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First pole in Jerez is for Olsen

After a Pronenko crash that ended with group B session, olsen finished with best lap and will share first row along with Nyck De Vries in first race of Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in Jerez.


Group A did not leave the pit lane until six minutes of the session on. Andrea Pizzitola was first and other drivers would be out in two minutes as tyres have to be saved. Last to exit was Callan O’Keeffe with just five minutes of the session left, when drivers would drive without any pause in order to make the fastest lap.

Finally Nyck De Vries’ Koiranen GP was first in group A with a 1:40.5 lap while Aitken was second and Russell, who had been a lot of time on top, third. Pizzitola was last due to drive with destroyed tires.

Group B turn. Track was more rubbery and sun even higher, so that meant that those drivers would run in better conditions. Four minutes the session was on, Pronenko was first to set a fast lap of 1:42.6 along with Rump and Villemi, who was eight tenths faster than the Russian.

When just two minutes of the session were left, Danylo Pronenko crashed in turn 10 and red flag was out for session not to be restarted. Olsen was then first with a one tenth faster time than De Vries’ and so would get the pole position. Villemi and Schothorst were second and third in the group and so they would depart third and fifth.

 

Provisional starting grid after first qualifying session:

Pos. Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 Dennis Olsen (R) NOR Prema Powerteam 3 1:40,415
2 Nyck De Vries NED Koiranen GP 4 1:40,513 + 0,098
3 Hans Villemi EST Prema Powerteam 4 1:40,473 + 0,058
4 Jack Aitken (R) GBR Fortec Motorsports 5 1:40,571 + 0,156
5 Steijn Schothorst NED Manor MP Motorsport 3 1:40,537 + 0,122
6 George Russell (R) RUS Tech 1 Racing 5 1:40,613 + 0,198
7 Alexander Albon THA KTR 2 1:40,577 + 0,162
8 Aurélien Panis FRA ART Junior Team 4 1:40,781 + 0,366
9 Bruno Bonifacio BRA Prema Powerteam 3 1:40,697 + 0,282
10 Callan O’Keeffe (R) RSA KTR 4 1:40,849 + 0,434
11 Kevin Jörg SUI Josef Kaufmann Racing 3 1:40,802 + 0,387
12 Anthoine Hubert (R) FRA Tech 1 Racing 5 1:40,980 + 0,565
13 Matt Parry (R) GBR Fortec Motorsports 3 1:40,846 + 0,431
14 Gustav Malja SWE Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 1:41,004 + 0,589
15 Pietro Fittipaldi (R) BRA Koiranen GP 3 1:40,869 + 0,454
16 Jake Hughes (R) GBR Strakka Racing 3 1:41,023 + 0,608
17 Martin Rump (R) EST Fortec Motorsports 4 1:41,408 + 0,993
18 Egor Orudzhev RUS Tech 1 Racing 4 1:41,113 + 0,698
19 Gregor Ramsay GBR KTR 3 1:41,622 + 1,207
20 Ben Barnicoat (R) GBR Fortec Motorsports 5 1:41,577 + 1,162
21 Levin Amweg SUI ART Junior Team 3 1:41,720 + 1,305
22 Simon Gachet RSA ART Junior Team 4 1:41,609 + 1,194
23 Danylo Pronenko (R) UKR BVM Racing 4 1:42,216 + 1,801
24 Thiago Vivacqua (R) BRA Fortec Motorsports 5 1:41,750 + 1,335
25 James Allen (R) AUS Arta Engineering 3 1:42,324 + 1,909
26 Hongli Ye (R) CHI Koiranen GP 4 1:41,825 + 1,410
27 Stefan Riener (R) AUT Koiranen GP 2 1:47,067 + 6,652
28 Andrea Pizzitola FRA Manor MP Motorsport 5 1:42,282 + 1,867