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Home News Vandoorne takes pole for Moscow Raceway Saturday race
NewsWorld Series Formula V8 3.5

Vandoorne takes pole for Moscow Raceway Saturday race

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
written by Valentin Khorounzhiy

Photo: World Series by Renault

Belgian rising star Stoffel Vandoorne took pole for the Formula Renault 3.5 at Moscow Raceway, beating fellow championship contender Antonio Felix da Costa by a mere 0.036s.

The duo were fighting for the top of the timesheets all throughout the session and eventually emerged in a league of their own. In third, 0.45s behind was championship leader Kevin Magnussen.

In fourth, it was Nigel Melker ahead of rookie Will Buller, who held the top time in the standings closer to the end before settling in fifth.

Vandoorne’s teammate Oliver Webb took sixth, ahead of Lotus rookie Marlon Stockinger. Will Stevens took eighth, ahead of Draco teammates Nico Muller and Andre Negrao.

Session results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Stoffel Vandoorne Fortec Motorsports 1:20.283 15
2 Antonio Felix da Costa Arden Caterham 1:20.319 +0.036 16
3 Kevin Magnussen DAMS 1:20.738 +0.455 14
4 Nigel Melker Tech 1 Racing 1:20.739 +0.456 14
5 William Buller Zeta Corse 1:20.764 +0.481 15
6 Oliver Webb Fortec Motorsports 1:20.803 +0.520 15
7 Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1:20.868 +0.585 15
8 Will Stevens P1 by Strakka Racing 1:20.872 +0.589 14
9 Nico M?ller International Draco Racing 1:20.927 +0.644 15
10 Andre Negrao International Draco Racing 1:20.933 +0.650 14
11 Marco Sorensen Lotus 1:20.957 +0.674 16
12 Arthur Pic AV Formula 1:20.967 +0.684 15
13 Sergey Sirotkin ISR 1:21.057 +0.774 12
14 Matias Laine P1 by Strakka Racing 1:21.076 +0.793 14
15 Norman Nato DAMS 1:21.123 +0.840 12
16 Carlos Huertas Carlin 1:21.134 +0.851 16
17 Christopher Zanella ISR 1:21.173 +0.890 13
18 Mikhail Aleshin Tech 1 Racing 1:21.401 +1.118 15
19 Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1:21.415 +1.132 11
20 Nikolay Martsenko Pons Racing 1:21.417 +1.134 15
21 Pietro Fantin Arden Caterham 1:21.476 +1.193 16
22 Lucas Foresti SMP Racing by Comtec 1:21.507 +1.224 17
23 Daniil Move SMP Racing by Comtec 1:21.540 +1.257 16
24 Yann Cunha AV Formula 1:21.884 +1.601 15
25 Zoel Amberg Pons Racing 1:22.168 +1.885 14
26 Mihai Marinescu Zeta Corse 1:22.366 +2.083 14