Romain Grosjean on pole position for home race
Track temperature: 19.3 º C
Air temperature: 18.5 º C
Points leader Romain Grosjean (ASM Formule 3, 1.20.990 min)
secured himself his third pole position of the season for
his home race at the 3.636 kilometres long Circuit Paul Armagnac
in Nogaro. Kamui Kobayashi (ASM Formule 3, 1.21.051 min) and
Nico Hülkenberg (ASM Formule 3, 1.21.188 min) in second
and third place completed the top three lock-out for ASM in
qualifying for the 17th season round of the Formula 3 Euro
Series. Yelmer Buurman (Manor Motorsport, 1.21.530 min) qualified
fourth from the runner-up in the points’ standings,
Sébastien Buemi (Mücke Motorsport, 1.21.554 min).
Qualifying was interrupted twice. Firstly, it was Filip Salaquarda
(HBR Motorsport, 1.22.144 min) who came off the track and
then, the same happened to Dani Clos (Signature-Plus, 1.22.305
min). Kobayashi had his eyes set on pole position until eight
minutes before the end of the session. Then, Grosjean did
a perfect lap that allowed him to topple his team-mate. Thus,
the Frenchman secured himself another valuable point in the
battle for the championship. He could already win the title
at Nogaro when he scores eleven points more from the two races
than his main rival Buemi.
Romain Grosjean (ASM Formule 3): “Qualifying
was difficult, because track conditions were changing all
the time. Eventually, everything went well and ASM has locked
out the top three. The more cars there are between Buemi and
me, the better it is.”
Kamui Kobayashi (ASM Formule 3): “Qualifying
was okay. However, I didn’t manage to do a good lap
with my second set of tyres. Before we got these on, we changed
something on the set-up. But that obviously was into the wrong
direction.”
Nico Hülkenberg (ASM Formule 3): “Today,
it was difficult as my car wasn’t perfect. Still, pole
position would have been within reach. But that doesn’t
count. For tomorrow’s race, it is maximum attack and
scoring as many points as possible.”
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