Photo: formel3.de
German F3 champion Marvin Kirchhofer put a commanding performance in the last qualifying session of the 2013 German F3 season, beating the rest of the field by more than 0.6s on his way to pole.
Most of the session saw Emil Bernstorff lead Kirchhofer by a narrow margin, yet, in the closing stages, the Briton had to settle for second. More crucially, he was able to beat his vice-championship rival Artem Markelov, who completed the Lotus 1-2-3.
The best non-Lotus driver was John Bryant-Meisner, who narrowly missed out on the top three, edging over Gustavo Menezes in fifth. Polish driver Tomasz Krzeminski secured sixth, as Nabil Jeffri was the last person who was beaten by Kirchhofer by less than two seconds. The top 10 was completed by Jordi Weckx, Matteo Cairoli and Nicolai Sylvest. The top Trophy time belonged to Freddy Killensberger, 14th overall.
On second-best times, Kirchhofer will again start from pole, ahead of Bernstorff and Bryant-Meisner.
Session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Marvin Kirchhofer | Lotus | 1:33.647 | 14 | |
| 2 | Emil Bernstorff | Lotus | 1:34.271 | +0.624 | 13 |
| 3 | Artem Markelov | Lotus | 1:34.770 | +1.123 | 12 |
| 4 | John Bryant-Meisner | Performance Racing | 1:34.792 | +1.145 | 15 |
| 5 | Gustavo Menezes | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:34.927 | +1.280 | 12 |
| 6 | Tomasz Krzeminski | ADM Motorsport | 1:35.035 | +1.388 | 10 |
| 7 | Nabil Jeffri | EuroInternational | 1:35.340 | +1.693 | 13 |
| 8 | Jordi Weckx | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:35.931 | +2.284 | 12 |
| 9 | Matteo Cairoli | ADM Motorsport | 1:36.130 | +2.483 | 8 |
| 10 | Nicolai Sylvest | JBR Motorsport & Engineering | 1:36.263 | +2.616 | 15 |
| 11 | Roman Beregech | Performance Racing | 1:36.318 | +2.671 | 13 |
| 12 | Nikita Zlobin | ADM Motorsport | 1:36.767 | +3.120 | 12 |
| 13 | Sheban Siddiqi | Lotus | 1:37.276 | +3.629 | 13 |
| 14 | Freddy Killensberger | GU-Racing | 1:37.556 | +3.909 | 11 |
| 15 | Sebastian Balthasar | GU-Racing | 1:37.579 | +3.932 | 12 |
| 16 | Thomas Amweg | CR Racing Team | 1:37.939 | +4.292 | 12 |
| 17 | Hubertus-Carlos Vier | TTCmotorsport | 1:38.518 | +4.871 | 11 |
| 18 | Maximilian Hackl | Franz W?ss Racing | 1:39.526 | +5.879 | 7 |
| 19 | Christian Zeller | CR Racing Team | 1:39.871 | +6.224 | 15 |
| 20 | Andreas Germann | CR Racing Team | 1:41.672 | +8.025 | 15 |
| 21 | Luca Iannacone | Rennsport R?ssler | 1:42.057 | +8.410 | 14 |
| 22 | Frank Debruyne | CR Racing Team | 1:43.010 | +9.363 | 14 |