Following on from yesterday’s test session, Felipe Nasr was again quickest in qualifying for races one and three at round three of the British Formula 3 series at Snetterton.
The Brazilian pipped fellow Carlin runner, Kevin Magnussen late in the session – his best of 1:39.147 left the Dane to line up alongside Nasr in 2nd, some three-tenths slower.
Magnussen will also start 2nd for the opening race of the weekend. Having stalled on pole at Oulton Park three weeks ago, Magnussen will be hoping to take advantage of his front row start this time around, after a difficult opening couple of rounds.
Rupert Svendsen-Cook (Carlin) and Riki Christodoulou (Hitech) filled out the second row of the grid, while the third row was another all-Carlin affair as Carlos Huertas beat Jazeman Jaafar to 5th position.
Hitech’s Pietro Fantin took 7th, just one-tenth ahead of Pipo Derani (8th, Double R) and Harry Tincknell (9th, Fortec). Sino Vision’s Hywel Lloyd rounds out the top ten.
Menasheh Idafar made the best of his Volkswagen-powered T-Sport machine, only just nabbing 11th, with William Buller (Fortec) and Scott Pye (Double R) lingering close behind.
Both Lucas Foresti (Fortec) and Jack Harvey (Carlin) had disappointing days, finishing up 14th and 16th respectively – they sandwiched Brazilian runner Yann Cunha.
Beyond Harvey, Fahmi Ilyas (Fortec) and Adderly Fong’s (Sino Vision) best laps were over two seconds shy of Nasr. Rookie Class drivers Bart Hylkema (19th, T-Sport) and Kotaru Sakurai (Hitech) secured the back of the grid.
Round 2; Race one grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time 1. Felipe Nasr Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.549 2. Kevin Magnussen Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.573 3. Riki Christodoulou Hitech-Volkswagen 1:39.842 4. Carlos Huertas Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.845 5. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.919 6. Pietro Fantin Hitech-Volkswagen 1:40.065 7. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin-Volkswagen 1:40.111 8. Hywel Lloyd Sino Vision-Mercedes 1:40.218 9. Pipo Derani Double R-Mercedes 1:40.411 10. William Buller Fortec-Mercedes 1:40.415 11. Harry Tincknell Fortec-Mercedes 1:40.515 12. Menasheh Idafar T-Sport-Volkswagen 1:40.571 13. Scott Pye Double R-Mercedes 1:40.603 14. Yann Cunha T-Sport-Volkswagen 1:40.852 15. Lucas Foresti Fortec-Mercedes 1:41.117 16. Jack Harvey Carlin-Volkswagen 1:41.229 17. Fahmi Ilyas Fortec-Mercedes 1:41.622 18. Adderly Fong Sino Vision-Mercedes 1:41.631 19. Bart Hylkema T-Sport-Mugen Honda 1:42.531 20. Kotaru Sakurai Hitech-Volkswagen 1:43.836 Round 2; Race three grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time 1. Felipe Nasr Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.147 2. Kevin Magnussen Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.486 3. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.650 4. Riki Christodoulou Hitech-Volkswagen 1:39.810 5. Carlos Huertas Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.817 6. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin-Volkswagen 1:39.883 7. Pietro Fantin Hitech-Volkswagen 1:39.990 8. Pipo Derani Double R-Mercedes 1:40.088 9. Harry Tincknell Fortec-Mercedes 1:40.142 10. Hywel Lloyd Sino Vision-Mercedes 1:40.201 11. Menasheh Idafar T-Sport-Volkswagen 1:40.305 12. William Buller Fortec-Mercedes 1:40.339 13. Scott Pye Double R-Mercedes 1:40.400 14. Lucas Foresti Fortec-Mercedes 1:41.647 15. Yann Cunha T-Sport-Volkswagen 1:40.796 16. Jack Harvey Carlin-Volkswagen 1:40.978 17. Fahmi Ilyas Fortec-Mercedes 1:41.190 18. Adderly Fong Sino Vision-Mercedes 1:41.510 19. Bart Hylkema T-Sport-Mugen Honda 1:42.400 20. Kotaru Sakurai Hitech-Volkswagen 1:43.620
