Nyck De Vries took pole position. Albon will start second as local driver Aurélien Panis starts third. De Vries’ persecutor, Dennis Olsen, was just ninth.

We have always known that second group to exit to track is the one that fights for pole position, but although in Group A and in Nyck De Vries’ dominance we experienced a good fight. Orudzhev, Pizzitola, Jörg amd Malja completed TOP5 in group and consequently forth, sixth, eighth and tenth final positions.

In both groups drivers lasted a lot inside their boxes in order to maintain tires in best possible condition to achieve a good lap in between mediterranian warm, which was struggling more and more as session went on.

Panis and Albon battled for second place in a Group B that finally lasted in hands of Lotus F1 young driver, Alexander Albon. Panis will start third, Hubert fifth and Grounon from a remarkable seventh position with an AVF, being 1.2 seconds faster than his teammate Louis Delétraz. Olsen will start from ninth position.

 

Results:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 19 Nyck De Vries NED Koiranen GP 5 2:02,895
2 23 Alexander Albon THA KTR 5 2:03,209 + 0,314
3 3 Egor Orudzhev RUS Tech 1 Racing 5 2:03,443 + 0,548
4 4 Aurélien Panis FRA ART Junior Team 6 2:03,591 + 0,696
5 10 Andrea Pizzitola FRA Manor MP Motorsport 6 2:03,751 + 0,856
6 1 Anthoine Hubert FRA Tech 1 Racing 6 2:03,684 + 0,789
7 15 Kevin Jörg SUI Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 2:03,770 + 0,875
8 38 Jules Gounon FRA AVF 6 2:03,851 + 0,956
9 14 Gustav Malja SWE Josef Kaufmann Racing 6 2:03,861 + 0,966
10 22 Dennis Olsen NOR Prema Powerteam 6 2:03,880 + 0,985
11 21 Hans Villemi EST Prema Powerteam 7 2:03,862 + 0,967
12 9 Martin Rump EST Fortec Motorsports 6 2:03,935 + 1,040
13 20 Bruno Bonifacio BRA Prema Powerteam 6 2:04,046 + 1,151
14 8 Jack Aitken GBR Fortec Motorsports 6 2:04,078 + 1,183
15 24 Gregor Ramsay GBR KTR 6 2:04,188 + 1,293
16 18 Ignazio D’Agosto ITA Koiranen GP 5 2:04,078 + 1,183
17 11 Steijn Schothorst NED Manor MP Motorsport 7 2:04,213 + 1,318
18 16 Ryan Tveter USA Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 2:04,172 + 1,277
19 7 Matt Parry GBR Fortec Motorsports 6 2:04,639 + 1,744
20 5 Levin Amweg SUI ART Junior Team 6 2:04,321 + 1,426
21 6 Simon Gachet FRA ART Junior Team 6 2:04,803 + 1,908
22 25 Callan O’Keeffe RSA KTR 6 2:04,913 + 2,018
23 48 Philo Armand INA Tech 1 Racing 6 2:05,055 + 2,160
24 39 Louis Delètraz SUI AVF 7 2:05,038 + 2,143
25 44 Higo de Sadeleer SUI Tech 1 Racing 6 2:05,134 + 2,239
26 17 Hong Li Ye CHN Koiranen GP 7 2:05,505 + 2,610
27 26 James Allen AUS Arta Engineering 7 2:05,174 + 2,279

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