Hamilton Again on Pole in Germany
Lewis Hamilton took pole for the second race at Oschersleben topping the timesheets in the first qualifying session for this weekend's second F3 Euroseries race
Hamilton lapped the German track in 1.17.747, faster than Manor Motorsport's Lucas Di Grassi by 0.171 seconds.
The Brazilian had been fastest in today's free practice session earlier, however Hamilton's grip on the F3 Euroseries shows no signs of easing after he recorded his sixth pole position in eight races.
Hamilton's ASM teammate Adrian Sutil kept up the Championship pressure by recording the third fastest time ahead of Di Grassi's teamate Paul Di Resta.
The session was briefly interrupted by a red flag for Franck Perera, who spun off into the gravel. Perera qualified 15th.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Lewis Hamilton ASM F3 1:17.747 14 2. Lucas di Grassi Manor Motorsport 1:17.918 + 0.171 15 3. Adrian Sutil ASM F3 1:18.312 + 0.565 14 4. Paul di Resta Manor Motorsport 1:18.368 + 0.621 15 5. Giedo van der Garde Team Rosberg 1:18.577 + 0.830 15 6. Sebastian Vettel R ASL Mucke 1:18.676 + 0.929 17 7. Kohei Hirate Team Rosberg 1:18.725 + 0.978 15 8. Guillaume Moreau R Signature 1:18.829 + 1.082 19 9. Esteban Guerrieri R Team Midland 1:18.924 + 1.177 20 10. Loic Duval Signature-Plus 1:18.924 + 1.177 19 11. James Rossiter Signature-Plus 1:19.009 + 1.262 17 12. Atila Abreu R ASL Mucke 1:19.149 + 1.402 14 13. Hannes Neuhauser HBR Motorsport 1:19.279 + 1.532 17 14. Fabio Carbone Signature 1:19.494 + 1.747 14 15. Franck Perera Prema Powerteam 1:19.502 + 1.755 5 16. Alejandro Nunez HBR Motorsport 1:19.545 + 1.798 10 17. Marco Bonanomi Prema Powerteam 1:19.644 + 1.897 18 18. Greg Franchi Prema Powerteam 1:19.654 + 1.907 19 19. Filip Salaquarda Team I.S.R. 1:19.855 + 2.108 20 20. Nico Verdonck Team Midland 1:20.344 + 2.597 21 21. Thomas Holzer AM-Holzer Rennsport 1:21.025 + 3.278 19
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