McLaren’s young driver Stoffel Vandoorne set his ART Grand Prix into first position in qualifying session with Arthur Pic’s same time. Izawa, two tenths away, completes a rookie TOP3.

Really close qualifying session the one this morning in Sochi. In a just unveiled semi-urban circuit the russian assistants could amuse a really amazing first qualifying session this weekend.

Last minutes were the most intense. After a long session time drivers were getting prepared for the good lap. Izawa, with a good time in two first sectors, was going for pole time over Palmer, who could not set a good mark because of traffic issues.

Izawa, then, caught the pole place when it seemed that no one could be faster than Evans. But quickly Marciello and Palmer imposed, although after the japanese driver. Vandoorne, in fast lap, was two tenths faster than his team mate and set first time wishing that Pic would not take his position off. And Pic could not just for a thousanth, as he set the strict same time as belgian driver, who catches first place in grid.

Race will take place tomorrow at 4:20 pm local time (GMT +4), after F1 qualifying session.

 

Results:

 

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 10 Stoffel Vandoorne (R) BEL ART Grand Prix 13 1:45,402
2 26 Arhur Pic (R) FRA Campos Racing 11 1:45,402 + 0,000
3 9 Takuya Izawa (R) JAP ART Grand Prix 12 1:45,675 + 0,273
4 7 Joylon Palmer GBR Dams 12 1:45,685 + 0,283
5 5 Raffaele Marciello (R) ITA Racing Engineering 14 1:45,772 + 0,370
6 1 Mitch Evans NZ RT Russian Time 13 1:45,813 + 0,411
7 27 Kimiya Sato (R) JAP Campos Racing 13 1:46,102 + 0,700
8 6 Stefano Coletti MON Racing Engineering 12 1:46,120 + 0,718
9 17 André Negrao (R) BRA Arden International 13 1:46,173 + 0,771
10 3 Felipe Nasr BRA Carlin 13 1:46,210 + 0,808
11 19 Pierre Gasly (R) FRA EQ8 Caterham Racing 14 1:46,377 + 0,975
12 22 Sergio Canamasas ESP Trident 13 1:46,411 + 1,009
13 24 Nathanaël Berthon FRA Venezuela GP Lazarus 12 1:46,497 + 1,095
14 11 Daniel Abt GER Hilmer Motorsport 15 1:46,554 + 1,152
15 18 Rio Haryanto IND EQ8 Caterham Racing 12 1:46,560 + 1,158
16 21 Marco Sørensen (R) DAN MP Motorsport 13 1:46,628 + 1,226
17 12 Jon Lancaster GBR Hilmer Motorsport 13 1:46,651 + 1,249
18 23 Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident 13 1:46,788 + 1,386
19 4 Julián Leal COL Carlin 10 1:46,995 + 1,593
20 14 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs GBR Rapax 13 1:47,006 + 1,604
21 8 Stéphane Richelmi MON Dams 13 1:47,025 + 1,623
22 16 Rene Binder AUT Arden International 10 1:47,091 + 1,689
23 2 Artem Markelov (R) RUS RT Russian Time 13 1:47,386 + 1,984
24 15 Simon Trummer CHE Rapax 13 1:47,550 + 2,148
25 20 Daniël de Jong NED MP Motorsport 11 1:47,611 + 2,209
26 25 Sergio Campana ITA Venezuela GP Lazarus 13 1:47,795 + 2,393

 

 

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