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Ticktum claims maiden pole in MSA Formula qualifying

by Gruz David
Photo: Paul Davies Photography

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