BRDC F4 Championship leader George Russell was dominant in qualifying for round four of the season at Oulton Park, claiming pole position by 0.411 seconds.
Russell set a best time of 1m38.117s, but managed four laps in total that were quicker than his nearest rival and second quickest Raoul Hyman.
Hyman edged out HHC Motorsport team-mate and double Snetterton winner Will Palmer by 33 thousandths of a second.
MGR Motorsport’s Chris Middlehurst was fourth, followed by the final HHC driver Sennan Fielding and Russell’s Lanan Racing team-mates Struan Moore and Arjun Maini.
Charlie Eastwood took eighth for Douglas Motorsport, with the top ten completed by Tom Jackson and Gustavo Lima.
Jackson’s new Chris Dittmann Racing team-mate Tom Bale was 19th of the 20 runners on his series debut.
Qualifying results
Pos | Driver? | Team | Time? | Gap | Laps? |
1 | George Russell | Lanan Racing | 1:38.117 | 4 | |
2 | Raoul Hyman | HHC Motorsport | 1:38.528 | 0.411 | 5 |
3 | Will Palmer | HHC Motorsport | 1:38.561 | 0.444 | 10 |
4 | Chris Middlehurst | Mark Godwin Racing | 1:38.670 | 0.553 | 9 |
5 | Sennan Fielding | HHC Motorsport | 1:38.709 | 0.592 | 5 |
6 | Struan Moore | Lanan Racing | 1:38.745 | 0.628 | 5 |
7 | Arjun Maini | Lanan Racing | 1:38.804 | 0.687 | 10 |
8 | Charlie Eastwood | Douglas Motorsport | 1:38.836 | 0.719 | 9 |
9 | Tom Jackson | Chris Dittmann Racing | 1:38.997 | 0.880 | 9 |
10 | Gustavo Lima | Hillspeed | 1:39.093 | 0.976 | 6 |
11 | Rodrigo Fonseca | Douglas Motorsport | 1:39.103 | 0.986 | 9 |
12 | Diego Menchaca | Douglas Motorsport | 1:39.236 | 1.119 | 5 |
13 | Nicolas Beer | Sean Walkinshaw Racing | 1:39.324 | 1.207 | 6 |
14 | Gaetano Di Mauro | Petroball Racing | 1:39.407 | 1.290 | 12 |
15 | Rahul Raj Mayer | Hillspeed | 1:39.463 | 1.346 | 12 |
16 | Jordan Albert | Sean Walkinshaw Racing | 1:39.654 | 1.537 | 8 |
17 | Alfredo Zabalza | Hillspeed | 1:40.009 | 1.892 | 6 |
18 | Michael Claessens | Mark Godwin Racing | 1:40.535 | 2.418 | 4 |
19 | Tom Bale | Chris Dittmann Racing | 1:41.128 | 3.011 | 8 |
20 | Diego Borrelli | Sean Walkinshaw Racing | 1:43.583 | 5.466 | 8 |