Parente on Pole Again at Knockhill
Alvaro Parente took pole position for the fifth round of the British F3 International Series, ahead of tomorrow's race at Knockhill in Scotland
The Carlin Motorsport driver continues to do the best possible catch-up job after missing the first two races of the season.
But the Portuguese has got points leader Mike Conway (Fortec Motorsport) alongside him on the grid for the race on the small and tight track near Edinburgh. The pair of them shared the wins at the last meeting at Croft.
Third on the grid will be Stephen Kane, who is the first Lola representative on the timesheets. Like most drivers, he complained of traffic problems. Donington Park winner Danilo Dirani (in the other Lola) is again struggling with Knockhill, and was only tenth.
The session was interrupted by a red flag when National Class front-runner Salvador Duran had an accident in his P1 Motorsport Dallara-Mugen. Others to fall into the scenery late in the session were Ronayne O'Mahony, Nick Jones, Charles Hollings (who was fastest in National Class) and Jonathan Kennard.
Pos Driver Make-Engine Time Laps 1. Alvaro Parente Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 46.923 21 2. Mike Conway Dallara Opel Spiess 47.009 + 0.086 23 3. Steven Kane Lola B05/30 Mugen-Honda 47.079 + 0.156 28 4. Ryan Lewis Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 47.124 + 0.201 29 5. Christian Bakkerud Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 47.196 + 0.273 31 6. Charlie Kimball Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 47.293 + 0.370 34 7. Marko Asmer Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 47.302 + 0.379 31 8. Tim Bridgman Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 47.373 + 0.450 28 9. Dan Clarke Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 47.410 + 0.487 32 10. Danilo Dirani Lola B05/30 Mugen Honda 47.467 + 0.544 30 11. Charlie Hollings Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen Honda 47.506 + 0.583 28 12. James Walker Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 47.542 + 0.619 23 13. Bruno Senna Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 47.679 + 0.756 32 14. Stephen Jelley Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 47.770 + 0.847 34 15. Ronayne O'mahony Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 47.872 + 0.949 30 16. Barton Mawer Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 47.988 + 1.065 36 17. Juho Annala Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 48.124 + 1.201 27 18. Josh Fisher Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 48.126 + 1.203 29 19. Jonathan Kennard Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 48.395 + 1.472 24 20. Keiko Ihara Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 48.539 + 1.616 31 21. Nick Jones Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 49.774 + 2.851 21 22. Salvador Duran Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 50.412 + 3.489 7 23. Cheong Lou Meng Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 50.760 + 3.837 20 24. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 55.355 + 8.432 5
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