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Grosjean takes pole at Mugello

Renault Development Driver Romain Grosjean claimed a comfortable pole position for the first round of this weekend's Formula Three Euro Series race at Mugello

The ASM driver was on top throughout the 30-minute session, and could have gone even quicker than his pole time of 1:41.485 had he not been baulked in traffic.

His French teammate Tom Dillman was second, almost 0.3 seconds slower than the pole man, but it was a fine showing by the Red Bull junior driver nonetheless.

Dutchman Renger van der Zande will line up an impressive third following his best qualifying result of the season, ahead of ASM teammates Kamui Kobayashi and Nico Hulkenberg. Championship leader Sebastien Buemi will start from sixth

It was a poor session for Manor Motorsport, with James Jakes their top driver back in ninth.

On his series debut, Irishman Euan Hankey acquitted himself well to take 14th for HS Technik.

Pos  Driver               Car                   Time              
 1.  Romain Grosjean      Dallara-Mercedes      1:41.485
 2.  Tom Dillmann         Dallara-Mercedes      1:41.750  + 0.265
 3.  R.van der Zande      Dallara-Mercedes      1:41.806  + 0.321
 4.  Kamui Kobayashi      Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.086  + 0.601
 5.  N.Hülkenberg         Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.121  + 0.636
 6.  Sebastien Buemi      Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.152  + 0.667
 7.  Franck Mailleux      Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.468  + 0.983
 8.  Tim Sandtler         Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.548  + 1.063
 9.  James Jakes          Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.601  + 1.116
10.  Jean-Karl Vernay     Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.618  + 1.133
11.  Daniel Clos          Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.638  + 1.153
12.  Michael Patrizi      Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.666  + 1.181
13.  Yelmer Buurman       Dallara-Mercedes      1:42.667  + 1.182
14.  Euan Hankey          Dallara-Mercedes      1:43.056  + 1.571
15.  Filip Salaquarda     Dallara-Mercedes      1:43.071  + 1.586
16.  Edoardo Mortara      Dallara-Mercedes      1:43.162  + 1.677
17.  Yann Clairay         Dallara-Mercedes      1:43.235  + 1.750
18.  H.Schlegelmilch      Dallara-Mercedes      1:43.269  + 1.784
19.  Sergei Afanasiev     Dallara-Mercedes      1:43.345  + 1.860
20.  Cyndie Allemann      Dallara-Mercedes      1:43.456  + 1.971
21.  Edoardo Piscopo      Dallara-Mercedes      1:43.623  + 2.138
22.  Marco Holzer         Dallara-Opel          1:44.361  + 2.876
23.  Basil Shaaban        Dallara-Mercedes      1:44.622  + 3.137

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