Kobayashi takes maiden pole
Kamui Kobayashi has taken his first pole position of the season for the opening F3 Euro Series race supporting the French Grand Prix
The Japanese driver beat ASM teammate Romain Grosjean to the top spot by just 0.021 seconds.
Grosjean had stated before the weekend that he was determined to score his first pole position of the season at his home race, but he will be satisfied that he is two places ahead of championship leader Sebastian Buemi.
Signature driver Yann Clairay had his best qualifying session of the year to finish the session third on the grid, while Manor Motorsport teammates James Jakes and Franck Mailleux completed the top six.
Yelmer Buurman and Renger van der Zande made the fourth row of the grid an all-Dutch affair, although they will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the collision they had with each other at the Norisring last weekend.
Norisring race two winner Nico Hulkenberg could only manage ninth place on the grid, and the German was six tenths of a second adrift of his teammates on the front row.
Pos Driver Car Time 1. Kamui Kobayashi Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.323 2. Romain Grosjean Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.344 + 0.021 3. Yann Clairay Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.453 + 0.130 4. Sebastien Buemi Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.487 + 0.164 5. James Jakes Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.682 + 0.359 6. Franck Mailleux Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.737 + 0.414 7. Yelmer Buurman Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.808 + 0.485 8. R.van der Zande Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.818 + 0.495 9. N.Hulkenberg Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.936 + 0.613 10. Daniel Clos Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.012 + 0.689 11. Filip Salaquarda Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.160 + 0.837 12. Jean-Karl Vernay Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.232 + 0.909 13. Cyndie Allemann Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.361 + 1.038 14. Edoardo Mortara Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.460 + 1.137 15. Tom Dillmann Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.487 + 1.164 16. Tim Sandtler Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.666 + 1.343 17. Edoardo Piscopo Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.711 + 1.388 18. Michael Patrizi Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.798 + 1.475 19. H.Schlegelmilch Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.897 + 1.574 20. Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes 1:34.939 + 1.616 21. E.Guerrieri Mygale/Mercedes 1:34.946 + 1.623 22. Basil Shaaban Dallara/Mercedes 1:35.257 + 1.934 23. Marco Holzer Dallara/Opel 1:35.293 + 1.970 24. Sergei Afanasiev Dallara/Mercedes 1:35.439 + 2.116
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