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Home Formula RegionalEurocup-3 Masson scores pole for first race of Eurocup-3 decider
Eurocup-3News

Masson scores pole for first race of Eurocup-3 decider

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen

Photo: Spanish F4

Esteban Masson claimed first advantage in the Eurocup-3 title decider at Barcelona with pole position for Saturday’s opening race.

Fresh from taking part in the final round of the World Endurance Championship in Bahrain last weekend in a Ferrari GTE car, Campos Racing driver Masson led both practice sessions on Saturday morning after rival Mari Boya had topped Thursday’s collective test.

Boya was the first driver to dip into the 1m36s with 10 minutes of qualifying remaining, but Masson soon shot to the top of the times with a 1m36.200s that would not be beaten.

Team-mate Tasanapol Inthrapuvasak got closest, 0.498 seconds away.

Jose Garfias moved up to third with his fial attempt of the session, putting himself ahead of his MP Motorsport team-mates Sebastian Ogaard and Boya, who is set to start fifth.

With two bonus points for taking pole, Masson is now three points ahead of Boya.

Emmo Fittipaldi qualified ninth after joining Palau Motorsport for the final round, behind Francesco Braschi, Bruno del Pino and Nick Gilkes.

Qualifying result
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Esteban Masson Campos Racing 1m36.200s 12
2 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak Campos Racing 1m36.698s +0.498s 12
3 Jose Garfias MP Motorsport 1m36.729s +0.529s 12
4 Sebastian Ogaard MP Motorsport 1m36.730s +0.530s 12
5 Mari Boya MP Motorsport 1m36.821s +0.621s 12
6 Francesco Braschi Campos Racing 1m36.854s +0.654s 12
7 Bruno del Pino MP Motorsport 1m37.095s +0.895s 12
8 Nick Gilkes Drivex School 1m37.174s +0.974s 12
9 Emmo Fittipaldi Palou Motorsport 1m37.365s +1.165s 11
10 Daniel Nogales Drivex School 1m37.378s +1.178s 12
11 Miron Pingasov Palou Motorsport 1m37.445s +1.245s 12
12 Suleiman Zanfari Campos Racing 1m37.486s +1.286s 12
13 Sebastian Gravlund MP Motorsport 1m37.969s +1.769s 12
14 Dario Cabanelas Sainteloc Racing 1m38.198s +1.998s 12
15 Jorge Campos Palou Motorsport 1m38.344s +2.144s 11
16 Georgis Markogiannis Palou Motorsport 1m38.370s +2.170s 12
17 Georgi Zhuravskiy Drivex School 1m38.384s +2.184s 12
18 Carl Bennett GRS 1m39.278s +3.078s 12
19 Daniel Mavlyutov GRS 1m39.806s +3.606s 11