Nurburgring European F3: Max Verstappen tops damp qualifying
Max Verstappen delivered on the damp-weather promise he showed in morning practice by topping evening European Formula 3 qualifying in similar conditions at the Nurburgring
The Dutchman was the class of the field in the session, which started thoroughly wet but offered a dry line of sorts by the chequered flag.
The early times ultimately held little relevance, but Verstappen topped those too, posting a 1m41.199s before a Tom Blomqvist off led to a brief mid-session red flag.
Van Amersfoort driver Verstappen then chipped away at his time following the restart, ultimately coming down to a 1m37.660s.
Points leader Esteban Ocon led the challenge for much of the way, but was bumped from second to fourth by Ed Jones and Santino Ferrucci, who along with Verstappen were the last three to start laps before the chequered flag came out.
Fourth is hardly a disaster for Prema-run Lotus protege Ocon, though, given the Frenchman's 94-point lead in the title race.
Antonio Fuoco and Lucas Auer round out the top six.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m37.036s 2. Ed Jones Carlin Dallara-VW 1m37.685s +0.649s 3. Santino Ferrucci Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 1m38.079s +1.043s 4. Esteban Ocon Prema Dallara-Merc 1m38.153s +1.117s 5. Antonio Fuoco Prema Dallara-Merc 1m38.262s +1.226s 6. Lucas Auer Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m38.375s +1.339s 7. Antonio Giovinazzi Carlin Dallara-VW 1m38.501s +1.465s 8. Tom Blomqvist Carlin Dallara-VW 1m38.610s +1.574s 9. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m38.728s +1.692s 10. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m38.735s +1.699s 11. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m38.831s +1.795s 12. Felix Serralles West-Tec Dallara-Merc 1m39.161s +2.125s 13. Sean Gelael Carlin Dallara-VW 1m39.209s +2.173s 14. Jake Dennis Carlin Dallara-VW 1m39.317s +2.281s 15. Dennis van de Laar Prema Dallara-Merc 1m39.938s +2.902s 16. Nicholas Latifi Prema Dallara-Merc 1m39.955s +2.919s 17. Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m40.247s +3.211s 18. Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc 1m40.381s +3.345s 19. Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m40.602s +3.566s 20. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-NBE 1m40.629s +3.593s 21. Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc 1m40.715s +3.679s 22. Alexander Toril T-Sport Dallara-NBE 1m41.478s +4.442s 23. Andy Chang West-Tec Dallara-Merc 1m43.079s +6.043s 24. Michele Beretta Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 1m44.153s +7.117s
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