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Noble and Fittipaldi take poles for Silverstone Protyre finale

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Colin Noble

Photo: Paul Davies Photography

Colin Noble scored a first Protyre Formula Renault pole position at the final round of the season at Silverstone, with champion Pietro Fittipaldi claiming honours for the other race.

Noble came out on top of an open fight for race one pole in the first of the two qualifying sessions, where the top six out of nine competing drivers were covered by just 0.256 seconds.

Noble edged out second-place Piers Hickin by two hundredths of a second. Matteo Ferrer was third, with Fittipaldi, TJ Fischer and Alex Gill following closely behind.

In the later session – to set the grid for race two – Fittpaldi, who wrapped up his maiden single-seater title at Croft last weekend, was 0.105 seconds clear of second-placed MGR team-mate Ferrer.

Ferrer, one of three drivers fighting over second place in the standings, was followed by Hickin, Noble, Gill and Fischer.

Patrick Dussault, last-minute returnee Michael Epps and Jack Butel completed the nine runners in both sessions.

Qualifying results
Qualifying 1 ? Qualifying 2
Pos Driver Team Time Gap ? Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Colin Noble MGR Motorsport 56.529 1 Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport 56.572
2 Piers Hickin Scorpio Motorsport 56.549 0.020 2 Matteo Ferrer MGR Motorsport 56.677 0.105
3 Matteo Ferrer MGR Motorsport 56.659 0.130 3 Piers Hickin Scorpio Motorsport 56.711 0.139
4 Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport 56.735 0.206 4 Colin Noble MGR Motorsport 56.780 0.208
5 TJ Fischer Cliff Dempsey Racing 56.746 0.217 5 Alex Gill Fortec Motorsports 57.139 0.567
6 Alex Gill Fortec Motorsports 56.785 0.256 6 TJ Fischer Cliff Dempsey Racing 57.167 0.595
7 Patrick Dussault Cliff Dempsey Racing 57.178 0.649 7 Patrick Dussault Cliff Dempsey Racing 57.414 0.842
8 Michael Epps SWB Motorsport 57.364 0.835 8 Michael Epps SWB Motorsport 57.811 1.239
9 Jack Butel SWB Motorsport 58.678 2.149 9 Jack Butel SWB Motorsport 58.896 2.324