Oulton qualifying 1: Piquet's lucky 13
Nelson Piquet Jnr will start round 13 of the British Formula 3 Championship at Oulton Park from pole position on Sunday after outpacing series leader Alan van der Merwe by 0.4secs in qualifying
Piquet was impressively quick around the testing Cheshire parkland circuit in his Piquet Sports Dallara-Mugen, and championship pacesetter van der Merwe (Carlin Motorsport) had no answer to his 1m30.583s best. Cash-strapped Adam Carroll was an impressive third fastest for Menu Motorsport and was also the first of the non-Mugen runners in his Opel-powered Dallara.
Jamie Green, currently second in the championship for Carlin, was fourth fastest, while Robert Dahlgren's final lap of the session was good for sixth in his Fortec-run Dallara-Renault.
In the thinly supported Scholarship class, Steven Kane convincingly led the way for T-Sport, his 1m31.482s lap good enough for 10th overall.
1 Nelson Angelo Piquet (Piquet Sports) Dallara-Mugen 1m30.583s
2 Alan van der Merwe (Carlin) Dallara-Mugen 1m30.983s
3 Adam Carroll (Menu) Dallara-Opel 1m31.075s
4 Jamie Green (Carlin) Dallara-Mugen 1m31.155s
5 Robert Dahlgren (Fortec) Dallara-Renault 1m31.185s
6 Danny Watts (Hitech) Dallara-Renault 1m31.332s
7 Richard Antinucci (Carlin) Dallara-Mugen 1m31.354s
8 Will Davison (Docking) Dallara-Mugen 1m31.412s
9 Clivio Piccione (Manor) Dallara-Mugen 1m31.476s
10 Steven Kane (T-Sport) Dallara-Mugen 1m31.482s
1 Steven Kane (T-Sport) Dallara-Mugen 1m31.482s
2 Ernesto Viso (P1 Motorsport) Dallara-Mugen 1m31.731s
3 Karun Chandhok (T-Sport) Dallara-Mugen 1m32.255s
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