Qualifying report

BF3 Rockingham

Rockingham BF3: Norris leads Carlin 1-2 in qualifying

Lando Norris marked his return to the British F3 fold by taking pole from teammate Ricky Collard at Rockingham.

Darshan Chokhani

Edited: Apr 30, 2016, 1:15 PM

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Lando Norris, Carlin

The British driver clocked a 1m12.577s, leading a Carlin 1-2, as the front-row starters were the only duo within the field to dip into the 1m12s.

The times were significantly quicker than practice on Friday, where the field were lapping in the low 1m13s.

Brazilian Matheus Leist, who took pole in last round at Brands Hatch, had to settle for third with Thomas Randle fourth and Aleksanteri Huovinen completing the top five.

A last-gasp lap from Carlin’s Ameya Vaidyanthan saw him jump to sixth.

Enaam Ahmed finished seventh as HHC Motorsport’s Ben Hingeley improved to eighth, demoting Fortec’s Tarun Reddy to ninth on his last lap, while Jan Jonck rounded off the top 10.

The top seven drivers finished within a second of the polesitter as championship leader Toby Sowery only managed the 14th-fastest time, 1.306s off Norris' time.

A fairly incident-free session saw a brief red flag stoppage with just over 10 minutes remaining on the clock, when Chris Dittmann Racing’s Krishnaraaj Mahadik stopped on the exit of Pif Paf corner.

Qualifying results:

Pos****Driver Team****Time Delay 1 Lando Norris Carlin 1'12.577 2 Ricky Collard Carlin 1'12.986 0.409 3 Matheus Leist Double R Racing 1'13.056 0.479 4 Tom Randle Douglas Motorsport 1'13.061 0.484 5 Aleksanteri Huovinen Double R Racing 1'13.356 0.779 6 Ameya Vaidyanathan Carlin 1'13.379 0.802 7 Enaam Ahmed Douglas Motorsport 1'13.470 0.893 8 Ben Hingeley HHC Motorsport 1'13.621 1.044 9 Tarun Reddy Fortec Motorsports 1'13.628 1.051 10 Jan Jonck Sean Walkinshaw Racing 1'13.736 1.159 11 Enzo Bortoleto Double R Racing 1'13.737 1.160 12 Quinlan Lall Chris Dittmann Racing 1'13.743 1.166 13 Thomas Maxwell Sean Walkinshaw Racing 1'13.786 1.209 14 Toby Sowery Lanan Racing 1'13.885 1.308 15 Eugene Denyssen Sean Walkinshaw Racing 1'13.887 1.310 16 Faisal Al Zubair Fortec Motorsports 1'14.024 1.447 17 Akhil Rabindra Lanan Racing 1'14.219 1.642 18 Jeremy Wahome Chris Dittmann Racing 1'14.309 1.732 19 Sisa Ngebulana HHC Motorsport 1'14.321 1.744 20 Krishnaraaj Mahadik Chris Dittmann Racing 1'14.361 1.784

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