Qualifying report
FIA F3 Hungaroring
Hungaroring F3: Leclerc leads Prema 1-2 in qualifying
Arthur Leclerc took pole position in the FIA Formula 3 qualifying at the Hungaroring on Friday, leading teammate Dennis Hauger to a Prema Racing 1-2 for Sunday’s feature race.
Megan White
Edited: Jul 31, 2021, 7:57 AM
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The Monegasque rookie set a 1m33.164s to take his first feature pole of the series, less than one-tenth ahead of championship leader Hauger.
He has previously started on the front row in a reverse-grid sprint race at Paul Ricard, which he went on to win, but never for the feature race.
Jack Doohan and his teammates David Schumacher and Clement Novalak completed a Trident 3-4-5.
ART Grand Prix’s Alexander Smolyar, who took pole here last year, finished in sixth, with his teammate Frederik Vesti in seventh.
The three Tridents led by Doohan were first out on track for the 30-minute session, as track temperatures soared at the Hungaroring, hitting 64C by the start of qualifying.
Doohan set an early fast lap of 1m33.830, the first driver to break into the 1m33s after just five minutes of qualifying, quickly followed by Hauger with a 1m33.995s.
As the times tumbled, Lorenzo Colombo briefly went fastest for Campos Racing, with a 1m33.805s, continuing the quick pace he showed in this morning’s practice session despite having never finished in the top 10.
Leclerc took pole on his second run before decreasing track temperatures made it impossible for anyone to beat his time, despite a last-dash effort from Hauger which he started seconds before the chequered flag.
Doohan had also looked in contention to take pole, but was thwarted on his last attempt by heavy traffic in the middle sector.
The top 12 is reversed for tomorrow’s sprint race, with Jonny Edgar (Carlin) on pole, Colombo in second and Ayuma Iwasa of Hitech Grand Prix in third.
Olli Caldwell of Prema will start in fourth, with Logan Sargeant behind him in fifth for Charouz Racing System.
Leclerc will serve a three-place grid drop after he was involved in a collision with Novalak at the Red Bull Ring, meaning he will line up in P15.
Update
Officials have handed Vesti a three-place grid drop for driving unnecessarily slowly between Turns 12 and 14.
As a result, the Dane will now start Saturday's first reverse grid race from ninth instead of sixth.
Hungaroring F3 - Qualifying results:
Cla # Driver Team Time Gap 1 2 Arthur Leclerc
Prema Powerteam 1'33.164 2 1
Dennis Hauger
Prema Powerteam 1'33.253 0.089 3 4
Jack Doohan
Trident 1'33.260 0.096 4 6
David Schumacher
Trident 1'33.284 0.120 5 5
Clement Novalak
Trident 1'33.331 0.167 6 8
Alexander Smolyar
ART Grand Prix 1'33.429 0.265 7 7
Frederik Vesti
ART Grand Prix 1'33.449 0.285 8 29
Logan Sargeant
Charouz Racing System 1'33.632 0.468 9 3
Olli Caldwell
Prema Powerteam 1'33.704 0.540 10 11 Ayumu Iwasa
HitechGP 1'33.777 0.613 11 21
Lorenzo Colombo
Campos Racing 1'33.805 0.641 12 25
Jonny Edgar
Carlin 1'33.878 0.714 13 14
Matteo Nannini
HWA AG 1'34.004 0.840 14 9
Juan Manuel Correa
ART Grand Prix 1'34.022 0.858 15 12
Roman Staněk
HitechGP 1'34.025 0.861 16 26
Calan Williams
Jenzer Motorsport 1'34.037 0.873 17 30
Enzo Fittipaldi
Charouz Racing System 1'34.071 0.907 18 24
Jake Hughes
Carlin 1'34.113 0.949 19 22 Amaury Cordeel
Campos Racing 1'34.124 0.960 20 19 Tijmen van
MP Motorsport 1'34.242 1.078 21 15 Oliver Rasmussen
HWA AG 1'34.250 1.086 22 10 Jak Crawford
HitechGP 1'34.256 1.092 23 27
Johnathan Hoggard
Jenzer Motorsport 1'34.385 1.221 24 17
Victor Martins
MP Motorsport 1'34.518 1.354 25 18 Caio Collet
MP Motorsport 1'34.585 1.421 26 23 Ido Cohen
Carlin 1'34.614 1.450 27 31 Reshad de
Charouz Racing System 1'34.787 1.623 28 16 Rafael Villagómez
HWA AG 1'34.887 1.723 29 20 László Tóth
Campos Racing 1'34.916 1.752 30 28 Filip Ugran
Jenzer Motorsport 1'35.068 1.904 View full results
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