Photo: Paul Davies Photography
Provisional championship leader Daniel Ticktum was fastest in the MSA Formula qualifying, taking pole position for both the first and third race of the Donington Park weekend.
The 15-year-old Briton stormed to the top with just two and a half minutes left on the clock, stealing the lead from Lando Norris.
Norris, who scored two victories in the season opener but was provisionally stripped of?his second win due to overtaking behind the safety car, will start alongside Ticktum as he was unable to retake the?lead in the final minutes.
JTR’s James Pull was third fastest as the final driver to dip below the 1:08s barrier.
Brazilian duo Gustavo Myasava and Rafa Martins took fourth and sixth respectively with Sandy Mitchell qualifying between them, just a thousandth of a second faster than Martins.
Daniel Baybutt will start seventh just ahead of round one race winner Ricky Collard. BRDC F4 and Formula Ford GB graduates Sennan Fielding and Jack Barlow completed the top ten of the first race’s grid.
The starting order of race three, which was determined by the second fastest-laps of the qualifying, will see the identical top six of Ticktum, Norris, Pull, Myasava, Mitchell and Martins.
Collard is set to start seventh, followed by Carlin duo Colton Herta and Petru Florescu, while MBM driver Barlow will complete the top ten.
Qualifying results
| Race one grid | |||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Dan Ticktum | Fortec Motorsport | 1:07.668 | 14 | |
| 2 | Lando Norris | Carlin | 1:07.829 | 0.161 | 15 |
| 3 | James Pull | JTR | 1:07.904 | 0.236 | 16 |
| 4 | Gustavo? Myasava | Double R Racing | 1:08.005 | 0.337 | 15 |
| 5 | Sandy Mitchell | Arden | 1:08.141 | 0.473 | 16 |
| 6 | Rafa Martins | SWB Motorsport | 1:08.142 | 0.474 | 12 |
| 7 | Daniel Baybutt | JTR | 1:08.219 | 0.551 | 16 |
| 8 | Ricky Collard | Arden | 1:08.252 | 0.584 | 15 |
| 9 | Sennan Fielding | JTR | 1:08.329 | 0.661 | 10 |
| 10 | Jack Barlow | MBM | 1:08.336 | 0.668 | 15 |
| 11 | Colton Herta | Carlin | 1:08.365 | 0.697 | 14 |
| 12 | Petru Florescu | Carlin | 1:08.370 | 0.702 | 13 |
| 13 | Tarun Reddy | Double R Racing | 1:08.488 | 0.820 | 15 |
| 14 | Josh Smith | Fortec Motorsport | 1:08.593 | 0.925 | 15 |
| 15 | Louise Richardson | Richardson Racing | 1:08.768 | 1.100 | 14 |
| 16 | Ameya Vaidyanathan | JTR | 1:08.864 | 1.196 | 16 |
| 17 | Enaam Ahmed | Arden | 1:08.912 | 1.244 | 15 |
| 18 | Matheus Leist | Double R Racing | 1:09.062 | 1.394 | 9 |
| 19 | Darius Karbaley | Falcon Motorsport | 1:09.685 | 2.017 | 15 |
| 20 | Jack Butel | SWB Motorsport | 1:10.252 | 2.584 | 15 |
| 21 | Ollie Pidgley | Richardson Racing | 1:10.693 | 3.025 | 10 |
| Race three grid | |||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Dan Ticktum | Fortec Motorsport | 1:07.741 | 11 | |
| 2 | Lando Norris | Carlin | 1:07.831 | 0.090 | 10 |
| 3 | James Pull | JTR | 1:08.035 | 0.294 | 12 |
| 4 | Gustavo? Myasava | Double R Racing | 1:08.162 | 0.421 | 9 |
| 5 | Sandy Mitchell | Arden | 1:08.197 | 0.456 | 13 |
| 6 | Rafa Martins | SWB Motorsport | 1:08.293 | 0.552 | 11 |
| 7 | Ricky Collard | Arden | 1:08.303 | 0.562 | 6 |
| 8 | Colton Herta | Carlin | 1:08.397 | 0.656 | 7 |
| 9 | Petru Florescu | Carlin | 1:08.400 | 0.659 | 11 |
| 10 | Jack Barlow | MBM | 1:08.405 | 0.664 | 13 |
| 11 | Sennan Fielding | JTR | 1:08.435 | 0.694 | 5 |
| 12 | Daniel Baybutt | JTR | 1:08.554 | 0.813 | 11 |
| 13 | Tarun Reddy | Double R Racing | 1:08.646 | 0.905 | 6 |
| 14 | Louise Richardson | Richardson Racing | 1:08.858 | 1.117 | 12 |
| 15 | Josh Smith | Fortec Motorsport | 1:08.922 | 1.181 | 11 |
| 16 | Enaam Ahmed | Arden | 1:08.985 | 1.244 | 12 |
| 17 | Matheus Leist | Double R Racing | 1:09.096 | 1.355 | 4 |
| 18 | Ameya Vaidyanathan | JTR | 1:09.331 | 1.590 | 15 |
| 19 | Darius Karbaley | Falcon Motorsport | 1:09.876 | 2.135 | 11 |
| 20 | Jack Butel | SWB Motorsport | 1:10.350 | 2.609 | 12 |
| 21 | Ollie Pidgley | Richardson Racing | 1:11.213 | 3.472 | 7 |