Photo: Campos Racing
Hugh Barter pipped Nikola Tsolov by just 0.008 seconds to top second Spanish Formula 4 qualifying at Motorland Aragon and take pole for race three.
Championship leader Tsolov led the final five minutes of the session, improving from a 2m01.334s to a 2m00.856s, then finding another eight thousandths of a second just before the chequered flag.
At this point, Timoteusz Kucharzyck jumped up to second place at Barter’s expense, 0.061s from Tsolov.
Barter however managed to go quicker on his final effort to deny Campos Racing team-mate Tsolov, who he already beat to victory in race one on Saturday.
Kucharzyck’s MP Motorsport team-mates Valerio Rinicella and Kirill Smal took fourth and fifth.
In his first weekend since switching from Teo Martin Motorsport to Drivex, Daniel Nogales qualified sixth ahead of Christian Ho, Filip Jenic, Robert de Haan and Suleiman Zanfari.
A yellow flag after Daniel Mavlyutov stopped at Turn 7 impacted some drivers’ final flying laps.
Qualifying result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugh Barter | Campos Racing | 2m00.840s | 8 | |
| 2 | Nikola Tsolov | Campos Racing | 2m00.848s | +0.008s | 8 |
| 3 | Timoteusz Kucharzyck | MP Motorsport | 2m00.909s | +0.069s | 7 |
| 4 | Valerio Rinicella | MP Motorsport | 2m01.057s | +0.217s | 8 |
| 5 | Kirill Smal | MP Motorsport | 2m01.179s | +0.339s | 7 |
| 6 | Daniel Nogales | Drivex School | 2m01.375s | +0.535s | 7 |
| 7 | Christian Ho | MP Motorsport | 2m01.452s | +0.612s | 7 |
| 8 | Filip Jenic | Campos Racing | 2m01.481s | +0.641s | 8 |
| 9 | Robert de Haan | Monlau Motorsport | 2m01.503s | +0.663s | 7 |
| 10 | Suleiman Zanfari | MP Motorsport | 2m01.577s | +0.737s | 7 |
| 11 | Georg Kelstrup | Campos Racing | 2m01.589s | +0.749s | 8 |
| 12 | Theophile Nael | Sainteloc Racing | 2m01.591s | +0.751s | 8 |
| 13 | Sebastian Gravlund | MP Motorsport | 2m01.694s | +0.854s | 7 |
| 14 | Vladislav Ryabov | GRS | 2m01.750s | +0.910s | 8 |
| 15 | Bruno del Pino | Drivex | 2m01.771s | +0.931s | 7 |
| 16 | Martinius Stenshorne | Monlau Motorsport | 2m01.787s | +0.947s | 8 |
| 17 | Gael Julien | Drivex School | 2m01.837s | +0.997s | 7 |
| 18 | Ricardo Escotto | Cram Motorsport | 2m01.921s | +1.081s | 8 |
| 19 | Max Arkhangelskiy | Drivex School | 2m01.953s | +1.113s | 7 |
| 20 | Miron Pingasov | MP Motorsport | 2m02.029s | +1.189s | 7 |
| 21 | Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak | MP Motorsport | 2m02.103s | +1.263s | 7 |
| 22 | Max Mayer | Formula de Campeones | 2m02.107s | +1.267s | 8 |
| 23 | Noah Lisle | JHR Developments | 2m02.201s | +1.361s | 7 |
| 24 | Jef Machiels | Monlau Motorsport | 2m02.479s | +1.639s | 8 |
| 25 | Manuel Espirito Santo | Campos Racing | 2m02.760s | +1.920s | 8 |
| 26 | Alvaro Garcia | Formula de Campeones | 2m03.337s | +2.497s | 7 |
| 27 | Theodor Jensen | Sainteloc Racing | 2m03.787s | +2.947s | 7 |
| 28 | Daniel Mavlyutov | GRS | 2m05.006s | +4.166s | 6 |