Max
Verstappen set the fastest time in first qualifying and thus claimed
pole position for the 31st season race of the FIA Fórmula 3 European
Championship. The 17-year-old is one of the three candidates who are
battling for second place in the FIA Fórmula 3 European
Championship. On his best lap of the 4.575 kilometres long
Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, he was 0s018 seconds faster than
Lucas Auer (Motorsport, 1:32s020). Tom Blomqvist (Jagonya Ayam with
Carlin, 1:32s076), who also still has chances of claiming second
place in the drivers’ standings, follows in third place, 0s074
seconds down on pace-setter Verstappen.
Halfway
through first qualifying, the battle for pole position became
intense: Blomqvist had just claimed the top position from Verstappen
and Auer was biding his time in third place. Soon after that, the
20-year-old Austrian moved up into the lead, but Blomqvist and
Verstappen also continued to run fast. Six minutes later, the
Dutchman succeeded in toppling Auer from the leading position while
Blomqvist stayed in third place. This order remained unchanged until
the end of qualifying, so that Verstappen secured himself pole
position for the first race of the final weekend of the 2014 FIA
Fórmula 3 European Championship.
Italian
Antonio Giovinazzi and Jordan King from Great Britain in fourth and
fifth place also succeeded in keeping the already-crowned FIA Fórmula
3 European Champion, Frenchman Esteban Ocon at bay. Swede Felix
Rosenqvist (Mücke Motorsport, 1:32s485) ended up seventh from
Indonesian Sean Gelael (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin, 1:32s535), Felix
Serralles from Puerto Rico and US-American Gustavo Menezes (Van
Amersfoort Racing, 1:32s760) rounded out the top ten.
Max
Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing): “Qualifying went well. It was
pretty close between the three of us in front, but my lap time wasn’t
so bad and, of course, I am delighted with my pole position. The
track is very demanding for the tyres, so you don’t have many laps
to set a fast time. For me, it worked out quite well today”.
Photo: FIA F3 Euro Series
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