Silverstone GP3: Russell leads ART 1-2-3 in qualifying

Russell first took the lead with 22 minutes to go with a 1m47.526s, and improved again by two tenths before the end of his first run.

While he was demoted by his teammates Jack Aitken and Nirei Fukuzumi before he completed his first flyer in the second part of the session, he then retook the lead with a time of 1m46.608s.

Anthoine Hubert jumped up to second soon afterwards, falling just one tenth short of Russell's benchmark.

The rookie duo ended up taking first and second, with Fukuzumi completing an ART 1-2-3.

The fourth ART car of Aitken was only sixth-fastest, the Renault junior's progress in qualifying slightly compromised by him putting two wheels on the grass at the final turn early in the session.

He was narrowly beaten by Dorian Boccolacci and Alessio Lorandi, the duo finishing as the top non-ART drivers.

However, as Boccolacci had been given a three-place grid penalty in Austria for causing a collision, he will only start seventh, promoting Lorandi, Aitken and Red Bull junior Niko Kari.

Jenzer's Arjun Maini was eighth, followed by Trident's Ryan Tveter and Campos driver Julien Falchero.

Qualifying results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1'46.608
2	Anthoine Hubert	ART Grand Prix	1'46.714	0.106
3	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1'46.833	0.225
4	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	1'47.082	0.474
5	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1'47.090	0.482
6	Niko Kari	Arden International	1'47.259	0.651
7	Dorian Boccolacci*	Trident	1'47.052	0.444
8	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1'47.412	0.804
9	Ryan Tveter	Trident	1'47.412	0.804
10	Julien Falchero	Campos Racing	1'47.473	0.865
11	Raoul Hyman	Campos Racing	1'47.571	0.963
12	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1'47.588	0.980
13	Kevin Jörg	Trident	1'47.658	1.050
14	Leonardo Pulcini	Arden International	1'47.677	1.069
15	Steijn Schothorst	Arden International	1'47.823	1.215
16	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1'47.898	1.290
17	Marcos Siebert	Campos Racing	1'47.977	1.369
18	Bruno Baptista	DAMS	1'48.544	1.936
19	Tatiana Calderon	DAMS	1'48.893	2.285

* denotes three-place grid penalty