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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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