Mustonen nets maiden British F3 pole
Atte Mustonen claimed his first British Formula 3 Championship pole position at Snetterton this morning (Saturday)
The Double R Racing driver is the first rookie to top a qualifying session this season.
The teenaged Finn, who was also quick in yesterday's test session, edged out fellow rookie Niall Breen (Carlin Motorsport) on a warm, sunny day at the Norfolk track.
The hot weather made lap times relatively slow, and there were few instances of overdriving. Indeed, there was not a single red flag - unusual in British F3.
Mustonen's experienced team-mate Jonathan Kennard was third, which is an improvement on his Bucharest form.
But less happy will be championship leader Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing), who has not been on his usual pace this weekend and was sixth in this session.
At least his title rivals Stephen Jelley and Maro Engel are behind him on the grid - but only just. Engel (Carlin) and Jelley (Double R) are seventh and eighth.
Sergio Perez took the National Class pole for T-Sport.
Qualifying 1 results:
Pos Driver Chassis/Engine Time 1. Atte Mustonen Dallara/Mercedes 1:01.539 2. Niall Breen Dallara/Mercedes + 0.064 3. Jonathan Kennard Dallara/Mercedes + 0.099 4. Alberto Valerio Dallara/Mercedes + 0.117 5. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes + 0.141 6. Marko Asmer Dallara/Mercedes + 0.233 7. Maro Engel Dallara/Mercedes + 0.255 8. Stephen Jelley Dallara/Mercedes + 0.301 9. S.Hohenthal Dallara/Mercedes + 0.322 10. Greg Mansell Dallara/Mercedes + 0.334 11. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 0.540 12. Mario Moraes Dallara/Mercedes + 0.668 13. Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes + 0.747 14. Sean Petterson Lola/Mugen-Honda + 0.882 15. W.Grubmüller Dallara/Mercedes + 0.935 16. John Martin Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.082 17. Max Chilton Dallara/Mercedes + 1.134 18. E.Guerrieri Mygale/Mercedes + 1.182 19. Leo Mansell Dallara/Mercedes + 1.201 20. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.253 21. Sergio Pérez Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.319 22. F.Castellacci Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.415 23. Michael Meadows Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.416 24. Hamed Al Fardan Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.477 25. Ali Jackson Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.492 26. Viktor Jensen Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.551 27. Alberto Costa Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.846 28. S.Al-Khalifa Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1.919 29. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 2.073 30. Alex Waters Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 2.166 31. Juan P.Garcia Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda + 2.454
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