“Wehrlein takes Norisring F3 pole”

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Pascal Wehrlein secured pole position for the Formula 3 Feature Race at the Norisring this morning.

The Mücke Motorsport racer topped the timings with a best lap of 49.1s around the 2.3 km circuit, earning a 0.020s advantage over Grand Prix de Pau winner Raffaele Marciello.

It was an impressive feat for the rookie to nab pole position on his first visit to the East German track.

Indeed for all the drivers, the circuit presented was vaguely new. Track break-up last night ensured a new layer of tarmac coated the entry into the turn 2/3 chicane, presenting an additional challenge for the field.

One driver to be caught out was Will Buller. The Carlin driver lost the rear end of his Volkswagen-powered machine toward the tail end of the session, but not before setting the 3rd best time.
Prema Powerteam’s Daniel Juncadella fills out row two alongside the Englishman.

Pietro Fantin proved the fastest of the British F3 contingent with a run to 5th. The Brazilian enjoyed a one-tenth advantage over Emil Bernstorff (ma-con, 6th), while Felix Serralles and Pipo Derani made it an all-Fortec fourth row.

Michael Lewis made it three Prema Powerteam cars in the top ten, while Hannes van Asseldonk placed his Fortec- Mercedes in an encouraging 10th spot.

It was not the best of days for the British F3 Series title contenders. Current points leader Jazeman Jaafar could do no better than 13th place in his Carlin-Volkswagen; however that was still some four places higher than challenger Jack Harvey.
Of those chasing the silverware, Sainz Jr fared the best – the Spaniard ended the session in 11th position, giving him the inside of row six.

Spike Goddard headed the National Class pairing, although that still left the Australian a distant 27th overall.

The top positions are slightly re-arranged for race one; with Marciello on pole form Wehrlein, Juncadella and Buller.
As with the race three times, Fantin was the quickest of the British F3 drivers, ahead of Bernstorff, Sainz Jr, van Asseldonk, Derani and Lewis.

2012 European F3 Championship (Rd 5) Qualifying Race 1 (also British F3 (Rd 4) & F3 Euro Series (Rd 5))
Pos Driver Team Time / Gap
 1. Raffaele Marciello     Prema Powerteam-Mercedes       49.254
 2. Pascal Wehrlein        Mücke Motorsport-Mercedes      49.271
 3. Daniel Juncadella      Prema Powerteam-Mercedes       49.273
 4. William Buller         Carlin-Volkswagen              49.327
 5. Pietro Fantin          Carlin-Volkswagen              49.376
 6. Emil Bernstorff        ma-con-Volkswagen              49.500
 7. Carlos Sainz Jr        Carlin-Volkswagen              49.567
 8. Hannes van Asseldonk   Fortec-Mercedes                49.571
 9. Pipo Derani            Fortec-Mercedes                49.578
10. Michael Lewis          Prema Powerteam-Mercedes       49.580
11. Felix Serralles        Fortec-Mercedes                49.582
12. Jazeman Jaafar         Carlin-Volkswagen              49.631
13. Alex Lynn              Fortec-Mercedes                49.684
14. Jack Harvey            Carlin-Volkswagen              49.727
15. Harry Tincknell        Carlin-Volkswagen              49.743
16. Sven Muller            Prema Powerteam-Mercedes       49.746
17. Tom Blomqvist          ma-con-Volkswagen              49.758
18. Andrea Roda            Jo Zeller-Mercedes             49.819
19. Fahmi Ilyas            Double R-Mercedes              49.866
20. Geoff Uhrhane          Double R-Mercedes              49.889
21. Nick McBride           Threebond with T-Sport-Nissan  49.922
22. Felix Rosenqvist       Mücke Motorsport-Mercedes      49.959
23. Lucas Wolf             URD Rennsport-Mercedes         50.114
24. Sandro Zeller          Jo Zeller-Mercedes             50.174
25. Luis Sa Silva          Angola Racing-Mercedes         50.318
26. Philip Ellis           GU Racing-Mercedes             50.599
27. Spike Goddard          T-Sport-Mugen-Honda            51.506
28. Duvashen Padayachee    Double R-Mugen Honda           51.912

Bold = British F3
Italics = British F3 National Class

2012 European F3 Championship (Rd 5) Qualifying Race 3 (also British F3 (Rd 4) & F3 Euro Series (Rd 5)
Pos Driver Team Time / Gap
 1. Pascal Wehrlein        Mücke Motorsport-Mercedes      49.100
 2. Raffaele Marciello     Prema Powerteam-Mercedes       49.120
 3. William Buller         Carlin-Volkswagen              49.238
 4. Daniel Juncadella      Prema Powerteam-Mercedes       49.262
 5. Pietro Fantin          Carlin-Volkswagen              49.328
 6. Emil Bernstorff        ma-con-Volkswagen              49.493
 7. Felix Serralles        Fortec-Mercedes                49.494
 8. Pipo Derani            Fortec-Mercedes                49.501
 9. Michael Lewis          Prema Powerteam-Mercedes       49.506
10. Hannes van Asseldonk   Fortec-Mercedes                49.522
11. Carlos Sainz Jr        Carlin-Volkswagen              49.559
12. Tom Blomqvist          ma-con-Volkswagen              49.571
13. Jazeman Jaafar         Carlin-Volkswagen              49.613
14. Alex Lynn              Fortec-Mercedes                49.664
15. Harry Tincknell        Carlin-Volkswagen              49.687
16. Sven Muller            Prema Powerteam-Mercedes       49.694
17. Jack Harvey            Carlin-Volkswagen              49.715
18. Andrea Roda            Jo Zeller-Mercedes             49.778
19. Geoff Uhrhane          Double R-Mercedes              49.817
20. Fahmi Ilyas            Double R-Mercedes              49.834
21. Felix Rosenqvist       Mücke Motorsport-Mercedes      49.864
22. Nick McBride           Threebond with T-Sport-Nissan  49.869
23. Luis Sa Silva          Angola Racing-Mercedes         49.901
24. Sandro Zeller          Jo Zeller-Mercedes             50.071
25. Lucas Wolf             URD Rennsport-Mercedes         50.074
26. Philip Ellis           GU Racing-Mercedes             50.346
27. Spike Goddard          T-Sport-Mugen-Honda            51.434
28. Duvashen Padayachee    Double R-Mugen Honda           51.805

Bold = British F3
Italics = British F3 National Class

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