Kevin Magnussen breaks British Formula 3 qualifying duck with double Nurburgring pole

The Dane, who also set the pace in free practice yesterday, produced a 1m53.311s best on his penultimate lap of qualifying to top the times, before setting a time less than a tenth slower on his final tour to claim the other pole on offer.

His Carlin team-mate Carlos Huertas will line-up alongside the Dane on the front row of the grid for tomorrow's 40-minute feature race, having set the pace until Magnussen's late flourish, but will start only fifth for today's first race on account of his second best time.

Jazeman Jaafar and championship leader Felipe Nasr completed a Carlin clean sweep of the top four places. Jaafar will line up on the second row for both of the main points paying races, while Nasr will start fourth tomorrow, but second in today's race on account of his next best lap.

Series debutant Antonio Felix da Costa found his practice running limited by engine oil pressure issues yesterday, but bounced back impressively to set the fifth fastest time in qualifying. However, the Portuguese GP3 racer is among eight drivers under investigation for alleged yellow flag infringements during the session, which means he may yet be demoted.

Lucas Foresti pipped Fortec team-mate Will Buller to the sixth fastest time, but found himself over four tenths adrift of da Costa's best effort.

Rupert Svendsen-Cook (Carlin), Harry Tincknell (Fortec) and Pedro Nunes (Hitech) rounded out a top 10 covered by 1.113 seconds.

Race one qualifying:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                  Time       Gap
 1.  Kevin Magnussen         Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.396s
 2.  Felipe Nasr             Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.601s  + 0.205s
 3.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.611s  + 0.215s
 4.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Hitech Dallara-VW         1m53.766s  + 0.370s
 5.  Carlos Huertas          Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.863s  + 0.467s
 6.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook    Carlin Dallara-VW         1m54.231s  + 0.835s
 7.  Will Buller             Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.343s  + 0.947s
 8.  Lucas Foresti           Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.375s  + 0.979s
 9.  Harry Tincknell         Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.449s  + 1.053s
10.  Pedro Nunes             Hitech Dallara-VW         1m54.473s  + 1.077s
11.  Pipo Derani             Double R Dallara-Merc     1m54.512s  + 1.116s
12.  Scott Pye               Double R Dallara-Merc     1m54.568s  + 1.172s
13.  Pietro Fantin           Hitech Dallara-VW         1m54.598s  + 1.202s
14.  Jack Harvey             Carlin Dallara-VW         1m54.715s  + 1.319s
15.  Hywel Lloyd             Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  1m54.782s  + 1.386s
16.  Fahmi Ilyas             Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m55.419s  + 2.023s
17.  Menasheh Idafar         T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m55.478s  + 2.082s
18.  Yann Cunha              T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m55.976s  + 2.580s
19.  Bart Hylkema            T-Sport Dallara-Mugen     1m56.024s  + 2.628s
20.  Kotaro Sakurai          Hitech Dallara-Mugen      1m57.086s  + 3.690s
21.  Adderly Fong            Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  2m12.400s  + 19.004s

Race three qualifying:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                  Time       Gap
 1.  Kevin Magnussen         Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.311s
 2.  Carlos Huertas          Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.545s  + 0.234s
 3.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.551s  + 0.240s
 4.  Felipe Nasr             Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.583s  + 0.272s
 5.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Hitech Dallara-VW         1m53.668s  + 0.357s
 6.  Lucas Foresti           Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.097s  + 0.786s
 7.  Will Buller             Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.184s  + 0.873s
 8.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook    Carlin Dallara-VW         1m54.218s  + 0.907s
 9.  Harry Tincknell         Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.280s  + 0.969s
10.  Pedro Nunes             Hitech Dallara-VW         1m54.424s  + 1.113s
11.  Scott Pye               Double R Dallara-Merc     1m54.437s  + 1.126s
12.  Pipo Derani             Double R Dallara-Merc     1m54.495s  + 1.184s
13.  Pietro Fantin           Hitech Dallara-VW         1m54.517s  + 1.206s
14.  Hywel Lloyd             Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  1m54.644s  + 1.333s
15.  Jack Harvey             Carlin Dallara-VW         1m54.650s  + 1.339s
16.  Fahmi Ilyas             Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m55.135s  + 1.824s
17.  Menasheh Idafar         T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m55.304s  + 1.993s
18.  Yann Cunha              T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m55.674s  + 2.363s
19.  Bart Hylkema            T-Sport Dallara-Mugen     1m55.905s  + 2.594s
20.  Kotaro Sakurai          Hitech Dallara-Mugen      1m56.877s  + 3.566s
21.  Adderly Fong            Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  1m58.281s  + 4.970s

Race one grid = Second-fastest qualifying times
Race two grid = Race one results with top eight reversed
Race three grid = Fastest qualifying times