Parente Takes Second Croft Pole

The Portuguese, who had also been fastest in the morning's first qualifying session, set a best lap of 1:14.639 to again just out-pace out his closest rivals. And although the gap was slightly larger than the six-hundredths that separated the top three in the morning session, there was still not much in it.

Parente was obviously delighted with his second pole - especially since he believed he could have gone even faster.

"I caught a car at the hairpin on my best lap and had to take the inside line which cost me a bit of time - but it was still good enough for pole," he said. "If the conditions are the same for tomorrow I won't be changing anything on the car."

Conway, who was also second fastest in first qualifying, was just 0.093 seconds behind Parente, with Carlin Motorsport's Christian Bakkerud setting the third fastest time - just two tenths of a second off the pole position time.

Marko Asmer set the fourth fastest time, ahead of Charlie Kimball and Championship leader Danilo Dirani, who lost time during the session in the pits thanks to a gear selection problem.

The second session was red-flagged once, after Tim Bridgman stopped on the track with a mechanical problem.

Croft - British F3 Second Qualifying

Pos   Driver              Make              Time              Laps
 1.   Alvaro Parente      Dallara F305      1:14.639           16
 2.   Mike Conway         Dallara           1:14.732 + 0.093   19
 3.   Christian Bakkerud  Dallara F305      1:14.838 + 0.199   11
 4.   Marko Asmer         Dallara F305      1:14.958 + 0.319   16
 5.   Charlie Kimball     Dallara F305      1:15.156 + 0.517   15
 6.   Danilo Dirani       Lola B05/30       1:15.194 + 0.555   14
 7.   Ryan Lewis          Dallara F305      1:15.257 + 0.618   16
 8.   Tim Bridgman        Dallara F305      1:15.264 + 0.625   10
 9.   Charlie Hollings    Lola-Dome F106/4  1:15.406 + 0.767   20
10.   Dan Clarke          Dallara F305      1:15.409 + 0.770   16
11.   James Walker        Dallara F305      1:15.421 + 0.782   11
12.   Bruno Senna         Dallara F305      1:15.447 + 0.808   19
13.   Stephen Jelley      Dallara F305      1:15.862 + 1.223   23
14.   Steven Kane         Lola B05/30       1:15.907 + 1.268   13
15.   Salvador Duran      Dallara F304      1:15.991 + 1.352   15
16.   Barton Mawer        Dallara F304      1:16.148 + 1.509   19
17.   Jonathan Kennard    Dallara F304      1:16.254 + 1.615   20
18.   Ronayne O'mahony    Dallara F305      1:16.376 + 1.737   20
19.   Juho Annala         Dallara F304      1:16.472 + 1.833   17
20.   Josh Fisher         Dallara F304      1:16.801 + 2.162   18
21.   Keiko Ihara         Dallara F305      1:17.079 + 2.440   21
22.   Ricardo Teixeira    Dallara F304      1:17.148 + 2.509   16
23.   Nick Jones          Dallara F304      1:17.965 + 3.326   21
24.   Cheong Lou Meng     Dallara F304      1:19.789 + 5.150   18