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Sandy Stuvik took pole position for the first Euroformula Open race of the penultimate round at Monza.
The RP Motorsport driver emerged on top at the end of the session after a close battle for pole between five different drivers.
A strong performance from Guatemalan driver Andres Saravia saw him qualifying second to complete an all-RP front row.
Stuvik’s biggest title rival Alex Palou will start third, after narrowly edging out series returnee Kevin Giovesi and Christopher Hoher in the last minute of the session.
Yu Kanamaru and Artur Janosz, who are in fourth and third in the standings, will start from sixth and seventh respectively.
Tanart Sathienthirakul secured eighth as the top ten was completed by Konstantin Tereshchenko and Wei Fung Thong.
Qualifying results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Sandy Stuvik | RP Motorsport | 1:46.760 | |
| 2 | Andres Saravia | RP Motorsport | 1:47.042 | 0.282 |
| 3 | Alex Palou | Campos Racing | 1:47.145 | 0.385 |
| 4 | Kevin Giovesi | DAV Racing | 1:47.178 | 0.418 |
| 5 | Christopher Hoher | BVM Racing | 1:47.199 | 0.439 |
| 6 | Yu Kanamaru | EmilioDeVillota Motorsport | 1:47.479 | 0.719 |
| 7 | Artur Janosz | RP Motorsport | 1:47.557 | 0.797 |
| 8 | Tanart Sathienthirakul | Team West-Tec | 1:47.753 | 0.993 |
| 9 | Konstantin Tereshchenko | Campos Racing | 1:47.842 | 1.082 |
| 10 | Wei Fung Thong | Team West-Tec | 1:47.930 | 1.170 |
| 11 | Nicolas Pohler | Team West-Tec | 1:47.966 | 1.206 |
| 12 | Che One Lim | EmilioDeVillota Motorsport | 1:47.990 | 1.230 |
| 13 | Yarin Stern | Team West-Tec | 1:48.029 | 1.296 |
| 14 | Sean Walkinshaw | Campos Racing | 1:48.108 | 1.348 |
| 15 | Damiano Fioravanti | BVM Racing | 1:48.375 | 1.615 |
| 16 | Saud Al Faisal | RP Motorsport | 1:48.388 | 1.628 |
| 17 | Costantino Peroni | DAV Racing | 1:48.666 | 1.906 |
| 18 | Henrique Baptista | DAV Racing | 1:48.950 | 2.190 |
| 19 | William Barbosa | Corbetta Competizioni | 1:49.815 | 3.055 |
| 20 | Dzhon Simonyan | RP Motorsport | 2:04.397 | 17.637 |