Nasr and Svendsen-Cook top Donington qualifying as Carlin dominates

The Brazilian pipped his impressive rookie Carlin team-mate Jack Harvey by just 0.064 seconds to take pole position for tomorrow's 40-minute feature race.

Harvey had just responded with a fastest first sector time when the session was stopped and not resumed with Hitech's Kotaro Sakurai in the gravel at Old Hairpin.

Harvey's best ever qualifying performance in F3 means he will line up on the outside of the front row for tomorrow's feature race and this afternoon's 30-minute opener - on account of his second best time.

Svendsen-Cook edged Harvey for the other pole on offer by just under a tenth with his second best time, having gone third fastest overall.

Carlos Huertas managed a pair of fourth fastest times, while fifth quickest man Kevin Magnussen will line up third this afternoon on account of his second best effort.

Pipo Derani impressively outqualified his GP3 title-winning Double R team-mate Valtteri Bottas to be best Mercedes-powered runner in sixth, though Bottas felt his chances of qualifying better were undone by the late red flags.

Derani's second best time was only good enough for ninth on the race one grid, while Bottas will line up on row four for both of the main points-paying races, alongside practice pacesetter Jazeman Jaafar (Carlin).

Fortec's Will Buller and Double R's Scott Pye rounded out a top 10 covered by less than half a second. Reigning British Formula Ford champion Pye's second best time was good enough to net him a season's best-equalling fifth on the grid for this afternoon's opening race.

Race one grid:

Pos  Driver                Team/Car                  Time       Gap
 1.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook  Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.261s
 2.  Jack Harvey           Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.357s  + 0.096s
 3.  Kevin Magnussen       Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.417s  + 0.156s
 4.  Carlos Huertas        Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.479s  + 0.218s
 5.  Scott Pye             Double R Dallara-Merc     1m23.493s  + 0.232s
 6.  Felipe Nasr           Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.495s  + 0.234s
 7.  Valtteri Bottas       Double R Dallara-Merc     1m23.500s  + 0.239s
 8.  Jazeman Jaafar        Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.514s  + 0.253s
 9.  Pipo Derani           Double R Dallara-Merc     1m23.547s  + 0.286s
10.  William Buller        Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m23.577s  + 0.316s
11.  Pietro Fantin         Hitech Dallara-VW         1m23.607s  + 0.346s
12.  Lucas Foresti         Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m23.811s  + 0.550s
13.  Maxim Snegirev        Hitech Dallara-VW         1m24.267s  + 1.006s
14.  Harry Tincknell       Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m24.468s  + 1.207s
15.  Yann Cunha            T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m24.494s  + 1.233s
16.  Menasheh Idafar       T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m24.516s  + 1.255s
17.  Hywel Lloyd           Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  1m24.587s  + 1.326s
18.  Bart Hylkema          T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m24.588s  + 1.327s
19.  Adderly Fong          Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  1m25.033s  + 1.772s
20.  Fahmi Ilyas           Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m25.652s  + 2.391s
21.  Kotaro Sakurai        Hitech Dallara-Mugen      1m26.102s  + 2.841s

Race three grid:

Pos  Driver                Team/Car                  Time       Gap
 1.  Felipe Nasr           Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.012s
 2.  Jack Harvey           Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.076s  + 0.064s
 3.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook  Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.228s  + 0.216s
 4.  Carlos Huertas        Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.323s  + 0.311s
 5.  Kevin Magnussen       Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.348s  + 0.336s
 6.  Pipo Derani           Double R Dallara-Merc     1m23.395s  + 0.383s
 7.  Valtteri Bottas       Double R Dallara-Merc     1m23.448s  + 0.436s
 8.  Jazeman Jaafar        Carlin Dallara-VW         1m23.462s  + 0.450s
 9.  William Buller        Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m23.479s  + 0.467s
10.  Scott Pye             Double R Dallara-Merc     1m23.479s  + 0.467s
11.  Pietro Fantin         Hitech Dallara-VW         1m23.560s  + 0.548s
12.  Lucas Foresti         Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m23.804s  + 0.792s
13.  Maxim Snegirev        Hitech Dallara-VW         1m24.169s  + 1.157s
14.  Menasheh Idafar       T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m24.276s  + 1.264s
15.  Yann Cunha            T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m24.343s  + 1.331s
16.  Harry Tincknell       Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m24.355s  + 1.343s
17.  Bart Hylkema          T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m24.427s  + 1.415s
18.  Hywel Lloyd           Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  1m24.473s  + 1.461s
19.  Adderly Fong          Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  1m24.597s  + 1.585s
20.  Fahmi Ilyas           Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m25.213s  + 2.201s
21.  Kotaro Sakurai        Hitech Dallara-Mugen      1m25.910s  + 2.898s

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