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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 |