Bahrain MRF Challenge: Newey takes first pole of season
Harrison Newey kicked off the 2016/17 season of the Indian international series MRF Challenge by clinching pole in the opening round at Bahrain International Circuit.
Photo by: MRF Racing
The European F3 racer clocked in a time of 2m00.316s, going marginally quicker than Mick Schumacher's time set in practice on Thursday.
Newey pipped halfway-point leader Joey Mawson by 0.312s, while Ralf Aron was third - the top three dipping into the 2m00s.
Behind, Schumacher was unable to beat his best time from FP2, ending up fourth ahead of the single-seater rookie from Netherlands, Rinus Van Kalmthout.
In a fairly incident-free session, German Kimi Schramm was sixth, managing to stay ahead of Brazil's Felipe Drugovich by a mere 0.044s.
The Italian F4 rookie champion Juri Vips found it difficult in the session after a promising practice to finish eighth, with Toby Sowery and Moraes Cardoso rounding off the top 10.
Qualifying results:
Pos | Driver | Time/Gap |
---|---|---|
1 | Harrison Newey | 2m00.363s |
2 | Joey Mawson | 0.382 |
3 | Ralf Aron | 0.628 |
4 | Mick Schumacher | 0.893 |
5 | Rinus Van Kalmthout | 1.023 |
6 | Kimi Schramm | 1.131 |
7 | Felipe Drugovich | 1.175 |
8 | Juri Vips | 1.256 |
9 | Toby Sowery | 1.692 |
10 | Moraes Cardoso | 1.727 |
11 | Yoshiaki Katayama | 1.889 |
12 | Manuel Maldonado | 2.198 |
13 | Dylan Young | 2.239 |
14 | Bruna Tomaselli | 2.485 |
15 | Pavan Ravishanker | 2.663 |
16 | Bobby Eberle | 3.665 |
17 | Christophe Mariot | 9.780 |
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