“FIA F3: Rosenqvist double-pole; Kvyat rakes Race 1 top spot”

Felix Rosenqvist claimed a pair of pole positions for races two and three of this weekend’s FIA European F3 championship round at Zandvoort.

Carlin Motorsport rival Daniil Kvyat assumes the peak for tomorrow’s opening race with a quickest run of 1:30.653s – some four-tenths up on next fastest man Alex Lynn.

Rosenqvist led for much of the opening session as well, while Kvyat lingered behind; however a mid-session stunner by the Russian enabled Kvyat to grab the top by half-a-second.

A brief red flag to recover Lucas Wolf’s spun URD machine interrupted the session; however upon the restart, Rosenqvist could not improve, rendering him vulnerable to Alex Lynn, who would eventually lap one-tenth quicker than his Mucke rival.
Newly crowned British F3 champion Jordan King also made hay around the famous Dutch sand dunes, by placing his Volkswagen-powered Carlin on the second row, just alongside Rosenqvist.
Championship leader Raffaele Marciello ended the session in 5th place, just one-hundredth quicker than Harry Tincknell – the latter of whom made it three Carlin drivers in the top six.

Meanwhile, Rosenqvist took the top spot for race two, with the quickest ‘second-fastest time’. With Kvyat only managing one ultra clear lap during the twenty-minute session, the Mucke driver managed a tour over one-tenth quicker than Kvyat.
Lynn and King took 3rd and 4th respectively, as the top four for race two’s grid was identical for race one’s. Tincknell closed out the top five, followed Pipo Derani (6th) and Marciello (7th).
The opening session ended with yet another red flag, this time when Nicholas Latifi spun off when one of his tyres lost pressure.

Rosenqvist went quicker still in the final session, when he recorded a best of 1:30.242 to go more than four-tenths faster than Kvyat – the Russian scoring his third front row start of the weekend.
King broke into the top three for the first time, this time pipping Lynn by 0.034s, while Rosenqvist was a similar distance back in 5th. Tincknell ended the final session with another 6th spot, although he enjoyed an advantage of a couple of tenths over Brazilian peddler Derani.

Series new-boy and Formula Renault graduate Alfonso Celis qualified 24th (race one), 23rd (race two) and 18th (race three) – a solid effort by the Mexican.

2013 FIA European F3 Championship (Rd 8, Race One grid)
Pos  Driver              Team/Car                        Time       Gap
 1.  Daniil Kvyat        Carlin Dallara-VW               1m30.653s
 2.  Alex Lynn           Prema Dallara-Merc              1m31.054s  +0.401s
 3.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.121s  +0.468s
 4.  Jordan King         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.226s  +0.573s
 5.  Raffaele Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc              1m31.302s  +0.649s
 6.  Harry Tincknell     Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.312s  +0.659s
 7.  Lucas Auer          Prema Dallara-Merc              1m31.312s  +0.659s
 8.  Pipo Derani         Fortec Dallara-Merc             1m31.481s  +0.828s
 9.  Tom Blomqvist       Eurointernational Dallara-Merc  1m31.489s  +0.836s
10.  Sven Muller         Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       1m31.557s  +0.904s
11.  Michael Lewis       Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.589s  +0.936s
12.  Mitchell Gilbert    Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.638s  +0.985s
13.  Jann Mardenborough  Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.648s  +0.995s
14.  Alexander Sims      T-Sport Dallara-Nissan          1m31.716s  +1.063s
15.  Nicholas Latifi     Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.721s  +1.068s
16.  Felix Serralles     Fortec Dallara-Merc             1m31.799s  +1.146s
17.  Eddie Cheever       Prema Dallara-Merc              1m31.978s  +1.325s
18.  Antonio Giovinazzi  Double R Dallara-Merc           1m32.014s  +1.361s
19.  Dennis van de Laar  Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       1m32.143s  +1.490s
20.  Lucas Wolf          URD Dallara-Merc                1m32.295s  +1.642s
21.  Roy Nissany         Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m32.409s  +1.756s
22.  Andre Rudersdorf    Ma-con Dallara-VW               1m32.613s  +1.960s
23.  Spike Goddard       T-Sport Dallara-Nissan          1m32.868s  +2.215s
24.  Alfonso Celis       Fortec Dallara-Merc             1m32.913s  +2.260s
25.  Sandro Zeller       Zeller Dallara-Merc             1m33.228s  +2.575s
26.  Tatiana Calderon    Double R Dallara-Merc           1m33.388s  +2.735s
27.  Sean Gelael         Double R Dallara-Merc           1m33.871s  +3.218s


