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Palou takes pole for final Euroformula Open race

by Gruz David
Photo: FOTOSPEEDY

Photo: FOTOSPEEDY

Spanish karting graduate Alex Palou took his third pole position of the year for the final Euroformula Open race at Catalunya.

The Spaniard took the lead in the closing stages of the session when he was the only frontrunner who managed to improve his time.

Series returnee Nelson Mason was less than two tenths slower and will join Palou in the front row.

Yarin Stern and Sandy Stuvik will start the race behind the leading duo, having both led the timesheets beforehand.

Artur Janosz, who qualified fifth, leads Palou by 13 points in the fight for runner-up. If the Spaniard wins, Janosz will need to improve on his grid position to stay second in the standings.

Italian Damiano Fioravanti and Japanese racer Yu Kanamaru took sixth and seventh, followed by RP Motorsport’s Dzhon Simonyan, West-Tec’s Tanart Sathienthirakul and BVM’s Michele Beretta.

Qualifying results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Alex Palou Campos Racing 1:40.949 14
2 Nelson Mason EmilioDeVillota Motorsport 1:41.118 0.169 13
3 Yarin Stern Team West-Tec 1:41.162 0.213 12
4 Sandy Stuvik RP Motorsport 1:41.213 0.264 13
5 Artur Janosz RP Motorsport 1:41.239 0.290 12
6 Damiano Fioravanti BVM Racing 1:41.322 0.373 13
7 Yu Kanamaru EmilioDeVillota Motorsport 1:41.356 0.407 15
8 Dzhon Simonyan RP Motorsport 1:41.403 0.454 16
9 Tanart Sathienthirakul Team West-Tec 1:41.473 0.524 12
10 Michele Beretta BVM Racing 1:41.503 0.554 14
11 Alessio Rovera Corbetta Competizioni 1:41.657 0.708 16
12 Sean Walkinshaw Campos Racing 1:41.739 0.790 15
13 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:41.812 0.863 13
14 Che One Lim EmilioDeVillota Motorsport 1:41.825 0.876 15
15 Fabian Schiller Team West-Tec 1:41.843 0.894 13
16 Leonardo Pulcini DAV Racing 1:41.881 0.932 15
17 Andres Saravia RP Motorsport 1:41.933 0.984 13
18 Igor Walilko Team West-Tec 1:42.137 1.188 17
19 Wei Fung Thong Team West-Tec 1:42.233 1.284 14
20 Igor Urien DAV Racing 1:42.308 1.359 13
21 Henrique Baptista DAV Racing 1:42.663 1.714 13
22 Saud Al Faisal RP Motorsport 1:42.783 1.834 14
23 William Barbosa Corbetta Competizioni 1:43.531 2.582 15