Charles Leclerc has controlled the qualifying session of the FIA European Formula 3 at the Norisring street circuit in Germany. The Monaco drver gets the first pole position of the day, ahead of Günther and Albon.


 

As in free practice here at the Norisring, the qualy has been divided into two groups.

Group B was the first to go, though it has come late; The meeting began with 20 minutes of delay due to repairs on the track.

At the start of the session, the first 5 minutes were marked by the good pace of Markus Pommer (Motopark) under a minimal differences was followed by Dorian Boccolacci (Signature). German dominance ended in the middle session when Prema and Carlin went on the attack.

Maximilian Günther (kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport) stood first in the absence of the final five minutes, before the appearance of a red flag caused by Pietro Fittipaldi (Fortec Motorsports). After removing the car of the Brazilian and restart the session, any driver managed to improve his time, leaving the German provisional pole position with a time of 48 533 seconds.

Lap that the Group A will try to beat. A group where both team with Carlin began setting the pace in the first minutes of the session, although the championship leader, Charles Leclerc (Van Amersfoort Racing) was the one who was closer to the laptime marked by Günther.

Antonio Giovinazzi (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin)  beat Günther time to enter into direct fighting for pole, which starred Leclerc and the Italian. But it would not be the case. This group was the most competitive now and fight for the pole position.

The leader of the championship, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc finally got pole position for the first race, ahead of Günther and Alexander Albon (Signature).

Results:

Pos Driver Lap Time Laps
1 Leclerc 48,24 20
2 Günther 48,533 21
3 Albon 48,249 20
4 Pommer 48,543 24
5 Rosenqvist 48,335 21
6 Boccolacci 48,603 24
7 Giovinazzi 48,439 21
8 Lorandi 48,637 20
9 Jensen 48,443 21
10 Dennis 48,658 20
11 Stroll 48,491 21
12 Menezes 48,684 19
13 Maini 48,563 20
14 Russell 48,69 21
15 Ferrucci 48,6 23
16 Ilott 48,75 22
17 Schiller 48,683 21
18 Beretta 48,812 23
19 Camara 48,719 22
20 Tveter 48,846 20
21 Calderón 48,746 21
22 Macleod 48,952 23
23 Moreno 48,759 24
24 Jeffri 48,955 23
25 Solomon 48,763 21
26 Maisano 49,103 20
27 Ling 48,87 22
28 Hymann 49,105 22
29 Rao 49,071 23
30 Fittipaldi 49,242 15
31 Raghunathan 49,289 21
32 Pohler 49,349 23