Qualifying report
BF3 Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch BF3: Leist snatches pole from Collard
Matheus Leist set the pace in qualifying in the Brands Hatch round of the British Formula 3 Championship, knocking Ricky Collard off the top spot with 15 seconds remaining in the session.
Rachit Thukral
Edited: Apr 16, 2016, 8:14 PM
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The two drivers traded the top spot towards the end of the session as lap times tumbled with every lap, and the Double R Racing driver emerged the quickest in the end.
The Brazilian’s last-gasp attempt yielded a 1m20.416s, enough to outpace 2015 MSA Formula runner-up by nearly two tenths of a second.
Returning Raoul Hyman was not far behind in third place and will share the second row of the grid with Toby Sowery.
Championship leader Enaam Ahmed, who had set the early place with 1m23.300s, had to be content with fifth place, ahead of Sisa Ngebulana, who was also quick in the first half of the session.
Further back, Carlin's Ameya Vaidyanathan edged Ben Hingeley with a time of 1m21.350s to take seventh place.
Douglas Motorsport’s Thomas Randle and Tarun Reddy in the #14 Fortec rounded off the top 10.
Qualifying was halted twice due to two separate stoppages. During the early part, Colton Herta, who replaces Lando Norris this weekend, went off the track, necessitating a lengthy red flag.
The second interruption came midway through the session when Aleksanteri Huovinen made a similar excursion.
Qualifying results:
Pos
Driver
Team
Time
Gap
1
Matheus Leist
Double R
1m20.416s
-
2
Richard Collard
Carlin
1m20.607s
0.191
3
Raoul Hyman
HHC
1m20.634s
0.218
4
Toby Sowery
Lanan
1m20.973s
0.557
5
Enaam Ahmed
Douglas
1m21.037s
0.621
6
Sisa Ngebulana
HHC
1m21.235s
0.819
7
Ameya Vaidyanathan
Carlin
1m21.350s
0.934
8
Ben Hingeley
HHC
1m21,404s
0.988
9
Thomas Randle
Douglas
1m21.571s
1.155
10
Tarun Reddy
Fortec
1m21.650s
1.234
11
Thomas Maxwell
Sean Walkinshaw
1m21.680s
1.264
12
Krishnaraaj Mahadik
Chris Dittmann
1m21.769s
1.353
13
Akhil Rabindra
Lanan
1m21.847s
1.431
14
Al Faisal Zubair
Fortec
1m21.878s
1.462
15
Quinlan Lall
Chris Dittmann
1m21.938s
1.522
16
Jan Jonck
Sean Walkinshaw
1m21.947s
1.531
17
Enzo Bortoleto
Double R
1m21.951s
1.535
18
Eugene Denyssen
Sean Walkinshaw
1m22.047s
1.631
19
Jeremy Wahome
Chris Dittmann
1m23.140s
2.714
20
Aleksanteri Huovinen
Double R
1m25.534s
5.118
21
Colton Herta
Carlin
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