Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography
Ashley Sutton has claimed a double pole position at the final Formula Ford round at Brands Hatch, while Harrison Scott will start four places ahead of his rival Jayde Kruger for the two main races.
Scott and Kruger are tied for points coming into the weekend, but while Scott was second quickest to Sutton, Kruger was only sixth. Their respective positions were the same in the second-fastest times that set the grid for race three.
Sutton was 0.255 seconds quicker than Scott, and his second-best time was 0.737 seconds quicker than his rival’s.
Ricky Collard was third quickest, 1.619 seconds off the pace, followed by Max Marshall and James Abbott. For race three, Abbott will start third ahead of Marshall and Juan Rosso.
Behind Kruger, Rosso, Louise Richardson, Michael O’Brien and returnee Jack Barlow completed the top ten times. Richardson, Collard, O’Brien and Barlow complete the top ten for race three.
Chris Mealin and Clay Mitchell ended up 11th and 13th of the 14 runners after offs at Paddock Hill Bend that triggered red flags.
Qualifying results
| Race 1 grid ? fastest times | ? | Race 3 grid ? second fastest times | ||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | |
| 1 | Ashley Sutton | MBM Motorsport | 1:38.990 | 1 | Ashley Sutton | MBM Motorsport | 1:39.086 | |||
| 2 | Harrison Scott | Falcon Motorsport | 1:39.245 | 0.255 | 2 | Harrison Scott | Falcon Motorsport | 1:39.823 | 0.737 | |
| 3 | Ricky Collard | Falcon Motorsport | 1:40.609 | 1.619 | 3 | James Abbott | Falcon Motorsport | 1:40.677 | 1.591 | |
| 4 | Max Marshall | JTR | 1:40.660 | 1.670 | 4 | Max Marshall | JTR | 1:40.705 | 1.619 | |
| 5 | James Abbott | Radical Motorsport | 1:40.665 | 1.675 | 5 | Juan Rosso | Radical Motorsport | 1:40.850 | 1.764 | |
| 6 | Jayde Kruger | JTR | 1:40.732 | 1.742 | 6 | Jayde Kruger | JTR | 1:41.036 | 1.950 | |
| 7 | Juan Rosso | Radical Motorsport | 1:40.740 | 1.750 | 7 | Louise Richardson | Radical Motorsport | 1:41.365 | 2.279 | |
| 8 | Louise Richardson | Richardson Racing | 1:41.135 | 2.145 | 8 | Ricky Collard | Richardson Racing | 1:41.769 | 2.683 | |
| 9 | Michael O’Brien | MBM Motorsport | 1:41.460 | 2.470 | 9 | Michael O’Brien | MBM Motorsport | 1:42.454 | 3.368 | |
| 10 | Jack Barlow | MBM Motorsport | 1:41.705 | 2.715 | 10 | Jack Barlow | MBM Motorsport | 1:42.775 | 3.689 | |
| 11 | Chris Mealin | Falcon Motorsport | 1:42.183 | 3.193 | 11 | Chris Mealin | Falcon Motorsport | 1:43.213 | 4.127 | |
| 12 | Clay Mitchell | JTR | 1:48.519 | 9.529 | 12 | Greg Holloway | JTR | 1:51.133 | 12.047 | |
| 13 | Greg Holloway | SWB Motorsport | 1:50.472 | 11.482 | 13 | Clay Mitchell | SWB Motorsport | 1:55.643 | 16.557 | |
| 14 | Ovie Iroro | Richardson Racing | 1:58.681 | 19.691 | 14 | Ovie Iroro | Richardson Racing | 1:59.244 | 20.158 | |