Photo: Auto Sport Academy
Australian racer Joseph Mawson ran the show in French F4 qualifying at Jerez, picking up poles for races one and three.
Mawson snatched the top spot from championship leader Lasse Sorensen in the final minutes of the session and then put in a strong second-best lap to ensure double pole.
Sorensen settled for second, a tenth ahead of Mexican Patricio O’Ward. French karting graduates Valentin Moineault and Dorian Boccolacci were fourth and fifth respectively.
Niclas Nylund and Gjergj Haxhiu recorded their best qualifying results of the season in sixth and seventh, with Denis Bulatov, David Droux and championship contender Felix Hirsiger rounding out the top ten.
On second-best times, which make up the grid for race one, O’Ward secured a front row spot, ahead of Sorensen, Moineault, Boccolacci and Nylund.
Droux was seventh, with Bulatov, Haxhiu and Paul Hokfelt making up the rest of the top ten.
Qualifying results
| Race 1 | Race 3 | ||||
| Pos. | Name | Time | Pos. | Name | Time |
| 1 | Joseph Mawson | 1:49.590 | 1 | Joseph Mawson | 1:49.347 |
| 2 | Patricio O’Ward | 1:49.754 | 2 | Lasse Sorensen | 1:49.601 |
| 3 | Lasse Sorensen | 1:49.810 | 3 | Patricio O’Ward | 1:49.720 |
| 4 | Valentin Moineault | 1:50.076 | 4 | Valentin Moineault | 1:49.799 |
| 5 | Dorian Boccolacci | 1:50.250 | 5 | Dorian Boccolacci | 1:50.121 |
| 6 | Niclas Nylund | 1:50.328 | 6 | Niclas Nylund | 1:50.163 |
| 7 | David Droux | 1:50.457 | 7 | Gjergj Haxhiu | 1:50.280 |
| 8 | Denis Bulatov | 1:50.495 | 8 | Denis Bulatov | 1:50.318 |
| 9 | Gjergj Haxhiu | 1:50.597 | 9 | David Droux | 1:50.453 |
| 10 | Paul Hokfelt | 1:50.622 | 10 | Felix Hirsiger | 1:50.481 |
| 11 | Felix Hirsiger | 1:50.627 | 11 | Paul Hokfelt | 1:50.551 |
| 12 | Valentin Hasse-Clot | 1:50.694 | 12 | Valentin Hasse-Clot | 1:50.573 |
| 13 | Erwan Jule | 1:50.815 | 13 | Amaury Richard | 1:50.622 |
| 14 | Amaury Richard | 1:50.850 | 14 | Erwan Jule | 1:50.700 |
| 15 | Bryan Elpitiya | 1:51.155 | 15 | Bryan Elpitiya | 1:51.106 |
| 16 | Simo Laaksonen | 1:51.412 | 16 | Axel Matus | 1:51.316 |
| 17 | Hugo Sugnot-Darniche | 1:51.456 | 17 | Hugo Sugnot-Darniche | 1:51.393 |
| 18 | Axel Matus | 1:51.716 | 18 | Simo Laaksonen | 1:51.399 |
| 19 | Joao Carvalho | 1:52.442 | 19 | Joao Carvalho | 1:51.853 |
| Reuben Kressner | No Time | Reuben Kressner | No Time | ||
| Vladimir Atoev | No Time | Vladimir Atoev | No Time | ||
| Anouck Abadie | No Time | Anouck Abadie | No Time | ||