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Buddh MRF Challenge: Schumacher clinches maiden pole

Mick Schumacher took his first MRF Challenge pole in Round 3 at Buddh International Circuit, beating Harrison Newey by a mere 0.251s.

Mick Schumacher

Mick Schumacher

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Race winner Mick Schumacher
Harrison Newey
Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher
Harrison Newey
Mick Schumacher

The qualifying session was delayed for an hour due to dense fog covering the circuit.

Once it got going, Newey first dipped into the 1m51s with Schumacher challenging all through, as they went back and forth at the top.

The German driver then found more time to get into the 1m50s, which was enough for him to take his maiden pole in the Indian international series.

Behind them was championship leader Joey Mawson, 0.058s apart from Newey. Title contender Felipe Drugovich ended up fifth, ahead of the two Estonians Ralf Aron and Juri Vips.

Rinus van Kalmthout, Kimi Schramm, Dylan Young and Pedro Cardoso rounded off the Top 10.

The session was briefly red-flagged when Young crashed out midway into the session, but the Australian still managed to keep his Top 10 slot.

Qualifying results:

Pos

Driver

Time

1

 Mick Schumacher

1m50.749s

2

 Harrison Newey

1m51.000s

3

 Joey Mawson

1m51.058s

4

 Felipe Drugovich

1m51.411s

5

 Ralf Aron

1m51.938s

6

 Juri Vips

1m52.078s

7

 Rinus van Kalmthout

1m52.286s

8

 Kimi Schramm

1m52.642s

9

 Dylan Young

1m52.730s

10

 Pedro Cardoso

1m52.754s

11

 Yoshiaki Katayama

1m53.129s

12

 Manuel Maldonado

1m53.465s

13

 Pavan Ravishanker

1m53.761s

14

 Chia Wing Hoong

1m55.588s

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