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Vettel takes pole for second race

Sebastian Vettel has claimed pole position for this afternoon's World Series by Renault race at Misano, only his second ever race in the category

The Formula Three Euroseries graduate will be hoping not to need any off-track controversies to assist his bid to make it a double, after his debut win yesterday was secured after the first and second place finishers both received penalties.

Vettel's first effort of 1:19.434 would have been good enough for pole, but he lowered the benchmark further to set a time of 1:18.784, half a second clear of his rivals.

Andy Soucek was quickest in the A group in the split qualifying session, and will start alongside Vettel on the front row. Christian Montanari will start third, a good boost for the local San Marino driver who was the innocent victim in an accident in yesterday's first race.

Alvaro Parente just squeezed ahead of Davide Valsecchi to go second in the B group behind Andy Soucek, and will start fourth. Parente's time was set on his last run as the chequered came out to end the session.

Sandwiched between Parente and Valsecchi is Ben Hanley, determined to make up for disappointment of losing his second position in yesterday's race.

There was more disappointment for Pastor Maldonado. After being stripped of victory for a technical infringement yesterday, the Venezuelan spun out of the B group before setting a time.

Qualifying Group A:

Pos  Driver               Team                   Time
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Carlin             1:18.784
 2.  Christian Montanari  Prema              1:19.234  + 0.455
 3.  Ben Hanley           Cram               1:19.448  + 0.664
 4.  Sean McIntosh        KTR                1:19.470  + 0.686
 5.  James Rossiter       Pons               1:19.481  + 0.697
 6.  Hayanari Shimoda     Victory            1:19.543  + 0.759
 7.  Alvaro Barba         Jenzer             1:19.693  + 0.909
 8.  Borja Garcia         RC                 1:19.735  + 0.951
 9.  Eric Salignon        Interwetten        1:19.824  + 1.040
10.  Enrico Toccacelo     EuroInternational  1:20.259  + 1.475
11.  Celso Miguez         Pons               1:20.564  + 1.780
12.  Matteo Meneghello    GD                 1:20.644  + 1.860
13.  Steven Kane          Epsilon Euskadi    1:20.682  + 1.898
14.  Alessandro Bonetti   Jenzer             1:21.351  + 2.567

Qualifying Group B:

Pos  Driver             Team                   Time
 1.  Andy Soucek        Interwetten        1:19.479
 2.  Alvaro Parente     Victory            1:19.679  + 0.200
 3.  Davide Valsecchi   Epsilon Euskadi    1:20.074  + 0.595
 4.  Michael Aleshin    Carlin             1:20.342  + 0.863
 5.  Patrick Pilet      GD                 1:20.366  + 0.887
 6.  Bruce Jouanny      RC                 1:20.456  + 0.977
 7.  Gregory Franchi    Prema              1:20.549  + 1.070
 8.  Milos Pavlovic     Cram               1:20.677  + 1.198
 9.  Robbie Kerr        KTR                1:20.711  + 1.232
10.  Ryo Fukuda         Tech 1             1:20.711  + 1.232
11.  Alx Danielsson     Comtec             1:21.017  + 1.538
12.  Tomas Kostka       Draco              1:21.150  + 1.671
13.  Jerome D'Ambrosio  Tech 1             1:21.773  + 2.294
14.  Carlos Iaconelli   EuroInternational  1:22.084  + 2.605
15.  Pastor Maldonado   Draco

Grid:

Pos  Driver               Team
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Carlin
 2.  Andy Soucek          Interwetten      
 3.  Christian Montanari  Prema            
 4.  Alvaro Parente       Victory      
 5.  Ben Hanley           Cram
 6.  Davide Valsecchi     Epsilon Euskadi
 7.  Sean McIntosh        KTR
 8.  Michael Aleshin      Carlin
 9.  James Rossiter       Pons
10.  Patrick Pilet        GD
11.  Hayanari Shimoda     Victory
12.  Bruce Jouanny        RC
13.  Alvaro Barba         Jenzer
14.  Gregory Franchi      Prema
15.  Borja Garcia         RC
16.  Milos Pavlovic       Cram
17.  Eric Salignon        Interwetten
18.  Robbie Kerr          KTR
19.  Enrico Toccacelo     EuroInternational
20.  Ryo Fukuda           Tech 1
21.  Celso Miguez         Pons
22.  Alx Danielsson       Comtec
23.  Matteo Meneghello    GD
24.  Tomas Kostka         Draco
25.  Steven Kane          Epsilon Euskadi
26.  Jerome D'Ambrosio    Tech 1
27.  Alessandro Bonetti   Jenzer
28.  Carlos Iaconelli     EuroInternational
29.  Pastor Maldonado     Draco

 

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