Brundle takes his first pole in F2
Alex Brundle claimed his first Formula 2 pole position after coming out on top of a tense session at Magny-Cours
Rain before the start of the session left the track wet and the early times around 30 seconds away from the pace set in practice.
Gradually though, a dry line began to emerge and Brundle, who had been among the front three throughout the session, improved his pace to just outside the 1m31s bracket.
It looked as if his hopes of pole were gone when practice pace-setter Miki Monras took the top spot with three minutes left, and was swiftly followed onto the front row by fellow Spaniard Ramon Pineiro.
But Brundle had something in reserve and produced the best time of the morning with a 1m30.754s lap, a time that Christopher Zanella failed to match by just 0.128s when he crossed the line a few minutes later.
Monras and Pineiro completed the second row with championship leader Mirko Bortolotti and Tobias Hegewald next up.
British drivers Jack Clarke, Will Bratt and James Cole were next up - the latter taking a career-nest ninth spot - while Mihai Marinescu completed the top 10, one place ahead of series debutant Jon Lancaster.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Alex Brundle 1m30.754s 2. Christopher Zanella 1m30.882s + 0.128s 3. Miki Monras 1m30.937s + 0.183s 4. Ramon Pineiro 1m31.116s + 0.362s 5. Mirko Bortolotti 1m31.191s + 0.437s 6. Tobias Hegewald 1m31.208s + 0.454s 7. Jack Clarke 1m31.291s + 0.537s 8. Will Bratt 1m31.389s + 0.635s 9. James Cole 1m31.581s + 0.827s 10. Mihai Marinescu 1m31.626s + 0.872s 11. Jon Lancaster 1m31.752s + 0.998s 12. Mikkel Mac 1m31.883s + 1.129s 13. Thiemo Storz 1m31.944s + 1.190s 14. Julian Theobald 1m32.053s + 1.299s 15. Benjamin Lariche 1m32.088s + 1.334s 16. Kelvin Snoeks 1m32.488s + 1.734s 17. Armaan Ebrahim 1m32.661s + 1.907s 18. Johannes Theobald 1m32.721s + 1.967s 19. Maxim Snegirev 1m32.875s + 2.121s 20. Jose Luis Abadin 1m33.049s + 2.295s 21. Natalia Kowalska 1m33.166s + 2.412s 22. Sung-Hak Mun 1m33.279s + 2.525s 23. Plamen Kralev 1m34.196s + 3.047s
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