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Rosenqvist makes it a pole treble in wet Hockenheim second qualifying

by Peter Allen
Felix Rosenqvist

Photo: FIA F3 European Championship

Felix Rosenqvist kept up his record of being fastest in qualifying for every race so far in the FIA F3 European Championship in 2015 by topping a wet second session at Hockenheim.

The Swede’s benchmark time came before a red flag stoppage with five minutes to go, with George Russell in trouble after contact.

At the chequered flag, second-placed Charles Leclerc cut the gap to Rosenqvist down to two tenths of a second, but couldn’t deny him pole position.

There was a similar gap in the ranking for second-fastest times, as Rosenqvist kept up his 100 per cent record in qualifying so far this season (he went on to be excluded from Q2 at Silverstone, handing double pole there to Leclerc).

Maximilian Gunther repeated his impressive third place from Friday’s qualifying for both race two and race three, even briefly snatching second from Leclerc in the final stages before the Monegasque improved his time.

Callum Ilott moved up to a fine fourth at the end of the session, the karting graduate relegating championship-leading Carlin team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi to fifth.

Lance Stroll took sixth ahead of Jake Dennis, while Alex Albon recovered from the crash that put him last on the grid for race one by taking eighth. German F3 champion Markus Pommer was ninth, and Santino Ferrucci took 10th.

Stroll’s second-fastest time gives him P4 on the grid for race three ahead of Ilott and Giovinazzi. Mikkel Jensen – 12th for race two – will be seventh, followed by Ferrucci, Pommer and Gustavo Menezes.

After qualifying down in 20th for race one, Russell’s incident leaves him 18th on the grid for race two and 25th for race three.

“Was on my best lap when a driver went wide, re joined the track without looking and smashed completely into the side of me,” he tweeted afterwards.

Qualifying results
Fastest qualifying times ? race two grid ? Second fastest qualifying times ? race three grid
Pos Driver Team Time ? Pos Driver Team Time
1 Felix Rosenqvist Prema Powerteam 1:49.630 1 Felix Rosenqvist Prema Powerteam 1:50.396
2 Charles Leclerc Van Amersfoort Racing 1:49.869 2 Charles Leclerc Van Amersfoort Racing 1:50.594
3 Maximilian Gunther Mucke Motorsport 1:50.423 3 Maximilian Gunther Mucke Motorsport 1:50.941
4 Callum Ilott Carlin 1:50.510 4 Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam 1:51.574
5 Antonio Giovinazzi Carlin 1:50.773 5 Callum Ilott Carlin 1:51.637
6 Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam 1:50.847 6 Antonio Giovinazzi Carlin 1:51.712
7 Jake Dennis Prema Powerteam 1:51.144 7 Mikkel Jensen Mucke Motorsport 1:51.895
8 Alex Albon Signature 1:51.171 8 Santino Ferrucci Mucke Motorsport 1:51.936
9 Markus Pommer Motopark 1:51.362 9 Markus Pommer Motopark 1:52.180
10 Santino Ferrucci Mucke Motorsport 1:51.408 10 Gustavo Menezes Carlin 1:52.189
11 Gustavo Menezes Carlin 1:51.435 11 Jake Dennis Prema Powerteam 1:52.201
12 Mikkel Jensen Mucke Motorsport 1:51.595 12 Fabian Schiller West-Tec 1:52.329
13 Arjun Maini Van Amersfoort Racing 1:52.077 13 Alex Albon Signature 1:52.379
14 Ryan Tveter Carlin 1:52.092 14 Ryan Tveter Carlin 1:52.687
15 Fabian Schiller West-Tec 1:52.240 15 Alessio Lorandi Van Amersfoort Racing 1:52.964
16 Brandon Maisano Prema Powerteam 1:52.324 16 Raoul Hyman West-Tec 1:53.109
17 Alessio Lorandi Van Amersfoort Racing 1:52.509 17 Sam MacLeod Motopark 1:53.148
18 George Russell Carlin 1:52.540 18 Arjun Maini Van Amersfoort Racing 1:53.667
19 Raoul Hyman West-Tec 1:52.705 19 Brandon Maisano Prema Powerteam 1:53.805
20 Tatiana Calderon Carlin 1:52.789 20 Michele Beretta Mucke Motorsport 1:53.877
21 Sam MacLeod Motopark 1:52.855 21 Tatiana Calderon Carlin 1:54.087
22 Martin Cao Fortec Motorsports 1:53.309 22 Martin Cao Fortec Motorsports 1:54.391
23 Dorian Boccolacci Signature 1:53.550 23 Matt Rao Fortec Motorsports 1:55.027
24 Michele Beretta Mucke Motorsport 1:53.601 24 Nicolas Beer Eurointernational 1:55.062
25 Sergio Sette Camara Motopark 1:53.620 25 George Russell Carlin 1:55.100
26 Pietro Fittipaldi Fortec Motorsports 1:53.878 26 Dorian Boccolacci Signature 1:55.178
27 Nicolas Beer Eurointernational 1:54.588 27 Pietro Fittipaldi Fortec Motorsports 1:55.209
28 Matt Rao Fortec Motorsports 1:54.710 28 Peter Li Fortec Motorsports 1:55.535
29 Nabil Jeffri Motopark 1:54.944 29 Kang Ling Mucke Motorsport 1:55.768
30 Matt Solomon Double R Racing 1:55.122 30 Julio Moreno T-Sport 1:56.102
31 Kang Ling Mucke Motorsport 1:55.127 31 Nicolas Pohler Double R Racing 1:56.162
32 Nicolas Pohler Double R Racing 1:55.235 32 Sergio Sette Camara Motopark 1:56.235
33 Peter Li Fortec Motorsports 1:55.436 33 Nabil Jeffri Motopark 1:56.292
34 Julio Moreno T-Sport 1:55.461 34 Matt Solomon Double R Racing 1:56.382
35 Mahaveer Raghunathan Motopark 1:56.072 35 Mahaveer Raghunathan Motopark 1:57.574