In
summerly conditions at Monza, Felix Rosenqvist (Prema Powerteam,
1:43s766) claimed his fifth pole position of the 2015 FIA Fórmula 3
European Championship season. At the 5.793 kilometres long circuit in
the royal park of Monza with its long history, the Swede was 0s183
seconds faster than his team-mate Jake Dennis (Prema Powerteam,
1:43s949). Santino Ferrucci (Mücke Motorsport, 1:43s970) and
Alexander Albon (Signature, 1:44s027) as the best-placed rookie were
classified third and fourth respectively, while Raoul Hyman (Team
West-Tec F3, 1:44s052) and Lance Stroll (Prema Powerteam, 1:44s174)
ended up in fifth and sixth place.
While
23-year-old Felix Rosenqvist already moved up into the lead around
the halfway point, Jake Dennis, by four years his junior, only
improved from fifth to second in the final minute of the session.
Thus, the Brit toppled Santino Ferrucci, who eventually had to make
do with third place. Still, this was the best qualifying result of
the season to date for the 16-year-old American.
The same
can be said for Raoul Hyman, while Alexander Albon, who was
classified ahead of him, was already fourth in a qualifying session
for the third time this season. For South-African Hyman, fifth place
at the high-speed track of Monza was his best result to date. Behind
16-year-old rookie driver Lance Stroll, 20-year-old Mikkel Jensen
(Mücke Motorsport, 1:44s201) was the next rookie on the starting
grid.
FIA
Fórmula 3 European Championship points’ leader Antonio Giovinazzi
(Jagonya Ayam with Carlin, 1:44s204) only qualified eighth. Just like
British driver George Russell (Carlin, 1:44s259), who was ninth, the
21-year-old south-Italian only made it into the top ten in the final
moments of the session. Charles Leclerc (Van Amersfoort Racing,
1:44s269), currently the best-placed rookie in the championship
standings, completed the top ten.
Felix
Rosenqvist (Prema Powerteam): “It wasn’t easy, because everyone
out there was looking for slipstream. I think that I finally found a
good position on the track and didn’t have a lot of traffic getting
in my way. After doing two or three laps without slipstream, I tried
to find a quick guy to follow. Too bad that it didn’t quite work
out as I wanted. Fortunately, the fast lap times I had set before
were enough to claim pole position”.
Photos: FIA F3 Euro Series
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