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Hamilton Takes Second Pole

Lewis Hamilton left it until the final 10 minutes of qualifying to show his hand in qualifying for this weekend's first Formula Three Euroseries race at the Norisring, but quickly stamped his authority on the field to claim another dominant pole position

The championship leader had spent the first half of the session at the bottom of the timesheets as he sat in the pits, and just as he came out to put in his first serious laps the session was red-flagged. Spaniard Alejandro Nunez had had an embarrassing crash after spinning backwards into the pit-wall when he lost control of his car as he tried to warm-up his tyres.

When the session restarted a few minutes later, Hamilton instantly moved to the time of the timesheets. Further improvements kept him at the top for his second pole of the weekend. The Briton's best time of 48.874 seconds was almost three tenths faster than ASM teammate Adrian Sutil.

Sutil put in his best lap right at the end of the session, having lost an earlier effort after some wheel-banging with Marco Bonanomi, but again it was not enough to overhaul Hamilton.

Sebastian Vettel claimed the third spot, just 0.013 seconds slower than Sutil, with Paul di Resta fourth quickest ahead of Kohei Hirate and James Rossiter.

Pos Driver               Car                        Time
 1. Lewis Hamilton       Dallara F305 Mercedes      48.874
 2. Adrian Sutil         Dallara F305 Mercedes      49.110
 3. Sebastian Vettel     Dallara F305 Mercedes      49.123
 4. Paul di Resta        Dallara F305 Mercedes      49.159
 5. Kohei Hirate         Dallara F305 Opel          49.279
 6. James Rossiter       Dallara F305 Opel          49.289
 7. Giedo van der Garde  Dallara F305 Opel          49.345
 8. Franck Perera        Dallara F305 Opel          49.350
 9. Marco Bonanomi       Dallara F305 Opel          49.374
10. Loic Duval           Dallara F305 Opel          49.397
11. Lucas di Grassi      Dallara F305 Mercedes      49.484
12. Esteban Guerrieri    Dallara F305 Toms Toyota   49.503
13. Atila Abreu          Dallara F305 Mercedes      49.510
14. Guillaume Moreau     Dallara F305 Opel          49.547
15. Hannes Neuhauser     Dallara F305 Mercedes      49.565
16. Fabio Carbone        SLC R1 Opel                49.726
17. Greg Franchi         Dallara F305 Opel          50.223
18. Nico Verdonck        Dallara F305 Toms Toyota   50.238
19. Thomas Holzer        Dallara F305 Opel          50.407
20. Filip Salaquarda     Dallara F305 Opel          50.684
21. Alejandro Nunez      Dallara F305 Opel          51.076

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