Grosjean takes second pole
French drivers Romain Grosjean and Guillaume Moreau claimed the front row for Monday's second British Formula 3 race at Pau. The home duo continued a dominant weekend for the Signature team, the Formula 3 Euroseries squad which is competing at Pau as a one-off
But Mike Conway was once again the best of the British championship regulars, recording the third-best time for Double R Racing. This was despite a heavy accident at Foch that came just moments after setting his best time.
Maro Engel got through the session unscathed today and will start fourth ahead of Yelmer Buurman (Fortec Motorsport) and Oliver Jarvis (Carlin Motorsport). Carlin's third driver Christian Bakkerud was less lucky, getting caught up in an early incident and failing to set a representative time.
It was another unhappy day for points leader Bruno Senna, who could only manage fourteenth. Given that he will start the first race seventh, Conway and the other chasers will be very mindful of the golden chance to eat into Senna's rather healthy championship lead.
The first race takes place later this afternoon. The second race doubles as the 66th Pau Grand Prix and goes ahead tomorrow.
Qualifying times:
Pos Driver Team Make Time 1. Romain Grosjean Signature Dallara Mercedes 1:12.414 2. Guillaume Moreau Signature Dallara Mercedes 1:12.815 + 0.401 3. Mike Conway Double R Dallara Mercedes 1:12.946 + 0.532 4. Maro Engel Carlin Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:13.176 + 0.762 5. Yelmer Buurman Fortec Dallara Mercedes 1:13.291 + 0.877 6. Oliver Jarvis Carlin Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:13.350 + 0.936 7. James Jakes Hitech Dallara Mercedes 1:13.518 + 1.104 8. Charlie Kimball Signature Dallara Mercedes 1:13.524 + 1.110 9. Salvador Duran Hitech Dallara Mercedes 1:13.562 + 1.148 10. Stephen Jelley Double R Dallara Mercedes 1:13.805 + 1.391 11. Stuart Hall Fortec Dallara Mercedes 1:13.824 + 1.410 12. James Walker Hitech Dallara Mercedes 1:13.898 + 1.484 13. Karl Reindler ADR Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:14.166 + 1.752 14. Bruno Senna Double R Dallara Mercedes 1:14.599 + 2.185 15. Alberto Valerio Cesario Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:14.711 + 2.297 16. Cristiano Morgado Fluid Lola-Dome Mugen-Honda 1:14.744 + 2.330 17. Rodolfo Avila Performance Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:15.248 + 2.834 18. Rodolfo Gonzalez T-Sport Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:15.262 + 2.848 19. Dennis Retera T-Sport Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:15.374 + 2.960 20. Charlie Hollings Fortec Dallara Mercedes 1:15.375 + 2.961 21. Martin Kudzak Fluid Lola-Dome Mugen-Honda 1:16.137 + 3.723 22. Christian Bakkerud Carlin Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:16.160 + 3.746 23. Alexander Khateeb Promatecme Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:17.273 + 4.859 24. Ricardo Teixeira Performance Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:18.552 + 6.138 25. Jonathan Kennard ADR Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:20.691 + 8.277 26. Juho Annala Performance Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:20.732 + 8.318 27. Keiko Ihara Carlin Dallara Mugen-Honda 1:21.543 + 9.129
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