Hungary F3: Leclerc leads Prema to qualifying front row lock-out

The Monagesque rookie set a 1m33.164s to take a first feature pole of the series, less than one-tenth ahead of championship leader Hauger.

He has previously started on the front row in a reverse-grid sprint race at Paul Ricard, which he went on to win, but never for the feature race.

Jack Doohan and his team-mates David Schumacher and Clement Novalak completed a Trident 3-4-5.

ART Grand Prix’s Alexander Smolyar, who took pole here last year, finished in sixth, with his team-mate Frederik Vesti in seventh.

The three Tridents led by Doohan were first out on track for the 30-minute session, as track temperatures soared at the Hungaroring, hitting 64C by the start of qualifying.

Doohan set an early fast lap of 1m33.830, the first driver to break into the 1m33s after just five minutes of qualifying, quickly followed by Hauger with a 1m33.995s.

As the times tumbled, Lorenzo Colombo briefly went fastest for Campos Racing, with a 1m33.805s, continuing the quick pace he showed in this morning’s practice session despite having never finished in the top 10.

Leclerc took pole on his second run before decreasing track temperatures made it impossible for anyone to beat his time, despite a last-dash effort from Hauger which he started seconds before the chequered flag.

Doohan had also looked in contention to take pole, but was thwarted on his last attempt by heavy traffic in the middle sector.

The top 12 is reversed for tomorrow’s sprint race, with Jonny Edgar (Carlin) on pole, Colombo in second and Ayuma Iwasa of Hitech Grand Prix in third.

Olli Caldwell of Prema will start in fourth, with Logan Sargeant behind him in fifth for Charouz Racing System.

Leclerc will serve a three-place grid drop after he was involved in a collision with Novalak at the Red Bull Ring, meaning he will line up in P15.

Cla	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Powerteam	11	1'33.164
2	Dennis Hauger	Prema Powerteam	11	1'33.253	0.089
3	Jack Doohan	Trident	12	1'33.260	0.096
4	David Schumacher	Trident	12	1'33.284	0.120
5	Clement Novalak	Trident	12	1'33.331	0.167
6	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	12	1'33.429	0.265
7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	12	1'33.449	0.285
8	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	12	1'33.632	0.468
9	Olli Caldwell	Prema Powerteam	11	1'33.704	0.540
10	Ayumu Iwasa	HitechGP	11	1'33.777	0.613
11	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	10	1'33.805	0.641
12	Jonny Edgar	Carlin	12	1'33.878	0.714
13	Matteo Nannini	HWA AG	10	1'34.004	0.840
14	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	12	1'34.022	0.858
15	Roman Staněk	HitechGP	11	1'34.025	0.861
16	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	12	1'34.037	0.873
17	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	12	1'34.071	0.907
18	Jake Hughes	Carlin	12	1'34.113	0.949
19	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	11	1'34.124	0.960
20	Tijmen van	MP Motorsport	13	1'34.242	1.078
21	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA AG	11	1'34.250	1.086
22	Jak Crawford	HitechGP	11	1'34.256	1.092
23	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	12	1'34.385	1.221
24	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	13	1'34.518	1.354
25	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	13	1'34.585	1.421
26	Ido Cohen	Carlin	12	1'34.614	1.450
27	Reshad de	Charouz Racing System	12	1'34.787	1.623
28	Rafael Villagómez	HWA AG	11	1'34.887	1.723
29	László Tóth	Campos Racing	12	1'34.916	1.752
30	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	12	1'35.068	1.904
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