Photo: Auto Sport Academy
Anglo-Swiss racer Felix Hirsiger secured poles for races one and three of the fourth round of the French F4 season at Magny-Cours.
Hirsiger, who sits third in the drivers’ standings, comfortably led most of the session and ended up more than a tenth clear of championship leader Lasse Sorensen.
With the race three grid determined by best laps in qualifying, Lotus junior Dorian Boccolacci and Australian racer Joseph Mawson made up row two.
Swiss racer David Droux matched his personal best qualifying result with fifth, narrowly ahead of Valentin Hasse-Clot, Vladimir Atoev and Paul Hokfelt. Denis Bulatov and Patricio O’Ward made up the rest of the top ten.
On the grid of race one, which is determined by the drivers’ second-best laps, Hirsiger and Sorensen also make up the front row.
Boccolacci and Mawson maintain their positions on row two, whilst Hasse-Clot will take fifth ahead Droux.
Bulatov will start race one in seventh, leading O’Ward, Atoev and Bryan Elpitiya.
Qualifying results
| Race 1 | Race 3 | ||||
| Pos. | Name | Time | Pos. | Name | Time |
| 1 | Felix Hirsiger | 1:45.520 | 1 | Felix Hirsiger | 1:45.397 |
| 2 | Lasse Sorensen | 1:45.655 | 2 | Lasse Sorensen | 1:45.523 |
| 3 | Dorian Boccolacci | 1:45.787 | 3 | Dorian Boccolacci | 1:45.618 |
| 4 | Joseph Mawson | 1:45.936 | 4 | Joseph Mawson | 1:45.864 |
| 5 | Valentin Hasse-Clot | 1:46.001 | 5 | David Droux | 1:45.956 |
| 6 | David Droux | 1:46.057 | 6 | Valentin Hasse-Clot | 1:45.977 |
| 7 | Denis Bulatov | 1:46.212 | 7 | Vladimir Atoev | 1:45.997 |
| 8 | Patricio O’Ward | 1:46.232 | 8 | Paul Hokfelt | 1:46.006 |
| 9 | Vladimir Atoev | 1:46.247 | 9 | Denis Bulatov | 1:46.108 |
| 10 | Bryan Elpitiya | 1:46.351 | 10 | Patricio O’Ward | 1:46.156 |
| 11 | Paul Hokfelt | 1:46.435 | 11 | Erwan Jule | 1:46.228 |
| 12 | Erwan Jule | 1:46.444 | 12 | Bryan Elpitiya | 1:46.300 |
| 13 | Valentin Moineault | 1:46.519 | 13 | Valentin Moineault | 1:46.377 |
| 14 | Max Defourny | 1:46.598 | 14 | Max Defourny | 1:46.535 |
| 15 | Simo Laaksonen | 1:46.666 | 15 | Simo Laaksonen | 1:46.588 |
| 16 | Reuben Kressner | 1:46.674 | 16 | Reuben Kressner | 1:46.592 |
| 17 | Gjergj Haxhiu | 1:46.678 | 17 | Gjergj Haxhiu | 1:46.630 |
| 18 | Amaury Richard | 1:46.704 | 18 | Amaury Richard | 1:46.696 |
| 19 | Niclas Nylund | 1:46.933 | 19 | Niclas Nylund | 1:46.729 |
| 20 | Tom Soubiron | 1:47.079 | 20 | Tom Soubiron | 1:47.060 |
| 21 | Joao Carvalho | 1:47.698 | 21 | Joao Carvalho | 1:47.360 |
| 22 | Axel Matus | 1:48.087 | 22 | Axel Matus | 1:47.568 |
| 23 | Hugo Sugnot-Darniche | 1:48.964 | 23 | Hugo Sugnot-Darniche | 1:48.824 |
| 24 | Anouck Abadie | 2:01.975 | 24 | Anouck Abadie | 1:57.076 |