Palmer takes another pole at Portimao
Jolyon Palmer is set up for a double victory at Portimao after claiming pole position for Sunday's Formula 2 race
The championship leader used his qualifying boosts to set a time quarter of a second quicker than anyone else and seal his fifth pole of the year.
Philipp Eng set the second quickest time, but will be relegated 10 places on the grid following his clash with Dean Stoneman on Saturday.
Ironically, it's Stoneman that will inherit the front row start from Eng, having used his boosts to set his quickest time early on. It was good enough for provisional pole, but he was soon bumped by Palmer and Eng.
Nicola de Marco and Benjamin Lariche will line up on row two, while row three has been claimed by Benelux - with Benjamin Bailly and Kelvin Snoeks set to start fifth and sixth.
Britons Jack Clarke and Will Bratt will take row four, with Mihai Marinescu and Ivan Samarin rounding out the top 10.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Jolyon Palmer 1m35.193s 2. Dean Stoneman 1m35.473s +0.280 3. Nicola de Marco 1m35.541s +0.348 4. Benjamin Lariche 1m35.681s +0.488 5. Benjamin Bailly 1m35.691s +0.498 6. Kelvin Snoeks 1m35.724s +0.531 7. Jack Clarke 1m35.731s +0.538 8. Will Bratt 1m35.760s +0.567 9. Mihai Marinescu 1m36.024s +0.831 10. Ivan Samarin 1m36.241s +1.048 11. Natalia Kowalska 1m36.249s +1.056 12. Philipp Eng 1m35.362s +0.169 13. Ricardo Teixeira 1m36.286s +1.093 14. Sergei Afanasiev 1m36.294s +1.101 15. Armaan Ebrahim 1m36.670s +1.477 16. Kazim Vasiliauskas 1m37.113s +1.920 17. Plamen Kralev 1m37.398s +2.205 18. Parthiva Sureshwaren 1m37.415s +2.222
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