Pierre Gasly finally wins his first pole position of the year and in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. After a domain by Sergey Sirotkin, a red flag with 30 seconds to go helps the Frenchman and also to Sainz who finishes second, Sirotkin completes the top 3. Merhi took fifth place.


 

Sergey Sirotkin started in a strong way the qualifying for the Race 2 in the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet, France. The Russian driver led until the tyre change at the middle of the session.

 

Then in the final 10 minutes, Gasly, Ocon, etc.. everyone were improving his lap times as Sirotkin still leading the times. But a Red flag caused by a crash of Zoel Amberg (AVF) at turn 3, makes Pierre Gasly the fastest of the session when Sainz, Nato, Sirotkin and Rowland were more faster.

 

Top10 Results: Gasly, Sainz, Sirotkin, Jaafar, Mehri, Vaxivière, Stockinger, Rowland, Nato and Ocon.

 

Provisional grid:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 7 Pierre Gasly FRA Arden Motorsport 12 1:47,655
2 1 Carlos Sainz ESP DAMS 11 1:47,725 + 0,070
3 3 Sergey Sirotkin RUS Fortec Motorsports 11 1:47,731 + 0,076
4 17 Jazeman Jaafar MAS ISR 10 1:47,913 + 0,258
5 22 Roberto Merhi ESP Zeta Corse 8 1:48,022 + 0,367
6 16 Matthieu Vaxivière FRA Lotus 13 1:48,042 + 0,387
7 15 Marlon Stockinger PHI Lotus 13 1:48,056 + 0,401
8 4 Oliver Rowland GBR Fortec Motorsports 12 1:48,186 + 0,531
9 2 Norman Nato FRA DAMS 12 1:48,202 + 0,547
10 28 Esteban Ocon FRA Comtec Racing 13 1:48,287 + 0,632
11 11 Will Stevens GBR Strakka Racing 11 1:48,290 + 0,635
12 6 Luca Ghiotto ITA International Draco Racing 11 1:48,454 + 0,799
13 12 Matias Laine FIN Strakka Racing 11 1:48,541 + 0,886
14 5 Pietro Fantin BRA International Draco Racing 12 1:48,609 + 0,954
15 25 Oscar Tunjo COL Pons Racing 12 1:48,615 + 0,960
16 8 William Buller GBR Arden Motorsport 12 1:48,619 + 0,964
17 9 Marco Sørensen DEN Tech 1 Racing 13 1:48,654 + 0,999
18 10 Nicholas Latifi CAN Tech 1 Racing 12 1:49,019 + 1,364
19 19 Beitske Visser NED AVF 12 1:49,156 + 1,501
20 27 Cameron Twynham GBR Comtec Racing 11 1:49,416 + 1,761
21 26 Meindert Van Buuren NED Pons Racing 13 1:50,052 + 2,397
22 20 Zoel Amberg SUI AVF 11 1:50,733 + 3,078