Jakes takes pole at Brands
James Jakes has taken pole position on home soil for the first Formula Three Euro Series race at Brands Hatch this weekend
The Manor Motorsport driver was less than one tenth of a second faster than teammate Franck Mailluex, who will share the front row with him on Saturday morning.
The 30-minute session effectively became a seven-minute dash for pole position when the red flags came out, and Jakes was one of the first drivers to set a time in the final rush.
He was in the pits when the session finished, but his time was in little danger as the yellow flags were out at the first corner because Kamui Kobayashi had gone off.
The Japanese driver will start fourth, in between his ASM teammates Romain Grosjean and Nico Hulkenberg.
Former British F3 driver Yelmer Buurman will start sixth on the grid, just ahead of Tim Sandtler.
Championship leader Sebastien Buemi had been fastest in free practice, but he had a difficult session, and could only manage to qualify in eighth position.
Jakes, who made an impressive one-off appearance in this meeting last year, is automatically the favourite for Saturday's race, as overtaking on the short Brands Hatch Indy circuit is almost impossible.
Pos Driver Car Time 1. James Jakes Dallara/Mercedes 41.704 2. Franck Mailleux Dallara/Mercedes 41.717 + 0.013 3. Romain Grosjean Dallara/Mercedes 41.825 + 0.121 4. Kamui Kobayashi Dallara/Mercedes 41.849 + 0.145 5. N.Hulkenberg Dallara/Mercedes 41.874 + 0.170 6. Yelmer Buurman Dallara/Mercedes 41.963 + 0.259 7. Tim Sandtler Dallara/Mercedes 41.981 + 0.277 8. Sebastien Buemi Dallara/Mercedes 41.993 + 0.289 9. Edoardo Mortara Dallara/Mercedes 42.024 + 0.320 10. Yann Clairay Dallara/Mercedes 42.046 + 0.342 11. H.Schlegelmilch Dallara/Mercedes 42.050 + 0.346 12. Tom Dillmann Dallara/Mercedes 42.056 + 0.352 13. Daniel Clos Dallara/Mercedes 42.069 + 0.365 14. Filip Salaquarda Dallara/Mercedes 42.102 + 0.398 15. Cyndie Allemann Dallara/Mercedes 42.109 + 0.405 16. R.van der Zande Dallara/Mercedes 42.120 + 0.416 17. Edoardo Piscopo Dallara/Mercedes 42.120 + 0.416 18. Jean-Karl Vernay Dallara/Mercedes 42.222 + 0.518 19. Michael Patrizi Dallara/Mercedes 42.286 + 0.582 20. Marco Holzer Dallara/Opel 42.432 + 0.728 21. Basil Shaaban Dallara/Mercedes 42.629 + 0.925 22. Sergei Afanasiev Dallara/Mercedes 42.754 + 1.050
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