Second pole position in a row for Grosjean
Track temperature: 23.9 º C
Air temperature: 21.1 º C
After he set the fastest lap time in qualifying for the first
time at Mugello a fortnight ago, Romain Grosjean (ASM Formule
3, 1:32.290 min) also claimed pole position for the eleventh
season round of the Formula 3 Euro Series at Zandvoort. Sébastien
Buemi (Mücke Motorsport, 1:32.459 min) still claimed
second place in the final second ahead of Yelmer Buurman (Manor
Motorsport, 1:32.687 min). For the 20-year old Dutchman, third
position at his 4.307 kilometres long home track is his best
qualifying result in the Formula 3 Euro Series so far.
Japanese Kamui Kobayashi (ASM Formule 3, 1:32.775
min) qualifying fourth from the best-place rookie
Yann Clairay (Signature-Plus, 1:32.815 min). With five minutes
remaining, the 23-year old Frenchman still was in the top
3. But just before the end, Buurman and Kobayashi outpaced
Clairay at the dune circuit.
Romain Grosjean (ASM Formule 3): “This
morning, I was fifth with old tyres and I already had a good
feeling for qualifying. That was almost perfect indeed. I
just had a little bit of bad luck with the yellow flags, otherwise
it would possibly have been even quicker. I am happy with
my second pole in a row.”
Sébastien Buemi (Mücke Motorsport):
“In the first half of qualifying, my car still had too
much understeer. But then we managed to solve that problem.
In the second half, it took me a long time before I was able
to attack because of the yellow flags. I could only set my
fastest time on my final lap, but then my tyres already started
to wear.”
Yelmer Buurman (Manor Motorsport): “It
went quite well, third place is okay. Unfortunately, I had
the problem of the yellow flags towards the end. But I am
also very happy with third place on the grid for my home race
here at Zandvoort.”
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