Jarvis snatches pole at Macau
Oliver Jarvis took a brilliant last-gasp pole position for the Macau Grand Prix on Friday, stealing the top spot on his final lap of the session
The Briton, who raced in the Japanese Formula Three Championship this year, has steadily increased his pace throughout the weekend and began to show his potential halfway through the incident-filled final qualifying session that was red flagged three times.
Jarvis first moved to the top of the timesheets with 25 minutes remaining and, after later improving his time, seemed to have the top spot sewn up until just one minute from the end when Kodai Tsukakoshi stole pole position.
Jarvis responded instantly, however, and retook the top spot as he took the chequered flag.
Provisional pole position man Marko Asmer found himself unable to beat Jarvis' time, but he still grabbed second place with his final lap of the session to demote Tsukakoshi to third.
Sebastien Buemi starts fourth, ahead of Edoardo Mortara and Romain Grosjean.
The first red flag was brought out after 12 minutes when Renger van der Zande crashed into the barriers on the exit of Paiol and left debris scattered over the track.
With 12 minutes to go Brendon Hartley hit the barriers on the exit of Lisboa and was left stranded in a dangerous position, bringing out the second red flag.
Then almost immediately after the restart Walter Grubmuller crashed into the barriers and caused the third stoppage of the afternoon.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Oliver Jarvis Team Reckless Tom's 2:11.696 2. Marko Asmer Hitech Racing +0.192 3. Kodai Tsukakoshi Manor Motorsport +0.216 4. Sebastien Buemi Raikkonen Robertson Racing +0.365 5. Edoardo Mortara Signature Plus +0.542 6. Romain Grosjean ASM F3 +0.552 7. Kamui Kobayashi ASM F3 +0.636 8. Kazuya Oshima Team Reckless Tom's +0.781 9. Robert Streit Prema Powerteam +0.864 10. Yelmer Buurman Manor Motorsport +1.199 11. James Jakes Manor Motorsport +1.472 12. Esteban Guerrieri Signature Plus +1.533 13. Stephen Jelley Raikkonen Robertson Racing +1.628 14. Carlo van dam HBR Motorsport +1.655 15. Nico Hulkenberg ASM F3 +2.039 16. Sam Bird Carlin Motorsport +2.040 17. Niall Breen Carlin Motorsport +2.156 18. Bruno Senna Raikkonen Robertson +2.160 19. Jonathan Kennard Raikkonen Robertson Racing +2.736 20. Atte Mustonen Signature Plus +3.206 21. Brendon Hartley Carlin Motorsport +3.335 22. Frank Mailleux Manor Motorsport +4.054 23. Renger van der Zande Prema Powerteam +4.214 24. Takuya Izawa Fortec Motorsport +4.517 25. Michael Ho Hitech Racing +5.577 26. Rodolfo Avila HBR Motorsport +5.696 27. Walter Grubmuller Hitech Racing +6.815 28. Cheong Lou Meng Swiss Racing Team +10.458 29. Lei Kit Meng Carlin Motorsport +12.621 30. Jo Merszei Swiss Racing Team +12.831
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