Spielberg F3: Eriksson loses maiden pole over track limits
Joel Eriksson has been stripped of his maiden F3 pole in the first qualifying at Spielberg as his best time was deleted due to track limits.
Photo by: FIA F3 / Suer
As such, Eriksson was shuffled down to sixth on the grid, while Prema Powerteam driver Maximilian Gunther inherited pole.
For the German, second in the standings, this makes his sixth pole of the season and he will share the front row with Callum Ilott of Van Amersfoort Racing.
Ben Barnicoat, Lance Stroll and Mikkel Jensen all gained a spot.
The rest of the top 10 of remained unchanged in the order of George Russell, Guan Yu Zhou, Pedro Piquet and Ralf Aron.
Alongside Eriksson, David Beckmann, Anthoine Hubert, Nikita Mazepin and debutant Weiron Tan all had their best times deleted as well.
Amended qualifying results
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
1 | Maximilian Gunther | Prema Powerteam | 1:23.908 | |
2 | Callum Ilott | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:23.969 | 0.061 |
3 | Ben Barnicoat | HitechGP | 1:24.024 | 0.116 |
4 | Lance Stroll | Prema Powerteam | 1:24.058 | 0.150 |
5 | Mikkel Jensen | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | 1:24.091 | 0.183 |
6 | Joel Eriksson | Motopark | 1:24.092 | 0.184 |
7 | George Russell | HitechGP | 1:24.156 | 0.248 |
8 | Guan Yu Zhou | Motopark | 1:24.241 | 0.333 |
9 | Pedro Piquet | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:24.328 | 0.420 |
10 | Ralf Aron | Prema Powerteam | 1:24.406 | 0.498 |
11 | Sergio Sette Camara | Motopark | 1:24.551 | 0.643 |
12 | Nick Cassidy | Prema Powerteam | 1:24.711 | 0.803 |
13 | Harrison Newey | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:24.715 | 0.807 |
14 | David Beckmann | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | 1:24.773 | 0.865 |
15 | Niko Kari | Motopark | 1:24.791 | 0.883 |
16 | Ryan Tveter | Carlin | 1:24.841 | 0.933 |
17 | Anthoine Hubert | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:24.995 | 1.087 |
18 | Alessio Lorandi | Carlin | 1:25.256 | 1.348 |
19 | Peter Li Zhi Cong | Carlin | 1:25.390 | 1.482 |
20 | Arjun Maini | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 1:25.483 | 1.575 |
21 | Nikita Mazepin | HitechGP | 1:25.496 | 1.588 |
22 | Weiron Tan | Carlin | 1:26.631 | 2.723 |
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