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}
