Jack Aitken will start the first race of the 2017 season from pole ahead of Nirei Fukuzumi and Dorian Boccolacci.

Boccolacci was on provisional pole after everyone’s first attempt. One tenth behind him was Fukuzumi, followed by Aitken, Russell and Alesi, who blocked Falchero in a very dangerous way.

Aitken bounced back and got his first ever GP3 pole. Fukuzumi and Boccolacci were 2nd and 3rd less than a tenth behind Aitken. Russell, Pulcini, Maini, Alesi, Lorandi, Siebert and Hubert completed the top 10.

Result:

Driver
Team
Laptime
Laps
1.
Jack Aitken
ART Grand Prix
1:34.187
12
2.
Nirei Fukuzumi
ART Grand Prix
1:34.358
12
3.
Dorian Boccolacci
Trident
1:34.380
13
4.
George Russell
ART Grand Prix
1:34.468
13
5.
Leonardo Pulcini
Arden International
1:34.602
13
6.
Arjun Maini
Jenzer Motorsport
1:34.685
13
7.
Giuliano Alesi
Trident
1:34.708
13
8.
Alessio Lorandi
Jenzer Motorsport
1:34.720
13
9.
Marcos Siebert
Campos Racing
1:34.788
14
10.
Anthoine Hubert
ART Grand Prix
1:34.866
12
11.
Niko Kari
Arden International
1:34.964
13
12.
Raoul Hyman
Campos Racing
1:35.031
14
13.
Steijn Schothorst
Arden International
1:35.041
13
14.
Santino Ferrucci
DAMS
1:35.070
12
15.
Julien Falchero
Campos Racing
1:35.088
12
16.
Ryan Tveter
Trident
1:35.224
14
17.
Kevin Jörg
Trident
1:35.423
12
18.
Tatiana Calderon
DAMS
1:35.613
13
19.
Bruno Baptista
DAMS
1:35.851
12