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Fionn McLaughlin and Henry Joslyn shared the pole positions in British Formula 4 qualifying at Zandvoort.
McLaughlin jumped to the top of the times with his penultimate lap of the session, managing a 1m37.073s around the Dutch circuit. The time was 0.074 seconds quicker than Martin Molnar in second.
It was Joslyn who set the pace in the opening laps but the order wouldn’t stay for long, with Ethan Jeff-Hall, Adam Al Azhari and Molnar – who set the best time across Friday’s two practice sessions – all taking turns at the top of the order.
When the field came into the pits after their first runs, it was Molnar on top ahead of Jeff-Hall and Al Azhari. McLaughlin was only fifth.
The Hitech GP driver was the first to improve on the second runs, jumping to the top of the times with a lap 0.2s quicker than Molnar had managed.
Joslyn briefly knocked McLaughlin off the top spot, but McLaughlin bounced back with his penultimate lap of the session to go quickest.
Molnar slotted into second while Joslyn was third fastest overall, but the Fortec driver’s second-fastest time was enough to put him on pole for the first race of the weekend. Molnar again placed second in this ranking, 0.044s behind Joslyn while McLaughlin was third.
Jimmy Piszcyk had led Friday’s first practice and been second to Molnar in the second session, and he qualified fourth quickest ahead of Al Azhari and Chloe Chong, making just her second appearance of the season.
After running strong early on, Jeff-Hall slipped back to seventh by the chequered flag, ahead of Ella Lloyd. Chase Fernandez and Theo Palmer completed the top 10
Qualifying round-up
Race 1 grid
1 Henry Joslyn Fortec Motorsports 1m37.351s
2 Martin Molnar Virtuosi Racing +0.044s
3 Fionn McLaughlin Hitech GP +0.100s
4 Jimmy Piszcyk Rodin Motorsport +0.199s
5 Adam Al Azhari Rodin Motorsport +0.256s
6 Ethan Jeff-Hall Argenti Motorsport +0.354s
7 Chase Fernandez Xcel Motorsport +0.534s
8 Ella Lloyd Rodin Motorsport +0.608s
9 Theo Palmer Xcel Motorsport +0.649s
10 Thomas Bearman Hitech GP +0.732s
Race 3 grid
1 McLaughlin 1m37.073s
2 Molnar +0.074s
3 Joslyn +0.205s
4 Piszcyk +0.369s
5 Al Azhari +0.472s
6 Chloe Chong Rodin Motorsport +0.522s
7 Jeff-Hall +0.586s
8 Lloyd +0.664s
9 Fernandez +0.782s
10 Palmer +0.783s