Pic makes it two poles from two races as he tops second Formula Renault 3.5 qualifying at Aragon

The DAMS driver had a torrid first race after his car struggled to pull away from pole, later crashing out after a collision with Jake Rosenzweig. However, he bounced back on Sunday morning to dominate second qualifying.

Pic moved to the front 12 minutes into the session, and he would hold pole position from then on. On his final three laps at the end he went faster each time, keeping him out of reach even as his pursuers also improved.

There was plenty of position swapping just behind him, where Lotus driver Marco Sorensen came out on top of a scrap with both Tech 1 and Fortec drivers to take the second spot on the front row.

Tech 1's Kevin Korjus and Jules Bianchi had held second and third spots just before then, but they had to settle for sixth and seventh on the grid as Fortec's Robin Frijns and Carlos Huertas knocked them back. A late effort from Sam Bird got him up the front too, and he will start fourth alongside Frijns.

Korjus and Bianchi paid the price for not completing hot laps as the chequered flag came out. The Estonian toured back to the pits with a misfiring engine on his final lap, while Bianchi abandoned his last effort.

Walter Grubmuller was shuffled back to eighth place after being one of the first runners to take a second set of tyres, while the top 10 was completed by Nico Muller and Kevin Magnussen.

Race one winner Nick Yelloly was only ever in contention for a position towards the bottom of the top 10, and in the end he had to settle for 13th on the grid.

Qualifying two:

Pos  Driver              Team        Time       Gap
 1.  Arthur Pic          DAMS        1m39.194s
 2.  Marco Sorensen      Lotus       1m39.460s  + 0.266s
 3.  Robin Frijns        Fortec      1m39.524s  + 0.330s
 4.  Sam Bird            ISR         1m39.811s  + 0.617s
 5.  Carlos Huertas      Fortec      1m39.822s  + 0.628s
 6.  Kevin Korjus        Tech 1      1m40.038s  + 0.844s
 7.  Jules Bianchi       Tech 1      1m40.054s  + 0.860s
 8.  Walter Grubmuller   P1          1m40.059s  + 0.865s
 9.  Nico Muller         Draco       1m40.110s  + 0.916s
10.  Kevin Magnussen     Carlin      1m40.221s  + 1.027s
11.  Richie Stanaway     Lotus       1m40.230s  + 1.036s
12.  Jake Rosenzweig     ISR         1m40.255s  + 1.061s
13.  Nick Yelloly        Comtec      1m40.488s  + 1.294s
14.  Daniil Move         P1          1m40.574s  + 1.380s
15.  Alexander Rossi     Arden       1m40.597s  + 1.403s
16.  Vittorio Ghirelli   Comtec      1m40.699s  + 1.505s
17.  Mikhail Aleshin     RFR         1m40.745s  + 1.551s
18.  Lucas Foresti       DAMS        1m40.755s  + 1.561s
19.  Zoel Amberg         Pons        1m40.812s  + 1.618s
20.  Will Stevens        Carlin      1m40.813s  + 1.619s
21.  Giovanni Venturini  BVM Target  1m40.874s  + 1.680s
22.  Nikolay Martsenko   BVM Target  1m40.924s  + 1.730s
23.  Anton Nebylitskiy   RFR         1m41.093s  + 1.899s
24.  Lewis Williamson    Arden       1m41.271s  + 2.077s
25.  Andre Negrao        Draco       1m41.346s  + 2.152s
26.  Yann Cunha          Pons        1m41.963s  + 2.769s