Albon Achieves Maiden Poles at Norisring

Alexander Albon went fastest in Group A, clocking the two fastest times of the session ahead of Race 1 polesitter Charles Leclerc and Antonio Giovinazzi. In Group B, a resurgent George Russell set the pace, leading Jake Dennis and a rapidly improving Dorian Boccolacci, although the pace of Group A prevented a pole for the Carlin driver.

The Brit, who races under a Thai licence, heads the pack ahead of Russell. Antonio Giovinazzi, who lost the championship lead to Leclerc last time out and plummeted to 4^th in the standings, starts P5, in front of his closest rival Rosenqvist who starts from P11, but behind Dennis, who currently sits just 5 points ahead in second in the championship.

Albon’s teammate Boccolacci’s run of excellent form continues, with the 6^th spot on the grid belonging to him. After the horror crash at Spa Gustavo Menezes qualified a notable 8^th, with Mikkel Jensen unable to repeat his stellar qualifying from the previous round to sit behind the American in 9^th.

Results:

RACE 1 BEGINS AT 11:30 LOCAL TIME TOMORROW, FOLLOWED BY RACE 2 AT 18:10. RACE 3 ON SUNDAY TAKES PLACE AT 10:40.