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Qualifying report

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.

Race winner Matheus Leist, Double R Racing

Race winner Matheus Leist, Double R Racing

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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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