jelley     Dallara/Mercedes      1:24.999 + 1.368
22.  Cheng Cong Fu      Dallara/Mercedes      1:25.156 + 1.525
23.  E.Guerrieri        Mygale/Mercedes       1:25.075 + 1.444
24.  Michael Patrizi    Dallara/Mercedes      1:25.386 + 1.755
25.  Niall Breen        Dallara/Mercedes      1:25.234 + 1.603
26.  Michael Devaney    Mygale/Mercedes       1:25.757 + 2.126
27.  Tim Sandtler       Dallara/Mercedes      1:25.355 + 1.724
28.  John Martin        Dallara/Mugen-Honda   1:25.993 + 2.362
29.  James Jakes        Dallara/Mercedes      1:25.788 + 2.157
30.  Sergei Afanasiev   Dallara/Mercedes      1:26.218 + 2.587
31.  W.Grubmuller       Dallara/Mercedes      1:25.820 + 2.189
32.  Alberto Valerio    Dallara/Mercedes      1:27.319 + 3.688
33.  Ali Jackson        Dallara/Mercedes      1:25.996 + 2.365
34.  Rodolfo Avila      Dallara/Mercedes      1:27.452 + 3.821
35.  F.Castellacci      Dallara/Mugen-Honda   1:26.690 + 3.059
36.  Ricardo Teixeira   Dallara/Mugen-Honda   1:28.146 + 4.515