Following on from his Friday practice form, Carlin’s Kevin Magnussen secured pole position for both British Formula 3 feature races at the Nurburgring.
The Dane held off challenges for pole position from Carlin teammates Felipe Nasr, Carlos Huertas and Jazeman Jaafar to nab the top spot.
For the opening race, Magnussen will lead away from Nasr (2nd), Jaafar (3rd) and Huertas (4th). The same four names populate the front two rows for Sunday’s feature; however Huertas and Nasr swap 2nd and 4th respectively.
On both occasions the gap was slender, with Magnussen on top by a mere two-tenths, although the fight for good starting places in the pack was fiercely fought.
Hitech débutante Antonio Felix da Costa assumed 5th for race 3 with Lucas Foresti (Fortec) alongside. William Buller (Fortec) and Rupert Svendsen-Cook wrapped the fourth row, while Harry Tincknell (Fortec) and Pedro Nunes (Hitech) recorded the 9th and 10th positions between them.
Saturday’s race will have Svendsen-cook and Buller on row three, with Foresti (7th) and Tincknell (8th).
Antonio Felix da Costa had originally put in the 4th quickest time, but received a five-place penalty for not respecting yellow flags during the session. As a result, the Portuguese pilot would claim only 9th, with Hitech teammate Pietro Fantin alongside on the fifth row.
Pedro Nunes (Hitech), Double R pairing Pipo Derani and Scott Pye, Hywel Lloyd (Sino Vision), Fahmi Ilyas (Fortec) and Hitech Rookie Class runner Kotaro Sakurai also received five-place grid drops for similar infractions.
T-Sport’s Yann Cunha was hit with a ten-place penalty.
Revised race one grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time 1. Kevin Magnussen Carlin Dallara-VW 1m53.396s 2. Felipe Nasr Carlin Dallara-VW 1m53.601s 3. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Dallara-VW 1m53.611s 4. Carlos Huertas Carlin Dallara-VW 1m53.863s 5. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin Dallara-VW 1m54.231s 6. Will Buller Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m54.343s 7. Lucas Foresti Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m54.375s 8. Harry Tincknell Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m54.449s 9. Antonio Felix da Costa Hitech Dallara-VW 1m53.766s * 10. Pietro Fantin Hitech Dallara-VW 1m54.598s 11. Jack Harvey Carlin Dallara-VW 1m54.715s 12. Menasheh Idafar T-Sport Dallara-VW 1m55.478s 13. Bart Hylkema T-Sport Dallara-Mugen 1m56.024s 14. Adderly Fong Sino Vision Dallara-Merc 2m12.400s 15. Pedro Nunes Hitech Dallara-VW 1m54.473s * 16. Pipo Derani Double R Dallara-Merc 1m54.512s * 17. Scott Pye Double R Dallara-Merc 1m54.568s * 18. Hywel Lloyd Sino Vision Dallara-Merc 1m54.782s * 19. Fahmi Ilyas Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m55.419s * 20. Kotaro Sakurai Hitech Dallara-Mugen 1m57.086s * 21. Yann Cunha T-Sport Dallara-VW 1m55.976s ** * Five-place penalty ** Ten-place penalty Race three qualifying: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Kevin Magnussen Carlin Dallara-VW 1m53.311s 2. Carlos Huertas Carlin Dallara-VW 1m53.545s + 0.234s 3. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Dallara-VW 1m53.551s + 0.240s 4. Felipe Nasr Carlin Dallara-VW 1m53.583s + 0.272s 5. Antonio Felix da Costa Hitech Dallara-VW 1m53.668s + 0.357s 6. Lucas Foresti Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m54.097s + 0.786s 7. Will Buller Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m54.184s + 0.873s 8. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin Dallara-VW 1m54.218s + 0.907s 9. Harry Tincknell Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m54.280s + 0.969s 10. Pedro Nunes Hitech Dallara-VW 1m54.424s + 1.113s 11. Scott Pye Double R Dallara-Merc 1m54.437s + 1.126s 12. Pipo Derani Double R Dallara-Merc 1m54.495s + 1.184s 13. Pietro Fantin Hitech Dallara-VW 1m54.517s + 1.206s 14. Hywel Lloyd Sino Vision Dallara-Merc 1m54.644s + 1.333s 15. Jack Harvey Carlin Dallara-VW 1m54.650s + 1.339s 16. Fahmi Ilyas Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m55.135s + 1.824s 17. Menasheh Idafar T-Sport Dallara-VW 1m55.304s + 1.993s 18. Yann Cunha T-Sport Dallara-VW 1m55.674s + 2.363s 19. Bart Hylkema T-Sport Dallara-Mugen 1m55.905s + 2.594s 20. Kotaro Sakurai Hitech Dallara-Mugen 1m56.877s + 3.566s 21. Adderly Fong Sino Vision Dallara-Merc 1m58.281s + 4.970s
