Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography
British Formula 4 points leader Martin Molnar claimed his first two pole positions in the series at Oulton Park.
The Virtuosi Racing driver topped the order for fastest and second fastest lap times, putting himself on pole for both the first and third races of the weekend.
Ary Bansal set the pace early in the session, but provisional pole position would change hands multiple times over the course of qualifying. Chase Fernandez, Fionn McLaughlin and Rowan Campbell-Pilling all briefly took the top spot, before Molnar set a time of 1m20.513s.
Molnar continued to find improvements in the second half of qualifying. Henry Joslyn briefly knocked Molnar off the top spot, but the championship leader improved again.
He ended the session with a time of 1m20.080s, 0.335s ahead of McLaughlin in second.
Fernandez took third ahead of Bansal, Thomas Bearman and Joslyn. Campbell-Pilling ended qualifying seventh, ahead of Theo Palmer, Ethan Jeff-Hall and August Raber.
The session ended early after a red flag was thrown with less than two minutes on the clock.
Qualifying round-up
Race 1 grid (second fastest times)
1 Martin Molnar Virtuosi Racing 1m20.238s
2 Fionn McLaughlin Hitech +0.266s
3 Chase Fernandez Xcel Motorsport +0.290s
4 Henry Joslyn Fortec Motorsports +0.340s
5 Theo Palmer Xcel Motorsport +0.446s
6 Ary Bansal Fortec Motorsports +0.449s
7 Thomas Bearman Hitech +0.467s
8 Rowan Campbell-Pilling JHR Developments +0.541s
9 August Raber Argenti Motorsport +0.556s
10 Ethan Jeff-Hall Argenti Motorsport +0.610s
Race 3 grid (fastest times)
1 Molnar 1m20.080s
2 McLaughlin +0.335s
3 Fernandez +0.389s
4 Bansal +0.405s
5 Bearman +0.406s
6 Joslyn +0.420s
7 Campbell-Pilling +0.491s
8 Palmer +0.523s
9 Jeff-Hall +0.578s
10 Raber +0.618s