Photo: FR1.6 NEC
17-year-old Janneau Esmeijer was fastest in the qualifying session of the second Formula Renault 1.6 NEC round of the season at Spa-Francorchamps.
The Dutchman took an early lead in the session, going no less than two seconds faster than everyone else. By the end of qualifying, he managed to keep his lead and topped the timesheets by 0.9s.
Championship leader Anton De Pasquale had to settle for second, having previously dominated the practice sessions in Friday.
A close battle for third saw FR1.6 Nordic championship leader Joonas Lappalainen narrowly beat Paul Blomqvist and Florian Janits.
Larry ten Voorde finished sixth, followed by Max Defourny, Marcel Lenerz, Ferdinand Habsburg and Simon Mirguet.
The starting positions for the second race were determined by the second-fastest laps of the session and, once again, Esmeijer proved to be quickest.
Lechner duo of De Pasquale and Janits will start behind the polesitter.
Ten Voorde will start in fourth, while the third row will be filled by Defourny and Lappalainen. The top ten for race two is completed by Lenerz,?Pontus Fredricsson, Oliver Soderstrom and Mirguet.
Race grids
| Race 1 | Race 2 | ||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Pos. | Driver | Team |
| 1 | Janneau Esmeijer | Provily Racing | 1 | Janneau Esmeijer | Provily Racing |
| 2 | Anton De Pasquale | Lechner Racing School | 2 | Anton De Pasquale | Lechner Racing School |
| 3 | Joonas Lappalainen | Finndrive | 3 | Florian Janits | Lechner Racing School |
| 4 | Paul Blomqvist | Trackstar | 4 | Larry ten Voorde | Pirosport |
| 5 | Florian Janits | Lechner Racing School | 5 | Max Defourny | Lechner Racing School |
| 6 | Larry ten Voorde | Pirosport | 6 | Joonas Lappalainen | Finndrive |
| 7 | Max Defourny | Lechner Racing School | 7 | Marcel Lenerz | Stuart Racing Team |
| 8 | Marcel Lenerz | Stuart Racing Team | 8 | Pontus Fredricsson | Trackstar |
| 9 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Lechner Racing School | 9 | Oliver Soderstrom | Scuderia Nordica |
| 10 | Simon Mirguet | Provily Racing | 10 | Simon Mirguet | Provily Racing |
| 11 | Lukas Sundahl | Sundahl Racing | 11 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Lechner Racing School |
| 12 | Pontus Fredricsson | Trackstar | 12 | Paul Blomqvist | Trackstar |
| 13 | Oliver Soderstrom | Scuderia Nordica | 13 | Cedric Piro | Pirosport |
| 14 | Cedric Piro | Pirosport | 14 | Lukas Sundahl | Sundahl Racing |
| 15 | Ralf Aron | Scuderia Nordica | 15 | Karl Ero | Trackstar |
| 16 | Karl Ero | Trackstar | 16 | Ilmari Korpivaara | Finndrive |
| 17 | Ilmari Korpivaara | Finndrive | 17 | Ralf Aron | Scuderia Nordica |
| 18 | Boris Kolff | Provily Racing | 18 | Paul Sieljes | Stuart Racing Team |
| 19 | Paul Sieljes | Stuart Racing Team | 19 | Boris Kolff | Provily Racing |
| 20 | Ramus Ericsson | Lyran Engineering | 20 | Ramus Ericsson | Lyran Engineering |
| 21 | David Nordgren | Trackstar | 21 | David Nordgren | Trackstar |