Oliver Rowland takes his second pole position of the season that allows him to start first in Race 1 of Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Hungaroring. Egor Orudzhev and Matthieu Vaxivière completes the top 3.


Rowland (Fortec Motorsports) set the early pace during the first stint. Meanwhile, Gustav Malja (Strakka Racing) had to abandon the session after two laps.

At half point of the session, with every car in the pits, the fastest men yesterday, Matthieu Vaxivière (Lotus) led the field in front of Egor Orudzhev (Arden Motorsport), Tio Ellinas (Strakka Racing) and Oliver Rowland.

At the final minutes the drivers had a lot of traffic problems. Only Tom DIllmann (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin), Orudzhev, Dean Stoneman (Dams) and Rowland improved their lap times.

This helps to Rowland who took the pole position for second time this season.

Results:

Pos Driver Team TIME Gap  LAPS
1 4 Oliver ROWLAND FORTEC MOTORSPORTS 1:28.867 12
2 6 Egor ORUDZHEV ARDEN MOTORSPORT 1:29.077 +0.210 13
3 9 Matthieu VAXIVIERE LOTUS 1:29.160 +0.293 11
4 3 Jazeman JAAFAR FORTEC MOTORSPORTS 1:29.218 +0.351 12
5 26 Tom DILLMANN JAGONYA AYAM WITH CARLIN 1:29.242 +0.375 12
6 40 Roberto MERHI PONS RACING 1:29.371 +0.504 13
7 5 Nicholas LATIFI ARDEN MOTORSPORT 1:29.399 +0.532 13
8 19 Pietro FANTIN INTERNATIONAL DRACO RACING 1:29.461 +0.594 12
9 18 Aurélien PANIS TECH 1 RACING 1:29.542 +0.675 13
10 11 Tio ELLINAS STRAKKA RACING 1:29.778 +0.911 12
11 2 Dean STONEMAN DAMS 1:29.789 +0.922 14
12 39 Philo Paz Patrick ARMAND PONS RACING 1:29.827 +0.960 12
13 16 Beitske VISSER AVF 1:29.901 1.034 14
14 10 Meindert VAN BUUREN LOTUS 1:29.928 1.061 14
15 25 Sean GELAEL JAGONYA AYAM WITH CARLIN 1:30.021 1.154 12
16 17 Roy NISSANY TECH 1 RACING 1:30.036 1.169 13
17 20 Bruno BONIFACIO INTERNATIONAL DRACO RACING 1:30.172 1.305 12
18 1 Nyck DE VRIES DAMS 1:30.176 1.309 14
19 15 Alfonso CELIS Jr AVF 1:30.313 1.446 13
12 Gustav MALJA STRAKKA RACING 1:46.010 2