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Menezes and Ocon claim poles in wet second Spa qualifying

by Gruz David
written by Gruz David
Gustavo Menezes

Photo: FIA F3 European Championship

Gustavo Menezes and Esteban Ocon will start from pole position in the second and third races respectively at the FIA F3 European Championship weekend at Spa-Francorchamps.

The qualifying?was immediately interrupted by a red flag, caused by a crash for Mitch Gilbert. By the time the qualifying resumed, the track was completely wet, forcing the drivers to use wet tyres.

The fastest lap was recorded in the last second by Gustavo Menezes to complete a one-two for Van Amersfoort Racing with Max Verstappen, who ended up in second.

Lotus junior Ocon will start third and will share the second row with Swede John Bryant-Meisner, one of the benefactors of the chaotic session.

Felix Serralles secured fifth, followed by Alex Toril and Felipe Guimaraes, who both took their best qualifying positions of the season.

Mucke Motorsport duo Lucas Auer and Felix Rosenqvist had to settle with eighth and ninth and the top ten was completed by Michele Beretta.

The pole for race three returns to?Ocon with Bryant-Meisner joining him on the front row. Serralles and Guimaraes took third and fourth respectively, followed by Verstappen and Menezes.

Tatiana Calderon gained four positions compared to her race two position with Beretta, Nicholas Latifi and Rosenqvist rounding the top ten out.

Results
Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2
Pos Driver Team Time Pos Driver Team Time
1 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing 2:25.458 1 Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam 2:27.897
2 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing 2:26.616 2 John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Motorsports 2:28.320
3 Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam 2:27.380 3 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec 2:28.404
4 John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Motorsports 2:27.647 4 Felipe Guimaraes Double R Racing 2:29.038
5 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec 2:27.767 5 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing 2:29.562
6 Alex Toril ThreeBond with T-Sport 2:28.456 6 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing 2:29.710
7 Felipe Guimaraes Double R Racing 2:28.901 7 Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Racing 2:30.495
8 Lucas Auer Mucke Motorsport 2:29.082 8 Michele Beretta EuroInternational 2:30.827
9 Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Motorsport 2:29.215 9 Nicholas Latifi Prema Powerteam 2:30.978
10 Michele Beretta EuroInternational 2:29.447 10 Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Motorsport 2:31.026
11 Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Racing 2:29.466 11 Lucas Auer Mucke Motorsport 2:31.033
12 Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Racing 2:29.754 12 Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Racing 2:31.047
13 Nicholas Latifi Prema Powerteam 2:29.932 13 Hector Hurst Team West-Tec 2:31.236
14 Hector Hurst Team West-Tec 2:30.342 14 Spike Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport 2:31.655
15 Jordan King Carlin 2:30.517 15 Jordan King Carlin 2:31.986
16 Santino Ferrucci EuroInternational 2:30.709 16 Roy Nissany Mucke Motorsport 2:32.586
17 Spike Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport 2:31.030 17 Jake Dennis Carlin 2:32.785
18 Roy Nissany Mucke Motorsport 2:31.206 18 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:32.861
19 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:31.494 19 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:33.396
20 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:31.751 20 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 2:33.540
21 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 2:32.006 21 Santino Ferrucci EuroInternational 2:33.579
22 Jake Dennis Carlin 2:32.333 22 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:34.856
23 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:32.699 23 Alex Toril ThreeBond with T-Sport 2:34.981
24 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam No Time 24 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam No Time
25 Mitch Gilbert Fortec Motorsports No Time 25 Mitch Gilbert Fortec Motorsports No Time
26 Dennis van de Laar Prema Powerteam No Time 26 Dennis van de Laar Prema Powerteam No Time