Zandvoort European F3: Rosenqvist takes two poles, Kvyat the other
Felix Rosenqvist gave himself a glimmer of hope of snatching the Formula 3 European Championship title by taking two pole positions for this weekend's races at Zandvoort
Rosenqvist will line up at the front for races two and three, but has to play third fiddle behind Daniil Kvyat and Alex Lynn for the first race.
GP3 title contender Kvyat, who is not registered for F3 points, topped the opening session in his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen by a clear four tenths of a second, while a late effort from Lynn allowed the Englishman to join the Russian on the front row with his Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes.
But on second-best times Rosenqvist, whose best two laps were just one hundredth apart, got the verdict for race two in his Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes from Kvyat and Lynn.
Rosenqvist then stayed a step ahead of the opposition in the second session, which set the grid for race three, turning the tables on Kvyat by four tenths at the circuit where he won July's Masters of F3.
In this session Jordan King, who is fourth on the grid for the first two races, went one better to edge out Lynn for third in his Carlin machine.
Prema's championship leader Raffaele Marciello ended up with a pair of fifths and a seventh, although had a time that would have put him fourth for race one deleted as it was set just as the red flag appeared due to a light accident for Lucas Wolf.
There was another crash right at the end of the session for Nicholas Latifi, and the Canadian did not take part in the second period.
Harry Tincknell joined Carlin team-mates Kvyat and King in the top six on the grid for all three races, with a fifth and two sixths.
Of the other Britons in the field, Tom Blomqvist took a best grid position of eighth, Jann Mardenborough 11th and Alexander Sims 12th.
Race one grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.653s 2. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 1m31.054s +0.401s 3. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.121s +0.468s 4. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.226s +0.573s 5. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 1m31.302s +0.649s 6. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.312s +0.659s 7. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 1m31.312s +0.659s 8. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m31.481s +0.828s 9. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 1m31.489s +0.836s 10. Sven Muller Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m31.557s +0.904s 11. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.589s +0.936s 12. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.638s +0.985s 13. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.648s +0.995s 14. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m31.716s +1.063s 15. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.721s +1.068s 16. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m31.799s +1.146s 17. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 1m31.978s +1.325s 18. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 1m32.014s +1.361s 19. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m32.143s +1.490s 20. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 1m32.295s +1.642s 21. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m32.409s +1.756s 22. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 1m32.613s +1.960s 23. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m32.868s +2.215s 24. Alfonso Celis Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m32.913s +2.260s 25. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 1m33.228s +2.575s 26. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 1m33.388s +2.735s 27. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 1m33.871s +3.218s Race two grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.133s 2. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.263s +0.130s 3. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 1m31.288s +0.155s 4. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.354s +0.221s 5. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.394s +0.261s 6. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-erc 1m31.535s +0.402s 7. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 1m31.544s +0.411s 8. Sven Muller Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m31.577s +0.444s 9. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 1m31.677s +0.544s 10. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.678s +0.545s 11. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.698s +0.565s 12. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.857s +0.724s 13. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-erc 1m31.888s +0.755s 14. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 1m32.040s +0.907s 15. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m32.051s +0.918s 16. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 1m32.105s +0.972s 17. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 1m32.160s +1.027s 18. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 1m32.216s +1.083s 19. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m32.253s +1.120s 20. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 1m32.387s +1.254s 21. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m32.496s +1.363s 22. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 1m32.655s +1.522s 23. Alfonso Celis Fortec Dallara-erc 1m32.927s +1.794s 24. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m33.044s +1.911s 25. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 1m33.273s +2.140s 26. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 1m33.801s +2.668s 27. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 1m36.760s +5.627s Race three grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m30.242s 2. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.669s +0.427s 3. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.721s +0.479s 4. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 1m30.755s +0.513s 5. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 1m30.786s +0.544s 6. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 1m30.877s +0.635s 7. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m31.011s +0.769s 8. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 1m31.045s +0.803s 9. Sven Muller Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 1m31.085s +0.843s 10. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.148s +0.906s 11. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 1m31.163s +0.921s 12. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m31.227s +0.985s 13. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.327s +1.085s 14. Dennis van de Laar Van Amerfoort Dallara-VW 1m31.485s +1.243s 15. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 1m31.522s +1.280s 16. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1m31.597s +1.355s 17. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 1m31.739s +1.497s 18. Alfonso Celis Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m31.796s +1.554s 19. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 1m31.873s +1.631s 20. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m32.050s +1.808s 21. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 1m32.065s +1.823s 22. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 1m32.402s +2.160s 23. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 1m32.415s +2.173s 24. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 1m32.490s +2.248s 25. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 1m32.968s +2.726s 26. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m33.355s +3.113s 27. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW
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