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Tom Blomqvist claims double pole in second Hockenheim qualifying

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Tom Blomqvist

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Tom Blomqvist will start the final two races of the FIA F3 European Championship season from pole position after topping the second qualifying session at Hockenheim.

The British driver has just a three-point deficit to Max Verstappen in their fight for the championship runner-up position, and earlier saw the Toro Rosso recruit claim pole for race one.

In the second session, Blomqvist was the only driver to topple his Jagonya Ayam with Carlin team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi, who had sat on top spot during a late red-flag stoppage.

Blomqvist first set a time that made him the only driver to go below the 1m32s mark, and then improved further to finish up with a 1m31.817s, 0.335s ahead of Giovinazzi.

Lucas Auer held on to third place after the stoppage ahead of Jordan King and Felix Rosenqvist, who both bettered a late improvement by Esteban Ocon to demote the champion to sixth.

Antonio Fuoco was seventh, while an impressive Tatiana Calderon leapt up to eighth at the end to force Verstappen down to ninth place. Sean Gelael completed the top ten in the third Jagonya Ayam entry.

For race three, Auer will join Blomqvist on the front row of the grid, with Rosenqvist third and Blomqvist down to fourth. King and Ocon will share row three, with rivals Fuoco and Verstappen on row four. Gelael and Gustavo Menezes will be ninth and tenth.

Qualifying results
Race 2 grid ? fastest times ? Race 3 grid ? second fastest times
Pos Driver Team Time Pos Driver Team Time
1 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:31.817 1 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:31.987
2 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:32.152 2 Lucas Auer Mucke Motorsport 1:32.286
3 Lucas Auer Mucke Motorsport 1:32.245 3 Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Motorsport 1:32.429
4 Jordan King Carlin 1:32.403 4 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:32.545
5 Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Motorsport 1:32.414 5 Jordan King Carlin 1:32.669
6 Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam 1:32.422 6 Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam 1:32.710
7 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam 1:32.433 7 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam 1:32.763
8 Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Racing 1:32.754 8 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing 1:32.846
9 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing 1:32.832 9 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:32.848
10 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:32.840 10 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing 1:33.113
11 Roy Nissany Mucke Motorsport 1:32.922 11 Ed Jones Carlin 1:33.201
12 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing 1:32.950 12 Roy Nissany Mucke Motorsport 1:33.330
13 Dennis van de Laar Prema Powerteam 1:33.000 13 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec 1:33.333
14 Ed Jones Carlin 1:33.039 14 Dennis van de Laar Prema Powerteam 1:33.356
15 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec 1:33.177 15 Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Racing 1:33.392
16 Santino Ferrucci Fortec Motorsports 1:33.321 16 Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Racing 1:33.456
17 Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Racing 1:33.391 17 Santino Ferrucci Fortec Motorsports 1:33.513
18 Jake Dennis Carlin 1:33.472 18 Jake Dennis Carlin 1:33.627
19 Spike Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:33.890 19 Spike Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:33.949
20 Alexander Toril ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:33.894 20 Alexander Toril ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:34.012
21 Stefano Coletti EuroInternational 1:34.028 21 Stefano Coletti EuroInternational 1:34.088
22 Michele Beretta EuroInternational 1:34.362 22 Andy Chang Team West-Tec 1:34.550
23 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 1:34.397 23 Michele Beretta EuroInternational 1:34.558
24 Andy Chang Team West-Tec 1:34.448 24 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 1:34.563
25 Nick Cassidy ThreeBond with T-Sport No time 25 Nick Cassidy ThreeBond with T-Sport No time