Hegewald claims pole at Donington
Tobias Hegewald has taken his third pole position of the Formula 2 season for tomorrow's first race at Donington Park
The German, who scored two wins from two poles at Spa-Francorchamps in June, posted a lap three tenths of a second quicker than anyone else in this afternoon's first qualifying session to clinch the top spot by a comfortable margin.
"Pole position is always important in every series, but nothing is won yet," said Hegewald. "There is still another qualifying to go today yet. I really like the circuit here, it's very fast and that suits me well."
Behind Hegewald, Mikhail Aleshin edged out championship leader Andy Soucek to earn a place on the front row by just eight thousandths of a second, while Soucek was just a couple of hundredths ahead of fourth-placed Julien Jousse.
Milos Pavlovic and Edoardo Piscopo completed the top six, with Kazim Vasiliauskas, Sebastian Hohenthal, Robert Wickens and Philipp Eng rounding out the top 10.
There were no major incidents in the session, although it was red-flagged a minute short of the half hour after Jack Clarke went off and Robert Wickens stopped his car on the Melbourne loop.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Tobias Hegewald 1m23.116s 2. Mikhail Aleshin 1m23.429s +0.313 3. Andy Soucek 1m23.437s +0.321 4. Julien Jousse 1m23.460s +0.344 5. Milos Pavlovic 1m23.542s +0.426 6. Edoardo Piscopo 1m23.623s +0.507 7. Kazim Vasiliauskas 1m23.699s +0.583 8. Sebastian Hohenthal 1m23.702s +0.586 9. Robert Wickens 1m23.828s +0.712 10. Philipp Eng 1m23.939s +0.823 11. Mirko Bortolotti 1m24.029s +0.913 12. Armaan Ebrahim 1m24.244s +1.128 13. Jack Clarke 1m24.275s +1.159 14. Jason Moore 1m24.339s +1.223 15. German Sanchez 1m24.368s +1.252 16. Jolyon Palmer 1m24.391s +1.275 17. Carlos Iaconelli 1m24.413s +1.297 18. Alex Brundle 1m24.435s +1.319 19. Natacha Gachnang 1m24.472s +1.356 20. Tom Gladdis 1m24.515s +1.399 21. Nicola de Marco 1m24.674s +1.558 22. Henri Karjalainen 1m24.720s +1.604 23. Pietro Gandolfi 1m26.888s +3.772 24. Jens Hoing 1m38.770s +15.654
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