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Hungaroring F3.5: Dillmann steals dramatic pole in wet qualifying

AVF driver Tom Dillmann took his third Formula V8 3.5 pole at the Hungaroring, benefitting from a track limits infringement by Matthieu Vaxiviere.

Tom Dillmann, AVF

Tom Dillmann, AVF

Formula V8 3.5

Lotus driver Roy Nissany led much of the wet-weather session and headed the timesheets at the chequered flag, only for a last-gasp lap by Dillmann to put him seven tenths adrift.

However, a few seconds after that, SMP Racing driver Vaxiviere went even quicker, the Frenchman taking a tenth out of Dillmann's time, only to have his benchmark deleted for track limits.

As such, 2015 runner-up Vaxiviere had to settle for third and will line up behind a Dillmann - Nissany front row.

A full second behind the poleman was Arden's Aurelien Panis in fourth, with Fortec's Louis Deletraz taking fifth, just 0.04s ahead of Nissany's Lotus teammate Rene Binder.

Beitske Visser will start the race in seventh, ahead of Pietro Fittipaldi, Saturday winner Johnny Cecotto and Giuseppe Cipriani.

Of the 15 drivers in the field, five failed to set a time of any sort during the session, which was punctuated by two full-course yellow periods.

Qualifying 2 results

Pos. Driver Team Time Gap
1 Tom Dillmann AVF 2:02.933  
2 Roy Nissany Lotus 2:03.665 0.732
3 Matthieu Vaxiviere SMP Racing 2:03.865 0.932
4 Aurelien Panis Arden Motorsport 2:03.990 1.057
5 Louis Deletraz Fortec Motorsports 2:04.393 1.460
6 Rene Binder Lotus 2:04.431 1.498
7 Beitske Visser Teo Martin Motorsport 2:04.780 1.847
8 Pietro Fittipaldi Fortec Motorsports 2:04.841 1.908
9 Johnny Cecotto RP Motorsport 2:06.286 3.353
10 Giuseppe Cipriani Durango Racing Team 2:08.926 5.993
  Alfonso Celis AVF    
  Egor Orudzhev Arden Motorsport    
  Vitor Baptista RP Motorsport    
  Matevos Isaakyan SMP Racing    
  Yu Kanamaru Teo Martin Motorsport    

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