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Moscow European F3: Esteban Ocon takes double pole

European Formula 3 championship leader Esteban Ocon qualified on pole for races two and three in the second qualifying session at Moscow Raceway

Ocon, who won from pole in race one, is on course to dominate the weekend as he produced a time 0.3 seconds quicker than Prema team-mate Antonio Fuoco.

Third fastest Tom Blomqvist was the only other driver to set a time below 1m28s, and qualified highest of the Carlin cars.

Ocon's championship rival Max Verstappen, whose run of six consecutive victories ended in the first Moscow race, starts fourth for the second race of the weekend.

Lucas Auer did well to qualify sixth and lines up ahead of the Carlin duo of Jordan king and Jake Dennis.

Dennis van der Laar was the early pacesetter, but he only managed eighth overall.

Behind in ninth was Felix Rosenqvist who will feel he could have challenged for higher and Nicholas Latifi rounded out the top ten for race two.

With the second fastest times determining the starting grid for race three, Ocon again topped the order, with his time narrowly edging Blomqvist by 0.05s.

Verstappen will look to gain ground from third for race three and put his championship back on track. Fuoco, who starts second in race two will be further down in fourth for the third race.

There was little to separate King and Dennis throughout the day, and their second best times continued that trend - Dennis recording a lap just 0.009s down on King.

Auer and van der Laar will start seventh and eighth, with Van Amersfoot's Gustavo Menezes showing good pace for his ninth place grid slot ahead of Rosenqvist.

                                                                      
Race two qualifying:                                                       
                                                                           
Pos  Driver              Team/Car                        Time       Gap    
 1.  Esteban Ocon        Prema Dallara-Merc              1m27.650s         
 2.  Antonio Fuoco       Prema Dallara-Merc              1m27.956s  +0.306s
 3.  Tom Blomqvist       Carlin Dallara-VW               1m27.956s  +0.306s
 4.  Max Verstappen      Van Amersfoot Dallara-VW        1m28.178s  +0.528s
 5.  Lucas Auer          Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m28.194s  +0.544s
 6.  Jordan King         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m28.319s  +0.669s
 7.  Jake Dennis         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m28.416s  +0.766s
 8.  Dennis van de Laar  Prema Dallara-Merc              1m28.454s  +0.804s
 9.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m28.506s  +0.856s
10.  Nicholas Latifi     Prema Dallara-Merc              1m28.532s  +0.882s
11.  Felix Serralles     West-Tec Dallara Merc           1m28.612s  +0.962s
12.  Santino Ferrucci    EuroInternational Dallara-Merc  1m28.675s  +1.025s
13.  Gustavo Menezes     Van Amersfoot Dallara-VW        1m28.727s  +1.077s
14.  Antonio Giovinazzi  Carlin Dallara-VW               1m28.747s  +1.097s
15.  Jules Szymkowiak    Van Amersfoot Dallara-VW        1m28.800s  +1.150s
16.  Roy Nissany         Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m28.910s  +1.260s
17.  Tatiana Calderon    Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc          1m28.954s  +1.304s
18.  Hector Hurst        West-Tec Dallara Merc           1m29.207s  +1.557s
19.  Michele Beretta     EuroInternational Dallara-Merc  1m29.302s  +1.652s
20.  Sean Gelael         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m29.346s  +1.696s
                                                                           
Race three qualifying:                                                     
                                                                           
Pos  Driver              Team/Car                        Time       Gap    
 1.  Esteban Ocon        Prema Dallara-Merc              1m28.098s         
 2.  Tom Blomqvist       Carlin Dallara-VW               1m28.154s  +0.056s
 3.  Max Verstappen      Van Amersfoot Dallara-VW        1m28.250s  +0.152s
 4.  Antonio Fuoco       Prema Dallara-Merc              1m28.357s  +0.259s
 5.  Jordan King         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m28.470s  +0.372s
 6.  Jake Dennis         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m28.479s  +0.381s
 7.  Lucas Auer          Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m28.593s  +0.495s
 8.  Dennis van de Laar  Prema Dallara-Merc              1m28.669s  +0.571s
 9.  Gustavo Menezes     Van Amersfoot Dallara-VW        1m28.767s  +0.669s
10.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m28.768s  +0.670s
11.  Santino Ferrucci    EuroInternational Dallara-Merc  1m28.829s  +0.731s
12.  Nicholas Latifi     Prema Dallara-Merc              1m28.881s  +0.783s
13.  Jules Szymkowiak    Van Amersfoot Dallara-VW        1m28.987s  +0.889s
14.  Tatiana Calderon    Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc          1m29.102s  +1.004s
15.  Roy Nissany         Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m29.103s  +1.005s
16.  Felix Serralles     West-Tec Dallara Merc           1m29.222s  +1.124s
17.  Hector Hurst        West-Tec Dallara Merc           1m29.397s  +1.299s
18.  Sean Gelael         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m29.459s  +1.361s
19.  Michele Beretta     EuroInternational Dallara-Merc  1m29.631s  +1.533s
20.  Antonio Giovinazzi  Carlin Dallara-VW               1m29.717s  +1.619s

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