Hamilton on Top Again
Lewis Hamilton moved a step closer to wrapping up the Formula Three Euroseries title by taking a hard-earned pole position for this afternoon's race at Zandvoort
Hamilton now needs to out-score ASM teammate Adrian Sutil by four points in this weekend's races in the Netherland to succeed fellow Briton Jamie Green as the Euroseries title holder.
Sutil made Hamilton fight for the race one pole and was at the top of the timesheets, when Esteban Guerrieri brought out a late-session red flag following a heavy off in his Team Midland Euroseries car. But with just seconds of the session remaining, Hamilton zipped round in 1:31.259 to take pole, and a bonus point, by three tenths of a second.
Lucas di Grassi starts third for Manor, teammate Paul di Resta is fourth. BAR Young Driver James Rossiter (Signature) had a tough session and will line up a disappointing 11th, while former British F3 race winner Rob Austin, who is making his Euroseries debut this weekend for Midland, starts 21st.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Lewis Hamilton ASM F3 1:31.259 13 2. Adrian Sutil ASM F3 1:31.512 + 0.253 13 3. Lucas di Grassi Manor Motorsport 1:31.774 + 0.515 16 4. Paul di Resta Manor Motorsport 1:32.097 + 0.838 16 5. Guillaume Moreau Signature 1:32.305 + 1.046 16 6. Sebastian Vettel ASL Mucke Motorsport 1:32.437 + 1.178 15 7. G. van der Garde Team Rosberg 1:32.820 + 1.561 14 8. Franck Perera Prema Powerteam 1:32.869 + 1.610 14 9. Hannes Neuhauser HBR Motorsport 1:32.974 + 1.715 16 10. Greg Franchi Prema Powerteam 1:32.994 + 1.735 14 11. James Rossiter Signature-Plus 1:33.080 + 1.821 14 12. Esteban Guerrieri Team Midland Euroseries 1:33.095 + 1.836 11 13. Fabio Carbone Signature 1:33.216 + 1.957 14 14. Kohei Hirate Team Rosberg 1:33.338 + 2.079 14 15. Atila Abreu ASL Mucke Motorsport 1:33.409 + 2.150 14 16. Thomas Holzer AM-Holzer Rennsport 1:33.461 + 2.202 17 17. Alejandro Nunez HBR Motorsport 1:33.466 + 2.207 16 18. Filip Salaquarda Team I.S.R. 1:33.493 + 2.234 14 19. Marco Bonanomi Prema Powerteam 1:33.499 + 2.240 14 20. Loic Duval Signature-Plus 1:34.394 + 3.135 11 21. Robert Austin Team Midland Euroseries 1:35.821 + 4.562 6
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