F3: Rafael Camara starts from pole position for the second time in the season

      Championship leader Rafael Camara showed the best time in Formula 3 qualifying in Bahrain. Together with him, Rodin Motorsport driver Callum Voisin starts from the front row in Sunday's race.

      As soon as the stopwatch started counting down the 30-minute session, the riders immediately took to the track. After completing two warm-up laps, they began to make quick attempts. Roman Bilinsky was the first to set the benchmark, completing a lap in 1:52.030 s. His result did not stay at the head of the protocol for long – a large group of riders completed their laps faster, and after the first attempt, James Wharton turned out to be the leader with a score of 1:50.875 s.

      After a short pause for a tire change, the riders returned for a second attempt fifteen minutes before the end of the session. The young pilots again drove through two warm-up laps, after which they began to attack. A large group of riders immediately improved Wharton's time, and Voisin was the leader of the second attempt with 1:49.882 s.

      For the decisive third attempt, the riders left six minutes before the end of qualifying. Voisin was able to improve his time, but Rafael Camara drove an even better lap (1:49.214 s) and secured pole position at the end of the second qualifying of the season.

      Charlie Wurz rose to the third place. Christian Ho showed exactly the same time as Wurz (1:49.618 s), but he completed his lap later, so he placed himself on the fourth line in the protocol.

      As in the first stage of the season in Melbourne, Rafael Camara starts from pole position in Sunday's race. The starting grid of the sprint is reversible – the riders who took the first twelve places will start tomorrow in reverse order. Thus, Joshua Dufek starts from pole position on Saturday. Martinius Stenshorn will start the race with him from the front row.

      Pilot

      

      The Time Team

       Difference

       Circles

      

      1. R.Kamara

       Trident

       1'49.214

      -

      11

      2. K.Voisin

       Rodin Motorsport

       1'49.370

       0.156

       11

      3. Ch.Wurz

       Trident

       1'49.618

      0.404

      11

      4. K.Ho

      DAMS Lucas Oil

       1'49.618

      0.404

      11

      5. B.del Pino

       MP Motorsport

       1'49.755

      0.541

      12

      6. T.Taponen

       ART Grand Prix

       1'49.762

      0.548

      11

      7. N.Stromsted

       Trident

       1'49.853

      0.639

      11

      8. N.Tsolov

       Campos Racing

       1'49.898

      0.684

      11

      9. A.Giusti

       MP Motorsport

       1'49.905

       0.691

       11

      

      10. F.Slater

       AIX Racing

       1'49.928

       0.714

       11

      

      11. M.Stenshorn

      Hitech TGR

       1'49.978

       0.764

       10

      

      12. D.Dufek

       Hitech TGR

       1'50.057

       0.843

       10

      

      13. T.Tramnitz

       MP Motorsport

       1'50.082

       0.868

       11

      

      14. N.Leon

       Prema Racing

       1'50.119

       0.905

       11

      

      15. X.Sagrera

       AIX Racing

       1'50.154

       0.940

       11

      

      16. B.Badoer

       Prema Racing

       1'50.171

       0.957

       11

      

      17. T.Intrafuvasak

       Campos Racing

       1'50.217

       1.003

       11

      

      18. L.Sharpe

       Rodin Motorsport

       1'50.223

       1.009

       11

      

      19. R.Bilinsky

       Rodin Motorsport

       1'50.314

       1.100

       11

      

      20. D.Wharton

       ART Grand Prix

       1'50.333

       1.119

       11

      

      21. M.The battle

      of Campos Racing

       1'50.380

       1.166

       11

      

      22. U.Ugochukwu

       Prema Racing

       1'50.385

       1.171

       12

      

      23. T.Nahel

       Van Amersfoort Racing

       1'50.390

       1.176

       11

      

      24. I. Dominguez

       Van Amersfoort Racing

       1'50.396

       1.182

       11

      

      25. N. Lacorte

       DAMS Lucas Oil

       1'50.480

       1.266

       12

      

      26. L. van Hoepen

       ART Grand Prix

       1'50.560

       1.346

       11

      

      27. J.Si

      Hitech TGR

       1'50.583

       1.369

       10

      

      28. M.Zagazeta

       DAMS Lucas Oil

       1'50.624

       1.410

       11

      

      29. N. Marinangeli

       AIX Racing

       1'50.769

       1.555

       11

      

      30. S.Ramos

       Van Amersfoort Racing

       1'50.793

       1.579

       10