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Kirchhofer untouchable in German F3 qualifying at Oschersleben

by Valentin Khorounzhiy

Photo: formel3.de

Championship leader Marvin Kirchhofer has extended his lead in the standings by three points, having taken double pole position for the German F3 round at Oschersleben in Friday qualifying.

Kirchhofer had the battle for pole seemingly under control for the entire duration of the session and, in the late stages, set two laps that one-upped the rest of the field’s efforts.

While the German was, as usual, on top form, the rest of the Motopark squad didn’t have the usual edge on the grid. As such, it was Van Amersfoort Racing’s Gustavo Menezes who secured second, with Performance driver John Bryant-Meisner taking third.

Motopark duo Artem Markelov and Emil Bernstorff took fourth and fifth respectively, ahead of Tomasz Krzeminski and Matteo Cairoli.

EuroInternational’s Nabil Jeffri took eighth, with Russian driver Nikita Zlobin taking ninth. In the absence of Trophy leader Sebastian Balthasar from the session, his teammate Freddy Killensberger took class pole.

Race one grid
Pos. Driver Cl. Team Time Gap Laps
1 Marvin Kirchhofer C Lotus 1:20.320 14
2 Gustavo Menezes C Van Amersfoort 1:20.687 +0.367 18
3 John Bryant-Meisner C Performance Racing 1:20.873 +0.553 16
4 Artem Markelov C Lotus 1:20.958 +0.638 16
5 Emil Bernstorff C Lotus 1:20.960 +0.640 15
6 Tomasz Krzeminski C Performance Racing 1:21.816 +1.496 14
7 Matteo Cairoli C ADM Motorsport 1:22.006 +1.686 15
8 Nabil Jeffri C EuroInternational 1:22.432 +2.112 16
9 Nikita Zlobin C ADM Motorsport 1:24.776 +4.456 10
10 Freddy Killensberger T GU-Racing 1:25.588 +5.268 14
11 Sheban Siddiqi C Lotus 1:25.905 +5.585 8
DNQ Luca Iannaccone T Rennsport Rossler 1:31.189 +10.869 14
DNQ Andreas Germann T CR Racing Team 1:35.829 +15.509 15
DNQ Sebastian Balthasar T GU-Racing No Time ?0
Race three grid
Pos. Driver Cl. Team
1 Marvin Kirchhofer C Lotus
2 Gustavo Menezes C Van Amersfoort
3 Artem Markelov C Lotus
4 John Bryant-Meisner C Performance Racing
5 Emil Bernstorff C Lotus
6 Tomasz Krzeminski C Performance Racing
7 Matteo Cairoli C ADM Motorsport
8 Nabil Jeffri C EuroInternational
9 Nikita Zlobin C ADM Motorsport
10 Sheban Siddiqi C Lotus
11 Freddy Killensberger T GU-Racing
DNQ Luca Iannaccone T Rennsport Rossler
DNQ Andreas Germann T CR Racing Team
DNQ Sebastian Balthasar T GU-Racing