Kimball Takes 3rd Pole in a Row
Charlie Kimball took his third British F3 pole position in a row after qualifying fastest for Castle Combe's first race tomorrow
The Carlin Motorsport driver added the pole to the two poles he secured at the last round at Thruxton. The American finished just ahead of Double-R's Dan Clarke in second.
Championship contenders Alvaro Parente and Fortec Motorsport's Mike Conway occupied the second row ahead of Ryan Lewis and James Walker.
Championship returnee Danny Watts qualified in seventh place. The Brit, who has won at the track for the past two seasons, has returned in a one-off drive with Alan Docking Racing.
The session was briefly red-flagged after National Class runner Nick Jones had a large accident coming out of Camp corner. The American was uninjured, however his Team SWR-Pioneer mechanics face a race against time to get his car repaired for the second session.
Mexican Salvador Duran took pole position for the National Class.
Pos Driver Make-Engine Time Laps 1. Charlie Kimball Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.100 21 2. Dan Clarke Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.215 + 0.115 21 3. Alvaro Parente Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.269 + 0.169 23 4. Mike Conway Dallara Opel Spiess 59.481 + 0.381 17 5. Ryan Lewis Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.577 + 0.477 18 6. James Walker Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 59.579 + 0.479 16 7. Danny Watts Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.617 + 0.517 18 8. Marko Asmer Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.779 + 0.679 19 9. Danilo Dirani Lola B05/30 Mugen Honda 59.818 + 0.718 19 10. Tim Bridgman Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.853 + 0.753 20 11. Bruno Senna Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.912 + 0.812 22 12. Steven Kane Lola B05/30 Mugen-Honda 59.936 + 0.836 14 13. Christian Bakkerud Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 59.985 + 0.885 14 14. Stephen Jelley Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 1:00.074 + 0.974 24 15. Ronayne O'mahony Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 1:00.161 + 1.061 20 16. Salvador Duran Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:00.219 + 1.119 22 17. Charlie Hollings Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen Honda 1:00.255 + 1.155 18 18. Jonathan Kennard Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:00.281 + 1.181 24 19. Juho Annala Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:00.380 + 1.280 23 20. Barton Mawer Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:00.395 + 1.295 18 21. Josh Fisher Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:00.746 + 1.646 22 22. Ben Clucas Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen-Honda 1:00.766 + 1.666 20 23. Adam Khan Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:00.913 + 1.813 20 24. Keiko Ihara Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:01.141 + 2.041 22 25. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:01.996 + 2.896 23 26. Nick Jones Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:03.823 + 4.723 11 27. Cheong Lou Meng Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:04.724 + 5.624 21
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