
Jagonya Ayam with Carlin driver Tom Blomqvist struck back at rival Max Verstappen when he claimed the final two pole positions of the FIA European F3 season this evening.
Blomqvist, who is battling Verstappen for the runner-up spot in the championship, destroyed the opposition with two laps in the 1’31s range – the only driver to do so today.
Blomqvist’s initial run – a 1:31.987s – had already set the Anglo-Kiwi almost three-tenths ahead of his nearest rival and teammate Antonio Giovinazzi, but a spectacular late effort scrubbed another 0.170s from that time.
It marked a good session too for Giovinazzi who backed up his 2nd place start for Race 2, with a 4th place qualifying for Race 3, while Mücke’s Lucas Auer collected a 3rd (Race 2) and a 2nd (Race 3).
With the end of a tough season approaching, Felix Rosenqvist showed some metal by twice qualifying in the top five, surrounded either way by Jordan King. Series champion Esteban Ocon twice secured 6th, while Prema Powerteam teammate Antonio Fuoco nabbed two 7th’s.
The surprise of the session was Zeller/Mücke racer Tatiana Calderon who recorded the 8th best time for Race 2 and will line-up just ahead of Max Verstappen.
Indeed in an unusual scene, Verstappen will also start from 8th in Rcae 3 – a stark contrast to the earlier qualifying session, where the van Amersfoort driver took pole.
The session was briefly red flagged when Roy Nissany spun off in the final sequence of corners, only for the Israelite to rejoin under his own steam once the qualifying had been neutralised.
2014 FIA European F3 Championship (Rd 11, Grid Race 2) Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap 1. Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam Carlin-VW 1:31.817 2. Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam Carlin-VW +0.335 3. Lucas Auer Mucke-Merc +0.428 4. Jordan King Carlin-VW +0.586 5. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke-Merc +0.597 6. Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam-Merc +0.605 7. Antonio Fuoco Powerteam-Merc +0.616 8. Tatiana Calderon Zeller/Mucke-Merc +0.937 9. Max Verstappen van Amersfoort-VW +1.015 10. Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam Carlin-VW +1.023 11. Roy Nissany Mucke-Merc +1.105 12. Gustavo Menezes van Amersfoort-VW +1.133 13. Dennis van de Laar Powerteam-Merc +1.183 14. Ed Jones Carlin-VW +1.222 15. Felix Serralles Team West-Tec-Merc +1.360 16. Santino Ferrucci Fortec-Merc +1.504 17. Jules Szymkowiak van Amersfoort-VW +1.574 18. Jake Dennis Carlin-VW +1.655 19. Spike Goddard T-Sport-NBE +2.073 20. Alexander Toril T-Sport-NBE +2.077 21. Stefano Coletti EuroInternational-Merc +2.211 22. Michele Beretta EuroInternational-Merc +2.545 23. Sandro Zeller Zeller –Merc +2.580 24. Andy Chang Team West-Tec-Merc +2.631 25. Nick Cassidy T-Sport-NBE {no time} 2014 FIA European F3 Championship (Rd 11, Grid Race 3) Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap 1. Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam Carlin-VW 1:31.987 2. Lucas Auer Mucke-Merc +0.299 3. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke-Merc +0.442 4. Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam Carlin-VW +0.558 5. Jordan King Carlin-VW +0.682 6. Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam-Merc +0.723 7. Antonio Fuoco Powerteam-Merc +0.776 8. Max Verstappen van Amersfoort-VW +0.859 9. Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam Carlin-VW +0.861 10. Gustavo Menezes van Amersfoort-VW +1.126 11. Ed Jones Carlin-VW +1.214 12. Roy Nissany Mucke-Merc +1.343 13. Felix Serralles Team West-Tec-Merc +1.346 14. Dennis van de Laar Powerteam-Merc +1.369 15. Jules Szymkowiak van Amersfoort-VW +1.405 16. Tatiana Calderon Zeller/Mucke-Merc +1.469 17. Santino Ferrucci Fortec-Merc +1.526 18. Jake Dennis Carlin-VW +1.640 19. Spike Goddard T-Sport-NBE +1.962 20. Alexander Toril T-Sport-NBE +2.025 21. Stefano Coletti EuroInternational-Merc +2.101 22. Andy Chang Team West-Tec-Merc +2.563 23. Michele Beretta EuroInternational-Merc +2.571 24. Sandro Zeller Zeller –Merc +2.576 25. Nick Cassidy T-Sport-NBE {no time}
