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Kirchhofer takes double pole at Spa-Francorchamps

by Stephen Goddard

Photo: formel3.de

Championship leader Marvin Kirchhofer will start races one and three from pole position after a fine display in this afternoon?s qualifying session at Spa-Francorchamps.

The German outpaced his rivals, setting a fastest time of 2:11.772, 0.167 seconds clear of his Lotus teammate Emil Bernstorff. Rounding out the top three is Swede John Bryant-Meisner, who finished 0.292 seconds off the German.

Rounding out the top ten was American Gustavo Menezes, Performance Racing duo Thomas Jager and Yannick Mettler, Artem Markelov, Nabil Jeffri, and ADM Motorsport pair Matteo Cairoli and Tomasz Krzeminski.

TTC Motorsport driver Hubertus-Carlos Vier continued his dominance from practice by taking both pole positions in the Trophy class ahead of Freddy Killensberger and Sebastian Balthasar.

Session results
Pos. Driver Cl. Team Time Gap Laps
1 Marvin Kirchhofer C Lotus 2:11.772 9
2 Emil Bernstorff C Lotus 2:11.939 +0.167 10
3 John Bryant-Meisner C Performance Racing 2:12.064 +0.292 10
4 Gustavo Menezes C Van Amersfoort 2:12.456 +0.684 9
5 Thomas Jager C Performance Racing 2:12.574 +0.802 10
6 Yannick Mettler C Performance Racing 2:12.979 +1.207 9
7 Artem Markelov C Lotus 2:12.983 +1.211 8
8 Nabil Jeffri C EuroInternational 2:13.658 +1.886 11
9 Matteo Cairoli C ADM Motorsport 2:13.815 +2.043 9
10 Tomasz Krzeminski C ADM Motorsport 2:14.674 +2.902 9
11 Jordi Weckx C Van Amersfoort 2:14.721 +2.949 9
12 Hubertus-Carlos Vier T TTC Motorsport 2:17.381 +5.609 9
13 Freddy Killensberger T GU-Racing 2:17.820 +6.048 9
14 Sebastian Balthasar T GU-Racing 2:18.555 +6.783 11
15 Sheban Siddiqi C Lotus 2:18.827 +7.055 11
16 Maximilian Hackl T Frank Woss Racing 2:20.007 +8.235 5
17 Andreas Germann T CR Racing Team 2:23.831 +12.059 11
18 Thomas Warken T CR Racing Team 2:24.360 +12.588 11
19 Christian Zeller T CR Racing Team 2:27.158 +15.386 7