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Rosenqvist tops second qualifying to claim Macau pole

by Peter Allen
Felix Rosenqvist

Photo: FIA F3 European Championship

Felix Rosenqvist will start the qualifying race at the Macau Grand Prix from pole position after setting the fastest time in qualifying in the second session on Friday.

The Swedish Macau GP veteran bounced back from his crash in the earlier practice session to once again set the pace with a time of 2m11.506s.

His pole position was sealed when Alex Palou crashed in the Esses, bringing out a red flag with two minutes left on the clock.

European F3 champion Esteban Ocon was second fastest, 0.236s behind Rosenqvist and just five thousandths of a second ahead of his rival Max Verstappen. Both will take two-place grid penalties for missing the weight check in practice on Thursday.

That will promote Lucas Auer onto the front row of the grid alongside his Mucke Motorsport team-mate Rosenqvist. Tom Blomqvist was a tenth slower than he had been when he topped Thursday’s qualifying, but that time will be enough to start third on the grid once Ocon and Verstappen take their penalties.

Jordan King and Nick Cassidy were the last two drivers to break the 2m12s barrier and will complete the top seven on the grid. Antonio Giovinazzi was only 12th quickest in Q2 but his second-fastest time in Q1 puts him eighth on the grid in front of Nicholas Latifi and Roberto Merhi.

Second qualifying results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Felix?Rosenqvist Kashbet.com by Mucke M.sport 2:11.506 26
2 Esteban?Ocon SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 2:11.742 0.236 34
3 Max?Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing 2:11.747 0.241 30
4 Lucas?Auer Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 2:11.838 0.332 28
5 Jordan?King GR Asia with Carlin 2:11.953 0.447 35
6 Nick?Cassidy Three Bond with T-Sport 2:11.979 0.473 30
7 Tom?Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:12.013 0.507 28
8 Nicholas?Latifi SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 2:12.067 0.561 30
9 Roberto?Merhi W66.com Double R Racing 2:12.129 0.623 26
10 Markus?Pommer Motopark 2:12.259 0.753 30
11 Stefano?Coletti EuroInternational 2:12.429 0.923 19
12 Antonio?Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:12.436 0.930 31
13 Sean?Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:12.524 1.018 34
14 Alex?Palou Fortec Motorsports 2:12.631 1.125 31
15 Felix?Serralles Team West-Tec F3 2:12.952 1.446 33
16 Antonio?Fuoco SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 2:13.066 1.560 32
17 Will?Buller Signature 2:13.255 1.749 29
18 Santino?Ferrucci Fortec Motorsports 2:13.581 2.075 32
19 Yu?Kanamaru Carlin 2:13.731 2.225 33
20 Martin?Cao Fortec Motorsports 2:14.112 2.606 18
21 Tatiana?Calderon JZR/ Mucke Motorsport 2:14.112 2.606 23
22 Spike?Goddard Three Bond with T-Sport 2:14.122 2.616 32
23 Kenta?Yamashita Toms 2:14.471 2.965 34
24 Gustavo?Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing 2:14.555 3.049 33
25 Dan?Wells Toda Racing 2:15.373 3.867 28
26 Mitsunori?Takaboshi B-Max Racing Team 2:15.974 4.468 21
27 Andy?Chang Team West-Tec F3 2:16.135 4.629 29
28 Sam?MacLeod Toms 2:16.859 5.353 23