Qualifying report

Spielberg F3: Eriksson secures maiden pole in first qualifying

European Formula 3 rookie Joel Eriksson took his maiden pole in the series in the first qualifying session at Spielberg.

The Swede, who has already collected three podiums this year and is currently second in the Rookies' championship, also claimed Motopark's first pole since its return to the series last year.

Eriksson held onto the lead as Maximilian Gunther's late effort fell 0.074s short, the German sharing the front row of Race 1 with the Swede.

British duo Callum Ilott and Ben Barnicoat took third and fourth respectively, with championship leader Lance Stroll completing the top five.

Mucke's Mikkel Jensen will start sixth, followed by George Russell and Ferrari junior Guan Yu Zhou, the Chinese ending up four tenths slower than his pace-setting teammate Eriksson.

The top 10 was made up by Pedro Piquet and Ralf Aron, the latter beating David Beckmann by just eight thousandths.

Qualifying results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	1:23.834
2	Maximilian Gunther	Prema Powerteam	1:23.908	0.074
3	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:23.969	0.135
4	Ben Barnicoat	HitechGP	1:24.024	0.190
5	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	1:24.058	0.224
6	Mikkel Jensen	kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	1:24.091	0.257
7	George Russell	HitechGP	1:24.156	0.322
8	Guan Yu Zhou	Motopark	1:24.241	0.407
9	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:24.328	0.494
10	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	1:24.406	0.572
11	David Beckmann	kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	1:24.414	0.580
12	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:24.499	0.665
13	Sergio Sette Camara	Motopark	1:24.551	0.717
14	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	1:24.711	0.877
15	Nikita Mazepin	HitechGP	1:24.713	0.879
16	Harrison Newey	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:24.715	0.881
17	Niko Kari	Motopark	1:24.791	0.957
18	Ryan Tveter	Carlin	1:24.841	1.007
19	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	1:25.256	1.422
20	Peter Li Zhi Cong	Carlin	1:25.390	1.556
21	Arjun Maini	ThreeBond with T-Sport	1:25.483	1.649
22	Weiron Tan	Carlin	1:25.964	2.130