Red Bull Ring GP3: Leclerc dominates qualifying, leads ART 1-2-3-5

Leclerc reigned supreme on a day dominated by his ART Grand Prix team as its other drivers finished second, third and fifth.

Having topped both testing and free practice, Leclerc set the early pace with a low-1m20s lap and then retook the spot from teammate Nyck de Vries with a 1m19.769s lap before the mid-session break.

Albon, having been second at halfway point, briefly challenged Leclerc by surpassing his provisional pole time by 0.003s with five minutes to go.

But the Ferrari junior had a lot more time up his sleeve, stringing together three session-best sectors to produce a 1m19.041s, smashing his own Red Bull Ring GP3 record from testing.

That put the Monegasque well out of reach for his teammates, Albon improving to half a second off, which proved enough to give the Thai driver a spot on the front row.

De Vries just narrowly headed Koiranen driver Ralph Boschung for third, while Nirei Fukuzumi was last of the ART Grand Prix quartet in fifth.

Matt Parry will start right behind teammate Boschung in sixth, with Oscar Tunjo moving up to seventh at the chequered flag.

Jake Dennis and DAMS duo Jake Hughes and Santino Ferrucci will make up the top 10.

Qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap	Kph
1	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	17	1'19.041		197.031
2	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	16	1'19.567	0.526	195.729
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	16	1'19.734	0.693	195.319
4	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	17	1'19.775	0.734	195.219
5	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	17	1'19.842	0.801	195.055
6	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	17	1'19.868	0.827	194.991
7	20	Oscar Tunjo	Jenzer Motorsport	16	1'19.878	0.837	194.967
8	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	17	1'19.917	0.876	194.872
9	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	14	1'19.925	0.884	194.852
10	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	16	1'19.980	0.939	194.718
11	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	16	1'20.080	1.039	194.475
12	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	17	1'20.102	1.061	194.422
13	10	Tatiana Calderon	Arden International	17	1'20.104	1.063	194.417
14	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	15	1'20.126	1.085	194.363
15	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	17	1'20.227	1.186	194.119
16	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	17	1'20.294	1.253	193.957
17	22	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	17	1'20.309	1.268	193.920
18	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	17	1'20.378	1.337	193.754
19	28	Kevin Joerg	DAMS	15	1'20.429	1.388	193.631
20	19	Richard Gonda	Jenzer Motorsport	15	1'20.579	1.538	193.271
21	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	16	1'20.593	1.552	193.237
22	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	16	1'20.651	1.610	193.098