Spa F3.5: Vaxiviere takes first pole of 2016 in red-flagged qualifying

Egor Orudzhev led the way in the session's first stint, which ended prematurely due to Giuseppe Cipriani crashing at the Bus Stop.

The Russian continued sit at the top until the final five minutes, when he was dethroned by first Louis Deletraz and then Rene Binder.

SMP Racing's Vaxiviere then lowered the benchmark by half a second, his 1m58.226s effort enough to secure pole.

Arden teammates Aurelien Panis and Orudzhev took second and third with their respective final flyers, with Binder ending up fourth.

Championship leader Tom Dillmann was just six hundredths slower than Binder in fifth, the Frenchman followed by Louis Deletraz and Yu Kanamaru.

Sophomore driver Roy Nissany, RP's Johnny Cecotto and Force India test driver Alfonso Celis completed the top 10.

Qualifying results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Matthieu Vaxiviere	SMP Racing	1:58.226
2	Aurelien Panis	Arden Motorsport	1:58.369	0.143
3	Egor Orudzhev	Arden Motorsport	1:58.505	0.279
4	Rene Binder	Lotus	1:58.737	0.511
5	Tom Dillmann	AVF	1:58.799	0.573
6	Louis Deletraz	Fortec Motorsports	1:58.924	0.698
7	Yu Kanamaru	Teo Martin Motorsport	1:59.047	0.821
8	Roy Nissany	Lotus	1:59.097	0.871
9	Johnny Cecotto	RP Motorsport	1:59.293	1.067
10	Alfonso Celis	AVF	1:59.601	1.375
11	Matevos Isaakyan	SMP Racing	1:59.642	1.416
12	Pietro Fittipaldi	Fortec Motorsports	1:59.700	1.474
13	Vitor Baptista	RP Motorsport	1:59.929	1.703
14	Beitske Visser	Teo Martin Motorsport	2:00.398	2.172
15	Giuseppe Cipriani	Durango Racing Team	2:04.691	6.465