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Marco Sorensen secures another Spielberg pole

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Marco Sorensen

Photo: Renault Sport/DPPI

Danish Lotus junior Marco Sorensen secured his second Formula Renault 3.5 pole position, out-pacing the field in qualifying after taking his first win of 2013 a day earlier.

Sorensen was among the session’s frontrunners throughout the thirty-minute run, before securing pole position with a last-ditch effort.

It was Tech 1’s Nigel Melker who led the session coming up to the checkered flag, despite his best time being previously deleted due to speeding in the pitlane, but post-checkered improvement from Sorensen saw the Dutchman settle for a front row start.

Championship leader Kevin Magnussen took third and will be sharing row two with his main title rival and fellow McLaren junior Stoffel Vandoorne. P1’s Will Stevens will start from fifth.

Magnussen’s teammate Norman Nato will head out into the race from sixth on the grid, ahead of AV’s Arthur Pic and Antonio Felix da Costa, who had a troubled qualifying session, with his car stopping at the end of the pitlane early on and forcing the Portuguese driver to play catch-up for the rest of the run. Will Buller and Sergey Sirotkin rounded out the top ten.

Session results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Marco Sorensen Lotus 1:16.233 17
2 Nigel Melker Tech 1 Racing 1:16.332 0.099 17
3 Kevin Magnussen DAMS 1:16.354 0.121 17
4 Stoffel Vandoorne Fortec Motorsports 1:16.458 0.225 18
5 Will Stevens P1 by Strakka Racing 1:16.615 0.382 17
6 Norman Nato DAMS 1:16.636 0.403 17
7 Arthur Pic AV Formula 1:16.725 0.492 18
8 Antonio Felix da Costa Arden Caterham 1:16.776 0.543 18
9 William Buller Zeta Corse 1:16.819 0.586 15
10 Sergey Sirotkin ISR 1:16.832 0.599 16
11 Carlos Huertas Carlin 1:16.854 0.621 17
12 Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1:16.917 0.684 18
13 Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1:16.979 0.746 17
14 Andre Negrao International Draco Racing 1:17.031 0.798 18
15 Nico Muller International Draco Racing 1:17.060 0.827 18
16 Yann Cunha AV Formula 1:17.068 0.835 18
17 Christopher Zanella ISR 1:17.086 0.853 16
18 Nikolay Martsenko Pons Racing 1:17.094 0.861 17
19 Mikhail Aleshin Tech 1 Racing 1:17.105 0.872 18
20 Oliver Webb Fortec Motorsports 1:17.243 1.010 18
21 Lucas Foresti SMP Racing by Comtec 1:17.253 1.020 17
22 Daniil Move SMP Racing by Comtec 1:17.264 1.031 17
23 Zoel Amberg Pons Racing 1:17.301 1.068 18
24 Pietro Fantin Arden Caterham 1:17.403 1.170 17
25 Matias Laine P1 by Strakka Racing 1:17.649 1.416 16
26 Riccardo Agostini Zeta Corse 1:18.373 2.140 15