Qualifying 1: Kovalainen on pole

The unfamiliar line-up at the head of the grid was continued with reigning Japanese Formula Dream champion Shinya Hosokawa lining up an impressive third ahead of Kovalainen's team-mate Fabio Carbone.

Stefan Hodgetts, who only took up the Motaworld drive in the last championship round at Brands Hatch, shares a surprise third row with the improving Dane Ronnie Bremer, relegating 2002 race winners Bruce Jouanny and Alan van de Merwe to seventh and eighth.

Robbie Kerr, eager to take advantage of Courtney's absence to close the 18 point championship gap, could manage only tenth after being one of the first of the front runners to cross the finish line on the final decisive run. But he was not the only potential race winner languishing in unfamiliar territory, with Mark Taylor some 2.798s down in 15th.

In the scholarship class, runaway championship leader Adam Carroll took pole from Adam Jones and Sweeney Racing team-mate Billy Asaro.



Heikki Kovalainen, Fortec Motorsport, 1m35.812s
Derek Hayes, Carlin Motorsport, 1m36.382s
Shinya Hosokawa, Carlin Motorsport, 1m36.558s
Fabio Carbone, Fortec Motorsport, 1m36.565s
Stefan Hodgetts, Motaworld Racing, 1m36.569s
Ronnie Bremer, Manor Motorsport, 1m36.621s
Richard Antinucci, Manor Motorsport, 1m36.629s
Bruce Jouanny, Promatecme F3, 1.36.731s
Alan van der Merwe, Carlin Motorsport, 1m36.776s
Robbie Kerr, Alan Docking Racing, 1m36.791s
Michael Keohane, Carlin Motorsport, 1m37.001s
Matt Gilmore, Promatecme F3, 1m37.299s
Jeroen Bleekmolen, Team Avanti, 1m37.705s
Mark Mayall, Alan Docking Racing, 1m38.069s
Mark Taylor, Manor Motorsport, 1m38.610s
Rob Austin, Menu Motorsport, 1m39.253s
Tor Graves, Alan Docking Racing, 1m46.026s
Adam Carroll, Sweeney Racing, 1m46.251s*
Adam Jones, Team Park, 1m48.609s*
Billy Asaro, Sweeney Racing, 1m48.957s*

*Scholarship Class