Ernesto Viso took his first outright
Formula 3 pole position at Knockhill, in a session that had to
be stopped twice as cars spun off. Will Power claimed the
second spot on his first visit to the Scottish circuit, while
several drivers complained about traffic on the 1.3-mile
track.
Viso's best lap was set when he made a pass on
Ryan Lewis through the Taylors hairpin as yellow flags were
being waved for Vasilije Calasan's car, which had spun on the
exit. The Venezuelan dived down the inside of the Scholarship
championship leader and locked up his brakes, but managed to
improve his time as he crossed the line.
Calasan's
stranded car brought the red flag out for the second time in
the session, the first having been when Fairuz Fauzy went
backwards into the tyres at Duffus Dip after just five minutes
on the track. Fauzy's session was over but team-mate Will
Davison was not to fare much better. Both Menu Motorsport
drivers had handling problems, and the Australian ended up
only 14th.
Davison, though, was only one spot behind
Nelson Piquet Jr, who was disappointed by both traffic and the
handling of his car to end up down in 13th, while his
countryman and championship rival Danilo Dirani was only
tenth, after spinning off at the challenging Glenvarigill
chicane half way through the session. The Brazilian blamed
lack of experience at the circuit for the error, and was
confident of claiming a top five spot for the second race of
the weekend. Karun Chandhok was another driver to fall foul of
the chicane and ended up eighth after running at the front
early in the session.
Although he missed out on pole by
just over a tenth of a second, James Rossiter was happy with
third place as his two Brazilian title challengers were well
down the order. The third Brazilian, Lucas di Grassi, will
line up alongside Rossiter for the first race, despite a spin
at the chicane at the very end of the session, while round two
winner Clivio Piccione took fifth.
Top ten
results:
1) Ernesto Viso
2) Will Power
3) James
Rossiter
4) Lucas di Grassi
5) Clivio Piccione
6)
Adam Carroll
7) Andrew Thompson
8) Karun Chandhok
9)
Alvaro Parente
10) Danilo Dirani
Scholarship
Class:
16) Ryan Lewis
17) Stephen Jelley
18)
Adam Khan
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