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F3 Macau GP
Macau GP: Rosenqvist storms to provisional pole
Felix Rosenqvist grabbed provisional pole position for the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix on Thursday, after dominating the first qualifying session.
Jonathan Noble
Edited: Nov 19, 2015, 8:49 AM
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The Prema driver moved to the top of the timesheets early on and, despite strong challenges from Carlin duo Callum Ilott and Antonio Giovinazzi, he was able to keep his spot at the top throughout.
After Rosenqvist ended the first runs just 0.088 seconds clear of Giovinazzi, he elected not to use new tyres as many of his rivals switched to fresher rubber for the second half of the session.
Rosenqvist showed his confidence, however, by extending his advantage – before Ilott (who also did not use new tyres) showed his morning crash had not affected his confidence to grab second place.
The Carlin driver pipped Giovinazzi, who stopped a few minutes from the end of the session after feeling his brake pedal was getting long, in the closing minutes to get within 0.084 seconds of Rosenqvist.
But on the final lap of the session, with the track clearly at its best, Rosenqvist went quickest again to end the day 0.822s clear of the rest of the field.
“I'm pretty happy with that, “ said Rosenqvist, who won Macau last year. “I think I've made a step forward in my driving this year and I think I've found the key to a good lap around here. The pace is looking good.”
Sam MacLeod ended up fourth quickest for Team West-Tec, while Daniel Juncadella recovered from the gearbox problems that left him stranded in the pits in morning practice to claim fifth spot.
First qualifying results:
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap 1 
Felix Rosenqvist Theodore Racing by Prema 2'11.841 2 
Callum Ilott Carlin 2'12.663 0.822 3 
Antonio Giovinazzi Carlin 2'12.824 0.983 4 Sam MacLeod West-Tec 2'13.109 1.268 5 
Dani Juncadella Fortec 2'13.412 1.571 6 
Markus Pommer Motopark 2'13.741 1.900 7 
Yuhi Sekiguchi B-Max Engineering 2'13.744 1.903 8 
Mikkel Jensen Mucke 2'13.757 1.916 9 
Gustavo Menezes Carlin 2'13.903 2.062 10 Alexander Sims Double R 2'13.950 2.109 11 
Charles Leclerc Van Amersfoort 2'14.099 2.258 12 Yu Kanamaru Carlin 2'14.238 2.397 13 
Lance Stroll Theodore Racing by Prema 2'14.244 2.403 14 
Arjun Maini T-Sport 2'14.281 2.440 15 Alessio Lorandi Van Amersfoort 2'14.314 2.473 16 Jake Dennis Theodore Racing by Prema 2'14.332 2.491 17 
Dorian Boccolacci Signature 2'14.463 2.622 18 Kenta Yamashita TOM'S 2'14.546 2.705 19 Santino Ferrucci Mucke 2'14.548 2.707 20 
Nick Cassidy TOM'S 2'14.631 2.790 21 
Alexander Albon Signature 2'15.159 3.318 22 
Sergio Sette Camara Motopark 2'15.206 3.365 23 
Martin Cao Fortec 2'15.316 3.475 24 Ryan Tveter West-Tec 2'15.700 3.859 25 Mitsunori Takaboshi B-Max Engineering 2'16.249 4.408 26 
Matt Solomon Double R 2'16.766 4.925 27 Zhi Cong Li Jo Zeller Racing 2'18.800 6.959 28 
Andy Chang Fortec 2'21.501 9.660
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