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Mason takes the first pole of the 2013 F3 Open season

by Gruz David

Photo: FOTOSPEEDY/f3open.net

Canadian newcomer Nelson Mason kept?his great form from the Winter Series to the main one, and won the first qualifying of the new season at Paul Ricard.

Beside Mason, another rookie, Hector Hurst took the other place on the front row, as he was beaten by Mason by only half a tenth.

Mason’s teammate at Team West-Tec, Roberto La Rocca, took third place. The Venezuelan beat Sandy Stuvik by only 17 milliseconds. Behind the top four, the order was Santiago Urrutia, Alexey Chuklin, Mattia Vita, Igor Urien, who was the best Copa class driver. The top ten was completed by a BVM driver, Mario Marasca, and the American rookie, Spencer Pigot.

Qualfying results:
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Nelson Mason Team West-Tec 2:20.315 13
2 Hector Hurst EmillioDeVillota 2:20.364 + 0.049 13
3 Roberto La Rocca Team West-Tec 2:20.447 +?0.132 13
4 Sandy Stuvik RP Motorsport 2:20.464 +?0.149 14
5 Santiago Urrutia RP Motorsport 2:20.706 +?0.391 14
6 Alexey Chuklin EmillioDeVillota 2:21.171 +?0.856 14
7 Mattia Vita Top F3 2:21.171 +?0.856 13
8 Igor Urien EmillioDeVillota 2:21.176 +?0.861 13
9 Mario Marasca BVM 2:21.212 +0.897 13
10 Spencer Pigot Team West-Tec 2:21.431 +?1.116 13
11 Alex Toril RP Motorsport 2:21.536 +?1.221 13
12 Che One Lim EmillioDeVillota 2:21.677 +?1.362 13
13 Denis Nagulin Campos Racing 2:21.793 +?1.478 13
14 Cameron Twynham Team West-Tec 2:21.839 +?1.524 13
15 Yarin Stern EmillioDeVillota 2:21.985 +?1.670 12
16 Liam Venter Team West-Tec 2:22.004 +?1.689 14
17 Alexander Cougnaud RP Motorsport 2:22.070 +?1.755 13
18 Andr?s Saravia EmillioDeVillota 2:22.096 +?1.781 13
19 Gerardo Nieto DAV Racing 2:22.113 +?1.798 13
20 Tommaso Menchini Corbetta Competizioni 2:22.258 +?1.943 13
21 Valeria Carballo Campos Racing 2:22.464 +?2.149 10
22 Vicky Piria BVM 2:22.735 +?2.420 12
23 Luca Orlandi Team West-Tec 2:22.858 +?2.543 12
24 Richard Gonda Drivex School 2:23.188 +?2.873 12
25 Nicholas Pohler DAV Racing 2:23.312 +?2.997 13
26 Sean Walkinshaw Team West-Tec 2:23.339 +?3.024 11
27 Lorenzo Paggi Corbetta Competizioni 2:23.650 +?3.335 13
28 Damiano Fioravanti Corbetta Competizioni 2:24.006 +?3.691 13
29 Huan Zhu Team West-Tec 2:24.422 +?4.107 12
30 Artur Janosz Campos Racing 2:26.764 +?6.449 12
31 Saud Al Faisal RP Motorsport 2:28.776 +?8.461 13