Hamilton Takes F3 Masters Pole

The Briton, who has dominated the season so far, set the fastest time by three tenths of a second ahead of his ASM teammate Adrian Sutil. Sutil was just a fraction clear of Brazilian Manor Motorsport's Lucas di Grassi.

Paul di Resta, di Grassi's teammate, was second fastest in Hamilton's qualifying group, and so lines up fourth on the grid due to the unusual split-qualifying system.

Qualifying takes place in two groups, with each group running in two sessions. One group qualifies on the odd grid positions, and the second qualifies on the even grid positions.

Briton Steven Kane was the best performer in a Lola chassis and will start fifth - a position that might have been better without an accident in his second session.

Provisional Grid for the 2005 Marlboro Masters F3:

Pos  Driver               Team                      Chassis-Engine
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       ASM F3                    Dallara Mercedes-HWA
 2.  Adrian Sutil         ASM F3                    Dallara Mercedes-HWA
 3.  Paul di Resta        Manor Motorsport          Dallara Mercedes-HWA
 4.  Lucas di Grassi      Manor Motorsport          Dallara Mercedes-HWA
 5.  Steven Kane          JB Motorsport             Lola Honda-Mugen
 6.  Franck Perera        Prema Powerteam           Dallara Opel-Spiess
 7.  Kohei Hirate         Team Rosberg              Dallara Opel-Spiess
 8.  Giedo van der Garde  Team Rosberg              Dallara Opel- Spiess
 9.  Marco Bonanomi       Prema Powerteam           Dallara Opel-Spiess
10.  Alvaro Parente       Carlin Motorsport         Dallara Honda-Mugen
11.  Loic Duval           Signature -Plus           Dallara Opel-Spiess
12.  Esteban Guerreri     Team Midland Euro Series  Dallara Toyota-Toms
13.  Hannes Neuhauser     HBR Motorsport GmbH       Dallara Opel-Spiess
14.  Sebastian Vettel     ASL M?cke Motorsport      Dallara Mercedes-HWA
15.  Marko Asmer          Hitech Racing             Dallara Honda-Mugen
16.  Mike Conway          Fortec Motorsport         Dallara Opel-Spiess
17.  Charlie Kimball      Carlin Motorsport         Dallara Honda-Mugen
18.  Bruno Senna          Double R Racing           Dallara Honda-Mugen
19.  Christian Bakkerud   Carlin Motorsport         Dallara Honda-Mugen
20.  Guillaume Moreau     Signature                 Dallara Opel-Spiess
21.  James Walker         Fortec Motorsport         Dallara Opel-Spiess
22.  Greg Franchi         Prema Powerteam           Dallara Opel-Spiess
23.  Dan Clarke           Double R Racing           Dallara Honda-Mugen
24.  Ho-Pin Tung          JB Motorsport             Dallara Honda-Mugen
25.  Atila Abreu          ASL M?cke Motorsport      Dallara Mercedes-HWA
26.  Alejandro Nunez      HBR Motorsport GmbH       Dallara Opel-Spiess
27.  Ross Zwolsman        Ross Zwolsman             Dallara Opel-Spiess
28.  James Rossiter       Signature-Plus            Dallara Opel-Spiess
29.  Ferdinand Kool       JB Motorsport             Lola Honda-Mugen
30.  Ryan Lewis           T-Sport                   Dallara Honda-Mugen
31.  Stephen Jelley       Menu F3 Motorsport        Dallara Opel-Spiess
32.  Alvaro Barba         Hitech Racing             Dallara Honda-Mugen
33.  Thomas Holzer        AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH  Dallara Opel-Spiess
34.  Keiko Ihara          Carlin Motorsport         Dallara Honda-Mugen
35.  Ronayne O'Mahony     Fortec Motorsport         Dallara Opel-Spiess
36.  Nico Verdonck        Team Midland Euro Series  Dallara Toyota-Toms