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Cougnaud takes maiden pole position at Monza

by Gruz David

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French driver Alexandre Cougnaud came out on top in a rather close qualifying session at Monza, taking his first pole position in the series.

The RP Motorsport driver led an RP Motorsport 1-2-3, securing the top spot with a late-session effort.

Cougnaud will start in front of his teammates, with Santiago Urrutia and? Sandy Stuvik taking second and third respectively. The second row is completed by Stuvik’s rival and championship leader Ed Jones, with the Team West-Tec man clearing Mario Marasca and teammate Nelson Mason by less than a tenth of a second.

Vicky Piria secured seventh position, narrowly edging Alex Toril out. Nicolas Pohler and Copa class pole-sitter Richard Gonda rounded out the top ten.

Qualifying results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Alexandre Cougnaud RP Motorsport 1:48.387 16
2 Santiago Urrutia RP Motorsport 1:48.580 0.193 15
3 Sandy Stuvik RP Motorsport 1:48.663 0.276 16
4 Ed Jones Team West-Tec 1:48.773 0.386 16
5 Mario Marasca BVM Racing 1:47.794 0.407 15
6 Nelson Mason Team West-Tec 1:48.870 0.483 16
7 Vicky Piria BVM Racing 1:49.458 1.071 16
8 Alex Toril RP Motorsport 1:49.540 1.153 16
9 Nicola Pohler DAV Racing 1:49.645 1.258 17
10 Richard Gonda Drivex School 1:49.937 1.550 15
11 Andr?s Saravia EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 1:49.981 1.594 15
12 Damiano Fioravanti Corbetta Competizioni 1:50.002 1.615 16
13 Alexey Chuklin EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 1:50.068 1.681 15
14 Yarin Stern EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 1:50.236 1.849 16
15 Tommaso Menchini Corbetta Competizioni 1:50.253 1.866 17
16 Falco Wauer Team West-Tec 1:50.296 1.909 17
17 Hector Hurst EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 1:50.754 2.367 13
18 Che One Lim EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 1:50.960 2.573 17
19 Artur Janosz Campos Racing 1:50.975 2.588 15
20 Valeria Carballo Campos Racing 1:50.992 2.605 15
21 Huan Zhu Team West-Tec 1:51.000 2.613 16
22 Cameron Twynham Team West-Tec 1:51.189 2.802 16
23 Igor Urien EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 1:51.193 2.806 16
24 Saud Al-Faisal RP Motorsport 1:51.440 3.053 17
25 Trino Rojas RP Motorsport 1:51.620 3.233 15
26 Denis Nagulin Campos Racing 1:51.656 3.269 16
27 Gerardo Nieto DAV Racing 1:51.661 3.274 16
28 Sean Walkinshaw Team West-Tec 1:51.862 3.475 15
29 Liam Venter Team West-Tec 1:51.968 3..581 15