2013 FIA European F3 Championship (Rd 8, Race Two grid)
Pos  Driver              Team/Car                        Time       Gap
 1.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.133s
 2.  Daniil Kvyat        Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.263s  +0.130s
 3.  Alex Lynn           Prema Dallara-Merc              1m31.288s  +0.155s
 4.  Jordan King         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.354s  +0.221s
 5.  Harry Tincknell     Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.394s  +0.261s
 6.  Pipo Derani         Fortec Dallara-erc              1m31.535s  +0.402s
 7.  Raffaele Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc              1m31.544s  +0.411s
 8.  Sven Muller         Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       1m31.577s  +0.444s
 9.  Tom Blomqvist       Eurointernational Dallara-Merc  1m31.677s  +0.544s
10.  Mitchell Gilbert    Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.678s  +0.545s
11.  Jann Mardenborough  Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.698s  +0.565s
12.  Michael Lewis       Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.857s  +0.724s
13.  Felix Serralles     Fortec Dallara-erc              1m31.888s  +0.755s
14.  Nicholas Latifi     Carlin Dallara-VW               1m32.040s  +0.907s
15.  Alexander Sims      T-Sport Dallara-Nissan          1m32.051s  +0.918s
16.  Eddie Cheever       Prema Dallara-Merc              1m32.105s  +0.972s
17.  Lucas Auer          Prema Dallara-Merc              1m32.160s  +1.027s
18.  Antonio Giovinazzi  Double R Dallara-Merc           1m32.216s  +1.083s
19.  Dennis van de Laar  Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       1m32.253s  +1.120s
20.  Lucas Wolf          URD Dallara-Merc                1m32.387s  +1.254s
21.  Roy Nissany         Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m32.496s  +1.363s
22.  Andre Rudersdorf    Ma-con Dallara-VW               1m32.655s  +1.522s
23.  Alfonso Celis       Fortec Dallara-erc              1m32.927s  +1.794s
24.  Spike Goddard       T-Sport Dallara-Nissan          1m33.044s  +1.911s
25.  Sandro Zeller       Zeller Dallara-Merc             1m33.273s  +2.140s
26.  Tatiana Calderon    Double R Dallara-Merc           1m33.801s  +2.668s
27.  Sean Gelael         Double R Dallara-Merc           1m36.760s  +5.627s


2013 FIA European F3 Championship (Rd 8, Race Three grid)
Pos  Driver              Team/Car                        Time       Gap
 1.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m30.242s
 2.  Daniil Kvyat        Carlin Dallara-VW               1m30.669s  +0.427s
 3.  Jordan King         Carlin Dallara-VW               1m30.721s  +0.479s
 4.  Alex Lynn           Prema Dallara-Merc              1m30.755s  +0.513s
 5.  Raffaele Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc              1m30.786s  +0.544s
 6.  Harry Tincknell     Carlin Dallara-VW               1m30.877s  +0.635s
 7.  Pipo Derani         Fortec Dallara-Merc             1m31.011s  +0.769s
 8.  Tom Blomqvist       Eurointernational Dallara-Merc  1m31.045s  +0.803s
 9.  Sven Muller         Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       1m31.085s  +0.843s
10.  Mitchell Gilbert    Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.148s  +0.906s
11.  Lucas Auer          Prema Dallara-Merc              1m31.163s  +0.921s
12.  Alexander Sims      T-Sport Dallara-Nissan          1m31.227s  +0.985s
13.  Michael Lewis       Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.327s  +1.085s
14.  Dennis van de Laar  Van Amerfoort Dallara-VW        1m31.485s  +1.243s
15.  Roy Nissany         Mucke Dallara-Merc              1m31.522s  +1.280s
16.  Jann Mardenborough  Carlin Dallara-VW               1m31.597s  +1.355s
17.  Eddie Cheever       Prema Dallara-Merc              1m31.739s  +1.497s
18.  Alfonso Celis       Fortec Dallara-Merc             1m31.796s  +1.554s
19.  Antonio Giovinazzi  Double R Dallara-Merc           1m31.873s  +1.631s
20.  Spike Goddard       T-Sport Dallara-Nissan          1m32.050s  +1.808s
21.  Andre Rudersdorf    Ma-con Dallara-VW               1m32.065s  +1.823s
22.  Lucas Wolf          URD Dallara-Merc                1m32.402s  +2.160s
23.  Sandro Zeller       Zeller Dallara-Merc             1m32.415s  +2.173s
24.  Sean Gelael         Double R Dallara-Merc           1m32.490s  +2.248s
25.  Tatiana Calderon    Double R Dallara-Merc           1m32.968s  +2.726s
26.  Felix Serralles     Fortec Dallara-Merc             1m33.355s  +3.113s
27.  Nicholas Latifi     Carlin Dallara-VW               {no time}