Starting grid race two

Like first qualifying, the outcome of second qualifying was also decided in the closing stages. Lance Stroll (1:23.178 minutes) moved up into first place and thus scored his third pole position of the season. Only 0.002 seconds down on the Geneva-based teenager, George Russell (1:23.180 minutes) secured second place. Callum Ilott (1:23.274 minutes) in third place was also less than one tenth of a second down on the time of Lance Stroll as the fastest youngster.

Honours for the best-placed rookie went to Finnish Red Bull junior driver Niko Kari (1:23.300 minutes), who outpaced the second-fastest rookie David Beckmann (kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport, 1:23.305 minutes) by 0.005 seconds. For Beckmann, who only made his FIA Formula 3 European Championship debut at Pau one week ago, this is the best qualifying result of his Formula 3 career to date. Sérgio Sette Câmara (Motopark, 1:23.327 minutes), like Kari a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, ended up sixth in qualifying from Maximilian Günther (Prema Powerteam, 1:23.339 minutes), Ralf Aron (1:23.359 minutes), Mikkel Jensen (kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport, 1:23.373 minutes) and Joel Eriksson (Motopark, 1:23.439 minutes).

Starting grid race three

In the ranking of the second-fastest laps, used to determine the starting grid positions for the third race of the weekend, Lance Stroll (1:23.240 minutes) again came out on top, bringing his season total to four pole positions. Behind Callum Ilott (1:23.319 minutes), a trio of rookie drivers followed with Niko Kari (1:23.439 minutes) from Ralf Aron (1:23.441 minutes) and David Beckmann (1:23.448 minutes). George Russell (1:23.479 minutes), Maximilian Günther (1:23.498 minutes), Joel Eriksson (1:23.645 minutes), Ben Barnicoat (HitechGP, 1:23.707 minutes) and Mikkel Jensen (1:23.742 minutes) rounded out the top ten.

Lance Stroll (Prema Powerteam): “It really was a good qualifying for me and my car was very good, too. Initially, it was a bit nerve-wrecking because I was stuck in traffic and couldn’t find a clear lap. I then drove through the pit lane once again to improve my track position, which I managed to do. On the last few laps, I did some quite decent lap times as well. Even though I liked the rain at Pau a week ago, I have to say that it was slightly easier at a dry track here.”