Alex Lynn secured all three pole positions for the FIA European Formula Three Championship round of Brands Hatch this evening.
In a pair of split sessions, the Prema Powerteam racer bided his time, before launching toward the top of the time sheets.
Best laps of 41.098s and 41.189s respectively were enough to give the Englishman top spot for the opening two races, with Lynn going faster still (40.845s) in the final session of the day. “For the first part, I just put in a few bankers [laps] and then decided to go for it. I was watching ‘Seabiscuit’ the other day and in the film whenever they wanted to go fast he’d say ‘time to let her loose’ and that’s exactly what I did.”
With 29 cars taking part this weekend, it was decided to split qualifying into two groups in order to prevent traffic unnecessary traffic issues. For both qualifying sessions, fifteen running contested group A, before the final fourteen went out in Group B to secure the positions.
The fastest group from the qualifying sessions assume the left hand side of the grid for all tree races, with the slower group residing on the dirtier side.
Lynn’s Prema teammate Raffaele Marciello topped both Group A sessions, ensuring he lines up 2nd for all three events. The Italian failed to break the 41.3s barrier during the first qualifying session, but smashed that in the second qualifying stint with a best 40.836s.
It leaves another Prema competitor, Lucas Auer, 3rd for all events. Both Sven Muller and Mans Grenhagen surprised, with the former securing 4th for the two races and Grenhagen taking 6th for race three.
The Group A session of qualifying two ended prematurely when Michael Lewis (Mücke Motorsport) went off at Paddock Hill Bend. The American is conscoius, but has been taken to hospital for check ups.
2013 FIA European F3 Championship (Rd 4, Race 1 Grid) Pos Driver Team/Car Time 1. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 41.189s 2. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 41.367s 3. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 41.224s 4. Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW 41.477s 5. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.247s 6. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 41.486s 7. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 41.282s 8. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.725s 9. Josh Hill Fortec Dallara-Merc 41.374s 10. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 41.777s 11. Will Buller T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 41.505s 12. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 41.799s 13. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 41.622s 14. Mans Grenhagen Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 41.810s 15. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 41.638s 16. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 41.890s 17. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 41.646s 18. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 41.955s 19. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.701s 20. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 41.980s 21. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 41.899s 22. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 42.033s 23. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 41.942s 24. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 42.068s 25. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 42.168s 26. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 42.152s 27. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 42.418s 28. Michela Cerruti Romeo Ferraris Dallara-Merc 43.401s 29. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 42.613s 2013 FIA European F3 Championship (Rd 4, Race 2 Grid) Pos Driver Team/Car Time 1. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 41.098s 2. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 41.310s 3. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 41.147s 4. Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW 41.395s 5. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.182s 6. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 41.425s 7. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 41.267s 8. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.704s 9. Josh Hill Fortec Dallara-Merc 41.367s 10. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 41.731s 11. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 41.458s 12. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 41.756s 13. Will Buller T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 41.487s 14. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 41.756s 15. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 41.585s 16. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 41.798s 17. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 41.610s 18. Mans Grenhagen Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 41.801s 19. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.692s 20. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 41.816s 21. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 41.785s 22. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 41.827s 23. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 41.936s 24. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 42.053s 25. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 42.091s 26. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 42.146s 27. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 42.384s 28. Michela Cerruti Romeo Ferraris Dallara-Merc 43.371s 29. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 42.560s 2013 FIA European F3 Championship (Rd 4, Race 3 Grid) Pos Driver Team/Car Time 1. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 40.845s 2. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 40.846s 3. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 40.970s 4. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 41.052s 5. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 40.982s 6. Mans Grenhagen Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 41.245s 7. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 41.206s 8. Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW 41.247s 9. Josh Hill Fortec Dallara-Merc 41.257s 10. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 41.285s 11. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 41.260s 12. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 41.322s 13. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 41.306s 22. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 41.332s 14. Will Buller T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 41.324s 15. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 41.382s 16. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 41.486s 17. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.296s 18. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.498s 19. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 41.537s 20. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 41.549s 21. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 41.554s 27. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 41.885s 26. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 41.557s 23. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 41.998s 24. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 41.689s 25. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 42.040s 28. Michela Cerruti Romeo Ferraris Dallara-Merc 43.184s 29. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 42.206s
