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Triple pole for Ferrer in Protyre Formula Renault opener

by Gruz David
Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Italian racer Matteo Ferrer got the 2014 Protyre Formula Renault season off to the best possible start as he secured pole positions for all three races of the opening round at Rockingham.

His MGR teammate Pietro Fittipaldi lost out by less than two tenths in both sessions and will complete the front row in every race of the weekend.

While the first qualifying, which determined the starting order for races one and two (on second-best times), saw Alex Gill lead Colin Noble, Jr. on row two, the duo will switch places for the final race with Noble completing an MGR 1-2-3 on the grid.

Racing Steps Foundation-backed driver Ben Barnicoat took fifth for all the races. Scorpio’s Piers Hickin will line up in seventh for the first race behind Wolfgang Reip, with the two drivers trading places for the other two races.

MGR’s Tarun Reddy, CDR’s TJ Fischer and Hillspeed’s Dimitris Papanastasiou will complete the top ten on the grid on all three occasions, albeit in varying order between each other.

Race grids
Pos. Race 1 Pos. Race 2 Pos. Race 3
1 Matteo Ferrer 1 Matteo Ferrer 1 Matteo Ferrer
2 Pietro Fittipaldi 2 Pietro Fittipaldi 2 Pietro Fittipaldi
3 Alex Gill 3 Alex Gill 3 Colin Noble Jr
4 Colin Noble Jr 4 Colin Noble Jr 4 Alex Gill
5 Ben Barnicoat 5 Ben Barnicoat 5 Ben Barnicoat
6 Wolfgang Reip 6 Piers Hickin 6 Piers Hickin
7 Piers Hickin 7 Wolfgang Reip 7 Wolfgang Reip
8 TJ Fischer 8 TJ Fischer 8 Tarun Reddy
9 Tarun Reddy 9 Dimitris Papanastasiou 9 TJ Fischer
10 Dimitris Papanastasiou 10 Tarun Reddy 10 Dimitris Papanastasiou
11 Patrick Dussault 11 Patrick Dussault 11 Patrick Dussault
12 Atte Lehtonen 12 Niklas Tiihonen 12 Niklas Tiihonen
13 Niklas Tiihonen 13 Atte Lehtonen 13 Atte Lehtonen
14 Jack Butel 14 Jack Butel 14 Jack Butel