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Aaro Vainio closes on GP3 points lead with Hungaroring pole for Lotus

Aaro Vainio secured his second pole position of the 2012 GP3 Series at the Hungaroring on Saturday morning, and has closed the gap to points leader Mitch Evans as a result

Lotus racer Vainio set two laps good enough for pole position, his initial 1m36.133s later topped by a last effort of 1m36.052s. That gave him a pole position advantage of 0.249 seconds over Antonio Felix da Costa's Carlin car, and the four points Vainio gains means he is now 14 points behind Evans (MW Arden), who could only qualify third, 0.329s off the Finn's pace.

Marlon Stockinger will start fourth for Status, ahead of Arden's David Fumanelli. Lotus duo Daniel Abt and Conor Daly were next up, the latter furious at being held up by tailender Carmen Jorda at the final corner.

In fact there was a raft of incidents that the stewards will probably investigate ahead of the 11th round of the championship, mainly concerning drivers slowing into the final corner to get a good run to open their laps and baulking those who were already on a quick one.

Pos  Driver                  Team       Time       Gap
 1.  Aaro Vainio             Lotus      1m36.052s
 2.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Carlin     1m36.301s  + 0.249s
 3.  Mitch Evans             MW Arden   1m36.381s  + 0.329s
 4.  Marlon Stockinger       Status     1m36.478s  + 0.426s
 5.  David Fumanelli         MW Arden   1m36.541s  + 0.489s
 6.  Daniel Abt              Lotus      1m36.569s  + 0.517s
 7.  Conor Daly              Lotus      1m36.783s  + 0.731s
 8.  Kevin Ceccon            Ocean      1m36.807s  + 0.755s
 9.  Matias Laine            MW Arden   1m36.866s  + 0.814s
10.  Patric Niederhauser     Jenzer     1m36.867s  + 0.815s
11.  Robert Visoiu           Jenzer     1m36.967s  + 0.915s
12.  Will Buller             Carlin     1m37.065s  + 1.013s
13.  Lewis Williamson        Status     1m37.066s  + 1.014s
14.  Giovanni Venturini      Trident    1m37.264s  + 1.212s
15.  Tio Ellinas             Manor      1m37.282s  + 1.230s
16.  Alex Brundle            Carlin     1m37.612s  + 1.560s
17.  Facu Regalia            Atech CRS  1m37.625s  + 1.573s
18.  Alex Fontana            Jenzer     1m37.661s  + 1.609s
19.  Alice Powell            Status     1m37.730s  + 1.678s
20.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Atech CRS  1m37.882s  + 1.830s
21.  Dmitry Suranovich       Manor      1m38.528s  + 2.476s
22.  Robert Cregan           Ocean      1m38.560s  + 2.508s
23.  Fabiano Machado         Manor      1m38.671s  + 2.619s
24.  Ethan Ringel            Atech CRS  1m38.706s  + 2.654s
25.  Vicky Piria             Trident    1m38.974s  + 2.922s
26.  Carmen Jorda            Ocean      1m41.809s  + 5.757s

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