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Qualifying report

Sepang GP3: Leclerc leads ART 1-2-3 in qualifying

Charles Leclerc took his fourth GP3 pole of the season, beating ART teammates Alex Albon and Nyck de Vries to the spot.

Charles Leclerc, ART Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc, ART Grand Prix

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Charles Leclerc, ART Grand Prix
Charles Leclerc, ART Grand Prix and Alex Palou, Campos Racing
Alexander Albon, ART Grand Prix
Alexander Albon, ART Grand Prix

Leclerc took the lead in the late stages of the session, his 1m49.861s surpassing Nyck de Vries' earlier benchmark by nine tenths.

De Vries eventually only took third as Albon also edged ahead, snatching a spot on the front row.

Arden's Jack Aitken was best of the rest in fourth, narrowly behind de Vries, with Alex Palou securing fifth.

Nirei Fukuzumi put the fourth ART car in sixth, closely followed by Arjun Maini and Sandy Stuvik.

Jake Dennis, who was fourth after the first half of the session, dropped down to ninth with Steijn Schothorst completing the top 10.

European F3 convert Alessio Lorandi took 15th, just a tenth behind his local teammate Akash Nandy.

UPDATE: Palou will move from row three to the back of the grid, as his qualifying results have been nullified due to a technical breach.

Qualifying results

Cla#DriverTeamLapsTimeGapIntervalMph
1 1  Charles Leclerc   ART Grand Prix 13 1'49.861     181.636
2 3  Alexander Albon   ART Grand Prix 13 1'50.030 0.169 0.169 181.357
3 4  Nyck de Vries   ART Grand Prix 14 1'50.192 0.331 0.162 181.091
4 11  Jack Aitken   Arden International 13 1'50.218 0.357 0.026 181.048
5 2   Nirei Fukuzumi   ART Grand Prix 13 1'50.430 0.569 0.059 180.700
6 20  Arjun Maini   Jenzer Motorsport 13 1'50.503 0.642 0.073 180.581
7 8  Sandy Stuvik   Trident 14 1'50.533 0.672 0.030 180.532
8 9  Jake Dennis   Arden International 14 1'50.698 0.837 0.165 180.263
9 23  Steijn Schothorst   Campos Racing 13 1'50.717 0.856 0.019 180.232
10 5  Antonio Fuoco   Trident 14 1'50.733 0.872 0.016 180.206
11 18  Akash Nandy   Jenzer Motorsport 14 1'50.749 0.888 0.016 180.180
12 14  Matthew Parry   Koiranen GP 15 1'50.781 0.920 0.032 180.128
13 26  Santino Ferrucci   DAMS 12 1'50.783 0.922 0.002 180.125
14 19  Alessio Lorandi   Jenzer Motorsport 13 1'50.831 0.970 0.048 180.047
15 28  Kevin Joerg   DAMS 12 1'51.047 1.186 0.216 179.696
16 27  Jake Hughes   DAMS 12 1'51.084 1.223 0.037 179.637
17 7  Giuliano Alesi   Trident 12 1'51.184 1.323 0.100 179.475
18 16  Matevos Isaakyan   Koiranen GP 12 1'51.426 1.565 0.242 179.085
19 10  Tatiana Calderon   Arden International 13 1'51.456 1.595 0.030 179.037
20 24  Konstantin Tereshchenko  Campos Racing 12 1'51.679 1.818 0.223 178.679
21 6  Artur Janosz   Trident 13 1'51.881 2.020 0.202 178.357
EX 22 Alex Palou Campos Racing 13 1'50.371 0.510 0.153 180.797

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