Soucek dominates first qualifying
Andy Soucek continued his strong form in the Formula 2 championship by clinching the first pole position for Sunday's round at Oschersleben
The Spaniard, who goes into the weekend in Germany 22 points clear of his nearest title rival, sat atop the timesheet for the majority of the session and lowered his best time to one nearly four tenths of a second quicker than his closest rival.
Mirko Bortolotti will join Soucek on the front row for the first race, having a set a time just 0.005s faster than fellow Red Bull Junior Robert Wickens.
Wickens and Julien Jousse, who lie second and third to Soucek in the championship, will share the second row of the grid, with Milos Pavlovic and Kazim Vasiliauskas on the third.
Tobias Hegewald and Carlos Iaconelli were the only other drivers to get within a second of Soucek's benchmark time, ahead of Alex Brundle and Mikhail Aleshin who completed the top 10.
The session was broken up by a brief red flag period with eight minutes remaining when Jason Moore had a spin. He eventually qualified 20th, two places ahead of series newcomer Ollie Hancock.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Andy Soucek 1m20.402s 2. Mirko Bortolotti 1m20.789s +0.387 3. Robert Wickens 1m20.794s +0.392 4. Julien Jousse 1m20.862s +0.460 5. Milos Pavlovic 1m21.112s +0.710 6. Kazim Vasiliauskas 1m21.253s +0.851 7. Tobias Hegewald 1m21.297s +0.895 8. Carlos Iaconelli 1m21.335s +0.933 9. Alex Brundle 1m21.407s +1.005 10. Mikhail Aleshin 1m21.416s +1.014 11. Sebastian Hohenthal 1m21.498s +1.096 12. Natacha Gachnang 1m21.498s +1.096 13. Nicola de Marco 1m21.512s +1.110 14. Philipp Eng 1m21.523s +1.121 15. Jack Clarke 1m21.572s +1.170 16. Jens Hoing 1m21.650s +1.248 17. Edoardo Piscopo 1m21.690s +1.288 18. Jolyon Palmer 1m21.839s +1.437 19. Henri Karjalainen 1m21.908s +1.506 20. Jason Moore 1m22.007s +1.605 21. Armaan Ebrahim 1m22.054s +1.652 22. Ollie Hancock 1m22.440s +2.038 23. Tom Gladdis 1m22.908s +2.506 24. Pietro Gandolfi 1m23.872s +3.470 25. German Sanchez 1m24.338s +3.936
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