F3: Théophile Naël won the third qualification in a row.

      Theophile Nael set the best time in the Formula 3 qualifying in Barcelona. The Campos Racing driver will start from pole for the third time out of three this season in the Sunday race. Alongside him in the front row will be his teammate Ugo Ugochukwu.

      The drivers immediately hit the track as soon as the countdown for the 30-minute session began, and after two warm-up laps, they started to attack at full strength. Meanwhile, the stewards noted the unsafe release onto the track of Enzo Deligny and Hiyu Yamakoshi, but quickly reviewed the incidents and did not penalize anyone.

      Theophile Nael set a benchmark time of 1:29.384, but several drivers, led by Ugo Ugochukwu, surpassed his fairly quick result with a time of 1:28.707. Louis Sharp went off into the gravel at Turn 9 during his fast lap and returned to the pits.

      No one was able to beat Ugochukwu's time on the first attempt, with Taito Kato coming closest, but he was four tenths behind.

      For the second attempt, the drivers went out with just under 18 minutes remaining in the session. They again completed two warm-up laps before one fast lap.

      Bruno del Pino climbed to the top spot with a time of 1:28.621. However, Theophile Nael immediately improved his result by three tenths (1:28.263). Ugochukwu was close to reclaiming the top spot but fell short by four hundredths compared to his teammate's time.

      The third and final attempt took place six minutes before the end of the session. On the decisive fast lap, Uhyun Shin broke his front wing after going off into the gravel.

      Ugo Ugochukwu was improving after the first lap but lost time on the second and did not add to his time, remaining in second. However, Theophile Nael also did not improve his time. Meanwhile, Yamakoshi climbed to third place, pushing Brando Badoer down one position.

      The starting grid for the sprint is reversed – the drivers who took the top twelve positions will start tomorrow in reverse order. Thus, Gerard Si will start from pole on Saturday. Alongside him from the front row will be James Wharton.

      

       Driver

       Team

       Time

       Difference

       Laps

      

      

      

      

       1. T. Nael

       Campos Racing

       1'28.263

       -

       11

      

      

       2. U. Ugochukwu

       Campos Racing

       1'28.302

       0.039

       11

      

      

       3. H. Yamakoshi

       Van Amersfoort Racing

       1'28.398

       0.135

       11

      

      

       4. B. Badoer

       Rodin Motorsport

       1'28.496

       0.233

       11

      

      

       5. T. Kato

       ART Grand Prix

       1'28.500

       0.237

       11

      

      

       6. B. del Pino

       Van Amersfoort Racing

       1'28.621

       0.358

       11

      

      

       7. E. Rivera

       Campos Racing

       1'28.628

       0.365

       11

      

      

       8. E. Deligny

       Van Amersfoort Racing

       1'28.704

       0.441

       11

      

      

       9. T. Taponen

       MP Motorsport

       1'28.733

       0.470

       11

      

      

       10. F. Slater

       Trident

       1'28.755

       0.492

       11

      

      

       11. J. Wharton

       Prema Racing

       1'28.820

       0.557

       11

      

      

       12. G. Si

       DAMS Lucas Oil

       1'28.931

       0.668

       10

      

      

       13. A. Giusti

       MP Motorsport

       1'28.936

       0.673

       11

      

      

       14. M. Gladys

       ART Grand Prix

       1'28.962

       0.699

       11

      

      

       15. K. Lee

       ART Grand Prix

       1'28.980

       0.717

       11

      

      

       16. M. Kolnagi

       MP Motorsport

       1'28.994

       0.731

       11

      

      

       17. L. Sharp

       Prema Racing

       1'28.999

       0.736

       10

      

      

       18. N. Lacorte

       DAMS Lucas Oil

       1'29.105

       0.842

       11

      

      

       19. M. De Palo

       Trident

       1'29.116

       0.853

       11

      

      

       20. N. Bhirombhakdi

       DAMS Lucas Oil

       1'29.146

       0.883

       11

      

      

       21. K. Ho

       Rodin Motorsport

       1'29.187

       0.924

       10

      

      

       22. N. Stromsted

       Trident

       1'29.204

       0.941

       11

      

      

       23. P. Clero

       Rodin Motorsport

       1'29.265

       1.002

       11

      

      

       24. F. Barrichello

       AIX Racing

       1'29.326

       1.063

       11

      

      

       25. F. McLaughlin

       Hitech

       1'29.454

       1.191

       11

      

      

       26. H. Garfias

       Prema Racing

       1'29.458

       1.195

       11

      

      

       27. U. Shin

       Hitech

       1'29.647

       1.384

       11

      

      

       28. E. David

       AIX Racing

       1'29.819

       1.556

       11

      

      

       29. R. Escotto

       AIX Racing

       1'29.856

       1.593

       11

      

      

       30. D. Nakamura

       Hitech

       1'29.904

       1.639

       11