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Auer completes Mucke recovery to deny Giovinazzi pole

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Lucas Auer

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Lucas Auer showed that Mucke Motorsport’s Silverstone struggles were only temporary as he claimed pole position for race one of the FIA F3 European Championship Hockenheim from under the nose of practice pace-setter Antonio Giovinazzi.

The leading positions changed hands constantly for much of the 20 minute session, but the order had appeared to settle with a few minutes left on the clock with Giovinazzi holding P1 ahead of Auer. However, the Austrian – who started no higher than tenth for the three races at Silverstone a fortnight ago as his new team Mucke lacked pace – claimed top spot by over a tenth with his final effort.

Ed Jones was towards the pointy end of the timing screens throughout and wound up third ahead of top rookie Max Verstappen, who leaped ahead of Silverstone race winners Esteban Ocon and Tom Blomqvist late on, beating the Lotus F1 junior by just 0.002s.

Nicholas Latifi was seventh ahead of Auer’s team-mate Felix Rosenqvist, while John Bryant-Meisner and Jordan King rounded out the top ten.

Antonio Fuoco, winner of the third race at Silverstone, could only manage 18th with his final lap of the session.

Qualifying results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Lucas Auer Mucke Motorsport 1:32.387 9
2 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:32.505 0.118 10
3 Ed Jones Carlin 1:32.547 0.160 10
4 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing 1:32.586 0.199 10
5 Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam 1:32.588 0.201 10
6 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:32.602 0.215 10
7 Nicholas Latifi Prema Powerteam 1:32.634 0.247 10
8 Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Motorsport 1:32.688 0.301 9
9 John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Motorsports 1:32.708 0.321 10
10 Jordan King Carlin 1:32.740 0.353 10
11 Jake Dennis Carlin 1:32.786 0.399 10
12 Mitchell Gilbert Fortec Motorsports 1:32.860 0.473 11
13 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec 1:32.990 0.603 10
14 Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Racing 1:33.041 0.654 10
15 Dennis van de Laar Prema Powerteam 1:33.042 0.655 10
16 Richard Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:33.183 0.796 13
17 Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Racing 1:33.183 0.796 10
18 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam 1:33.233 0.846 10
19 Riccardo Agostini EuroInternational 1:33.236 0.849 10
20 Alexander Toril ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:33.252 0.865 13
21 Roy Nissany Mucke Motorsport 1:33.278 0.891 7
22 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing 1:33.316 0.929 10
23 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:33.496 1.109 10
24 Felipe Guimaraes Double R Racing 1:33.780 1.393 9
25 Michele Beretta EuroInternational 1:33.876 1.489 12
26 Hector Hurst Team West-Tec 1:34.022 1.635 9
27 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 1:34.074 1.687 11