Hockenheim F3: Rosenqvist heads Prema 1-2-3-4 in first qualifying

Rosenqvist, who clinched the title with a round to spare at the Nurburgring, stormed into the lead of the session with five minutes to go, becoming the first driver to dip below 1m32s this weekend.

He shaved off another 0.013s off his time at the chequered flag but it made little difference, as none of his rivals managed to get within three tenths of the Swede's benchmark, granting Rosenqvist his 17th pole of the season.

Prema newcomer Maximilian Gunther impressed as best of the rest, narrowly beating out teammate Lance Stroll for a spot on the front row alongside Rosenqvist.

Alexander Sims briefly seemed set to break the Italian team's lock-out in fourth, but he was demoted to fifth place by Jake Dennis and couldn't respond, despite going quickest through sector two.

Mikkel Jensen led the charge for Gunther's former team Mucke in sixth, ahead of Van Amersfoort Racing's rookie champion Charles Leclerc.

Markus Pommer, Antonio Giovinazzi and Alex Albon made up the top 10.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Felix Rosenqvist	Prema	1'31.771
2	Maximilian Gunther	Prema	1'32.119	0.348
3	Lance Stroll	Prema	1'32.125	0.354
4	Jake Dennis	Prema	1'32.158	0.387
5	Alexander Sims	Hitech	1'32.172	0.401
6	Mikkel Jensen	Mucke	1'32.325	0.554
7	Charles Leclerc	Van Amersfoort	1'32.330	0.559
8	Markus Pommer	Motopark	1'32.417	0.646
9	Antonio Giovinazzi	Carlin	1'32.489	0.718
10	Alexander Albon	Signature	1'32.560	0.789
11	George Russell	Carlin	1'32.585	0.814
12	Sergio Sette Camara	Motopark	1'32.691	0.920
13	Arjun Maini	Van Amersfoort	1'32.720	0.949
14	Raoul Hyman	West-Tec	1'32.721	0.950
15	Gustavo Menezes	Carlin	1'32.803	1.032
16	Alessio Lorandi	Van Amersfoort	1'32.825	1.054
17	Dorian Boccolacci	Signature	1'32.957	1.186
18	Nabil Jeffri	Motopark	1'33.015	1.244
19	Pietro Fittipaldi	Fortec	1'33.143	1.372
20	Michele Beretta	Mucke	1'33.156	1.385
21	Santino Ferrucci	Mucke	1'33.173	1.402
22	Ryan Tveter	Carlin	1'33.204	1.433
23	Tatiana Calderon	Carlin	1'33.246	1.475
24	Julio Moreno	T-Sport	1'33.318	1.547
25	Matt Rao	Fortec	1'33.551	1.780
26	Zhi Cong Li	Fortec	1'33.581	1.810
27	Matt Solomon	Double R	1'33.684	1.913
28	Andy Chang	Fortec	1'34.002	2.231
29	Tanart Sathienthirakul	Motopark	1'34.044	2.273
30	Nicolas Pohler	Double R	1'34.201	2.430
31	Harald Schlegelmilch	ArtLine	1'34.478	2.707
32	Marvin Dienst	ArtLine	1'34.513	2.742
33	Callum Ilott	Carlin	1'37.911	6.140