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Jehan Daruvala misses pole by a whisker: F3 qualifying session

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Le Castellet (France), 21 June 2019: Jake Hughes pulled off the ultimate final lap to steal pole position at the death in FIA Formula 3 qualifying here on Friday. Indian racer Jehan Daruvala thought he had sealed the spot, but the Briton seared around the track on his final attempt to leap up the grid and earn HWA RACELAB their first ever F3 pole, with Robert Shwartzman in third.

Temperatures had cooled slightly since the morning session and Max Fewtrell was the first out onto the Circuit Paul Ricard, but it was PREMA who once again set the tone with Daruvala and Shwartzman topping the early timesheets.
Niko Kari had led Free Practice this morning, but his first time was only good enough for seventh. His second shot was more fruitful and he joined the PREMA duo in third. Daruvala was proving stern in first place and Christian Lundgaard twice saw attempts on the position fail, forcing him to settle for second at the midway point.
Shwartzman had a second attempt on his teammate’s time, as did Leonardo Pulcini, but once again the duo came up short behind the inspired Indian. Despite his domination out in front, it was proving incredibly tight further behind, with less than a second separating the top seventeen.
Having improved upon his own lap, Daruvala appeared confident out in front when the chequered flag was waved, after his Russian teammate had once again failed to lap quicker. With most of the cars having already passed the line, Hughes quietly went about his business and achieved a feat the others had not, by beating the Indian in every sector to earn his first pole position of the season.
Hughes and Daruvala finished ahead of Shwartzman, Pedro Piquet, Marcus Armstrong, Leonardo Pulcini, Jüri Vips, Bent Viscaal, Kari and Alex Peroni.
2019 FIA Formula 3 – Round 2 Qualifying
DRIVER
TEAM
LAPTIME
LAPS
1
Jake Hughes
HWA RACELAB
1:49.519
13
2
Jehan Daruvala
PREMA Racing
1:49.606
12
3
Robert Shwartzman
PREMA Racing
1:49.758
12
4
Pedro Piquet
Trident
1:49.944
13
5
Marcus Armstrong
PREMA Racing
1:50.066
12
6
Leonardo Pulcini
Hitech Grand Prix
1:50.095
13
7
Juri Vips
Hitech Grand Prix
1:50.128
13
8
Bent Viscaal
HWA RACELAB
1:50.192
13
9
Niko Kari
Trident
1:50.253
12
10
Alex Peroni
Campos Racing
1:50.316
14
11
Logan Sargeant
Carlin Buzz Racing
1:50.345
12
12
Christian Lundgaard
ART Grand Prix
1:50.378
12
13
Richard Verschoor
MP Motorsport
1:50.451
12
14
Max Fewtrell
ART Grand Prix
1:50.456
13
15
Liam Lawson
MP Motorsport
1:50.468
14
16
Ye Yifei
Hitech Grand Prix
1:50.491
13
17
Lirim Zendeli
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
1:50.510
14
18
Felipe Drugovich
Carlin Buzz Racing
1:50.549
11
19
Devlin DeFrancesco
Trident
1:50.566
13
20
Simo Laaksonen
MP Motorsport
1:50.585
12
21
Teppei Natori
Carlin Buzz Racing
1:50.673
12
22
David Beckmann
ART Grand Prix
1:50.716
13
23
Fabio Scherer
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
1:50.749
13
24
Raoul Hyman
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
1:50.791
12
25
Keyvan Andres
HWA RACELAB
1:51.068
13
26
Sebastian Fernandez
Campos Racing
1:51.272
14
27
Yuki Tsunoda
Jenzer Motorsport
1:51.987
12
28
Andreas Estner
Jenzer Motorsport
1:52.066
14
29
Alessio Deledda
Campos Racing
1:54.226
13
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