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FIA F3 European Champion Raffaele Marciello?claimed pole position a disrupted Macau Grand Prix second qualifying session.
Following three red flags, Marciello moved himself into top spot with less than two minutes left on the clock, going 0.066 seconds faster than Felix Rosenqvist.
Rosenqvist’s benchmark from Thursday’s first qualifying was bettered almost immediately but the Swede did get himself back on top in the final five minutes before Marciello denied him.
Alex Lynn recovered from his Thursday crash to claim third place, falling just 0.017s short of Rosenqvist with his final effort. Lucas Auer made it three Prema cars in the top four in fourth, and ensured the top four positions matched those from this year’s European Championship standings.
2012 winner Antonio Felix da Costa was made to settle for fifth for Carlin ahead of Tom Blomqvist, who led through the latter two of the three stoppages for Fortec.
Blomqvist’s team-mate Pipo Derani took seventh with the Carlin trio of Jazeman Jaafar, Harry Tincknell and top rookie Jordan King completing the top ten.
Carlos Sainz‘s session came to an early end after he stopped with electrical problems, finishing up 14th in his Volkswagen-sponsored car. Katsumasa?Chiyo, Sun Zheng and Antonio Giovinazzi caused the three red flag periods.
Second qualifying times
| Pos | Driver? | Team | Time? | Gap? | Laps? |
| 1 | Raffaele Marciello | D88.com Prema Powerteam | 2:11.555 | 13 | |
| 2 | Felix Rosenqvist | GR Asia with Mucke | 2:11.622 | 0.067 | 12 |
| 3 | Alex Lynn | Theodore Racing by Prema | 2:11.639 | 0.084 | 15 |
| 4 | Lucas Auer | Theodore Racing by Prema | 2:12.052 | 0.497 | 14 |
| 5 | Antonio Felix da Costa | Carlin | 2:12.083 | 0.528 | 15 |
| 6 | Tom Blomqvist | Fortec Motorsports | 2:12.111 | 0.556 | 14 |
| 7 | Pipo Derani | Fortec Motorsports | 2:12.144 | 0.589 | 14 |
| 8 | Jazeman Jaafar | Carlin | 2:12.225 | 0.670 | 15 |
| 9 | Harry Tincknell | Carlin | 2:12.409 | 0.854 | 16 |
| 10 | Jordan King | Carlin | 2:12.616 | 1.061 | 15 |
| 11 | Alexander Sims | Threebond with T-Sport | 2:12.698 | 1.143 | 12 |
| 12 | William Buller | Fortec Motorsports | 2:12.768 | 1.213 | 14 |
| 13 | Kevin Korjus | Galaxy Double R Racing | 2:13.053 | 1.498 | 11 |
| 14 | Carlos Sainz | Carlin | 2:13.173 | 1.618 | 10 |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Prema Powerteam | 2:13.333 | 1.778 | 14 |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Carlin | 2:13.551 | 1.996 | 14 |
| 17 | Yuhi Sekiguchi | KFZ-Teile24 Mucke Motorsport | 2:13.833 | 2.278 | 14 |
| 18 | Lucas Wolf | URD Rennsport | 2:13.938 | 2.383 | 13 |
| 19 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Double R Racing | 2:14.018 | 2.463 | 6 |
| 20 | Yuichi Nakayama | TOM?S | 2:14.308 | 2.753 | 14 |
| 21 | Dennis van de Laar | KFZ-Teile24 Mucke Motorsport | 2:14.310 | 2.755 | 14 |
| 22 | John Bryant-Meisner | Fortec Motorsports | 2:14.570 | 3.015 | 14 |
| 23 | Sean Gelael | Double R Racing | 2:14.657 | 3.102 | 14 |
| 24 | Nelson Mason | Jo Zeller Racing | 2:14.706 | 3.151 | 14 |
| 25 | Ed Jones | Fortec Motorsports | 2:14.975 | 3.420 | 14 |
| 26 | Sun Zheng | Galaxy Double R Racing | 2:18.912 | 7.357 | 4 |
| Stefano Coletti | EuroInternational | No time | 2 | ||
| Katsumasa Chiyo | B-Max Engineering | No time | 1 |