Barcelona GP3: Hughes leads Jorg in all-DAMS front row

With conditions much improved compared to Friday’s free practice session, times tumbled throughout the 30-minute session, with most of the best laps coming inside the final five minutes.

At the start of his second run, Jorg deposed halfway leader Jack Aitken from the top spot with a 1m35.216s, but this was soon beaten by the ART machines of Nirei Fukuzumi and Charles Leclerc, who became the first to dip into the 1m34s with a 1m34.939s.

But, just as the ART duo came to the fore, DAMS responded emphatically as Hughes grabbed the top spot with a 1m34.632s, some three tenths faster than Leclerc.

Jorg then made a late improvement in the final two minutes with a time 0.140s slower than teammate and fellow Formula Renault graduate Hughes, making it an all-DAMS front row.

Leclerc and Fukuzumi swept the second row for ART, with Jake Dennis leading the Arden charge in fifth and making it an all-rookie top five.

Oscar Tunjo and Antonio Fuoco went sixth and seventh with a pair of last-gasp improvements, while Alex Albon, Ralph Boschung and Aitken – who was baulked on a hot lap – made up the top 10.

In DAMS’ third entry, Haas development driver Santino Ferrucci struggled to a lowly 18th place, although his problems were less severe than those of Alex Palou, who will start from the back after mechanical problems brought his session to an early end.

Qualifying times:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Jake Hughes	DAMS	1'34.632
2	Kevin Jorg	DAMS	1'34.772	0.140
3	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1'34.949	0.317
4	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1'35.048	0.416
5	Jake Dennis	Arden International	1'35.117	0.485
6	Oscar Tunjo	Jenzer Motorsport	1'35.160	0.528
7	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	1'35.201	0.569
8	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1'35.207	0.575
9	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	1'35.344	0.712
10	Jack Aitken	Arden International	1'35.415	0.783
11	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1'35.463	0.831
12	Tatiana Calderon	Arden International	1'35.469	0.837
13	Richard Gonda	Jenzer Motorsport	1'35.594	0.962
14	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	1'35.598	0.966
15	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1'35.656	1.024
16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1'35.693	1.061
17	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1'35.746	1.114
18	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1'35.792	1.160
19	Konstantin Tereschenko	Campos Racing	1'36.070	1.438
20	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	1'36.157	1.525
21	Artur Janosz	Trident	1'36.215	1.583
22	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	1'36.282	1.650
23	Mahaveer Raghunathan	Koiranen GP	1'37.222	2.590
24	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	1'37.248	2.616