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Double pole for Norris at Nürburgring

NORRIS Lando (GBR) RENAULT FR 2.0L team JOSEF KAUFMANN RACING ambiance portrait during the 2016 Renault Sport series at Paul Ricard, Le Castellet France, August 26 to 28 - Photo Alexandre Guillaumot / DPPI

Lando Norris has taken the pole positions for Formula Renault 2.0 NEC at Nürburgring. The Briton led a one-two for Josef Kaufmann Racing in qualifying one, while the team set a one-two-three in qualifying 2.

In the first qualifying session Lando Norris (Josef Kaufmann Racing) set the pole position with a lap time of 1:55.685 seconds, been three tenths faster than his team mate Robert Shwartzman.

Third was a driver who continues surprising, Sacha Fenestraz (Tech 1 Racing), while Max Defourny (R-ace GP) was “only” fourth, ahead of Jehan Daruvala (Josef Kaufmann Racing) and Dorian Boccolacci (Tech 1 Racing).

In the second session, Norris set the pole improving his prior pole position lap by 6 tenths (1:54.833), which let him lead a Josef Kaufmann Racing one-two-three with Daruvala second, and Shwartzman third.

Defourny finished once again on fourth, ahead of the Tech 1 Racing’s of Sacha Fenestraz and Hugo de Sadeleer,  while the rookie Marcus Armstrong (R-ace GP) set an incredible seventh position.

Results QP1:

1 Norris 2 Shwartzman 3 Fenestraz 4 Defourny 5 Daruvala 6 Boccolacci 7 de Sadeeleer 8 Gil 9 Baptista 10 Falchero 11 Mirecki 12 Habsburg 13 Aubry 14 Armstrong 15 allen 16 Vartanyan 17 Korneev 18 Chaves 19 Hörr 20 Isaakyan 21 Larsen 22 Hutchison 23 Pankiewicz 24 Troitskiy 25 Palmer 26 Ptak

Results QP2:

1 Norris 2 Daruvala 3 Shwartzman 4 Defourny 5 Fenestraz 6 de Sadeeler 7 Armstrong 8 Habsburg 9 Boccolacci 10 Falchero 11 Allen 12 Baptista 13 Korneev 14 Troitskiy 15 Gill 16 Mirecki 17 Chaves 18 Vartanyan 19 Aubry 20 Hörr 21 Hutchison 22 Isaakyan 23 Larsen 24 Pankiewicz