The second qualifying session of the weekend at the Red Bull Ring marked an up-turn in form for Felix and Mücke Motorsport, as they out-qualified championship leader Esteban Ocon as well as overall runner-up Max Verstappen at the Austrian Grand Prix circuit.
Coming off the back of his fourth-place finish in this morning’s Race 1, Felix headed into second qualifying eager to keep up momentum, and duly set about throwing in the laps as the session got underway.
After an early red-flag stoppage, brought about when Hector Hurst parked his West-Tec machine with engine problems on the start/finish straight, the fastest laps were all set in the closing stages, with Felix eventually ending up fifth on the outright charts used to determine the Race 2 grid, out-pacing Ocon and Verstappen by the odd tenth of a second.
On the list covering second-fastest times, however, which forms the basis for tomorrow’s Race 3 grid, Felix had to make do with eighth after getting stuck in traffic on a lap which would otherwise almost certainly have been enough for another top five effort.
Carlin’s Antonio Giovinazzi swept to a set of double pole positions, ahead of team-mate Tom Blomqvist as the British outfit continued to enjoy a strong weekend. Felix wound up 0.366s shy of Giovinazzi’s outright benchmark, slicing half of the deficit of yesterday (six tenths) to P1 in qualifying.
FELIX:
“That was a positive session. We made some small adjustments to the car beforehand, and they seemed to work quite well. Better still, I felt there was actually a bit more in it, and I could probably have found another tenth or two with a perfect run. I only really got one proper lap in, which is why we’re a little bit further down the list for Race 3, but I’m reasonably happy and I think we’re better placed for the races tomorrow than we were for Race 1 earlier today.”
RESULTS
Grid for Race 2 (outright times)
Pos. | No | Driver | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 19 | Antonio Giovinazzi / ITA Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 12 | 1:24.748 | |
2 | 31 | Tom Blomqvist / GBR Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 13 | 1:25.036 | 00.288 |
3 | 3 | Lucas Auer / AUT kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | 13 | 1:25.042 | 00.294 |
4 | 25 | Antonio Fuoco / ITA Prema Powerteam | 14 | 1:25.090 | 00.342 |
5 | 27 | Felix Rosenqvist / SWE kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | 13 | 1:25.114 | 00.366 |
6 | 2 | Esteban Ocon / FRA Prema Powerteam | 14 | 1:25.199 | 00.451 |
7 | 30 | Max Verstappen / NED Van Amersfoort Racing | 14 | 1:25.212 | 00.464 |
8 | 5 | Jordan King / GBR Carlin | 13 | 1:25.298 | 00.550 |
9 | 28 | Jake Dennis / GBR Carlin | 13 | 1:25.368 | 00.620 |
10 | 6 | Edward Jones / UAE Carlin | 13 | 1:25.512 | 00.764 |
11 | 1 | Nicholas Latifi / CAN Prema Powerteam | 13 | 1:25.534 | 00.786 |
12 | 18 | Tatiana Calderón / COL Jo Zeller Racing | 14 | 1:25.557 | 00.809 |
13 | 16 | Gustavo Menezes / USA Van Amersfoort Racing | 12 | 1:25.592 | 00.844 |
14 | 26 | Dennis van de Laar / NED Prema Powerteam | 13 | 1:25.595 | 00.847 |
15 | 20 | Sean Gelael / INA Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 13 | 1:25.613 | 00.865 |
16 | 4 | Roy Nissany / ISR kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | 13 | 1:25.624 | 00.876 |
17 | 21 | Félix Serrallés / USA Team West-TecF3 | 13 | 1:25.624 | 00.876 |
18 | 12 | Alexander Toril / ESP ThreeBond with T-Sport | 15 | 1:25.874 | 01.126 |
19 | 10 | John Bryant-Meisner / SWE Fortec Motorsports | 14 | 1:26.025 | 01.277 |
20 | 11 | Richard Goddard / AUS ThreeBond with T-Sport | 14 | 1:26.173 | 01.425 |
21 | 29 | Santino Ferrucci / USA Eurointernational | 12 | 1:26.477 | 01.729 |
22 | 15 | Jules Szymkowiak / NED Van Amersfoort Racing | 13 | 1:26.497 | 01.749 |
23 | 9 | Alfonso Celis / MEX Fortec Motorsports | 15 | 1:26.740 | 01.992 |
24 | 17 | Sandro Zeller / SUI Jo Zeller Racing | 14 | 1:26.851 | 02.103 |
25 | 8 | Michele Beretta / ITA Eurointernational | 13 | 1:27.508 | 02.760 |
26 | 22 | Hector Hurst / GBR Team West-TecF3 | 6 | 1:28.797 | 04.049 |
Grid for Race 3 (second-fastest times)
Pos. | No | Driver | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 19 | Antonio Giovinazzi / ITA Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 12 | 1:24.773 | 1:24.773 |
2 | 31 | Tom Blomqvist / GBR Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 13 | 1:25.102 | 1:25.102 |
3 | 25 | Antonio Fuoco / ITA Prema Powerteam | 14 | 1:25.166 | 1:25.166 |
4 | 2 | Esteban Ocon / FRA Prema Powerteam | 14 | 1:25.203 | 1:25.203 |
5 | 3 | Lucas Auer / AUT kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | 13 | 1:25.312 | 1:25.312 |
6 | 30 | Max Verstappen / NED Van Amersfoort Racing | 14 | 1:25.385 | 1:25.385 |
7 | 28 | Jake Dennis / GBR Carlin | 13 | 1:25.416 | 1:25.416 |
8 | 27 | Felix Rosenqvist / SWE kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | 13 | 1:25.462 | 1:25.462 |
9 | 5 | Jordan King / GBR Carlin | 13 | 1:25.517 | 1:25.517 |
10 | 6 | Edward Jones / UAE Carlin | 13 | 1:25.595 | 1:25.595 |
11 | 1 | Nicholas Latifi / CAN Prema Powerteam | 13 | 1:25.627 | 1:25.627 |
12 | 18 | Tatiana Calderón / COL Jo Zeller Racing | 14 | 1:25.631 | 1:25.631 |
13 | 26 | Dennis van de Laar / NED Prema Powerteam | 13 | 1:25.722 | 1:25.722 |
14 | 16 | Gustavo Menezes / USA Van Amersfoort Racing | 12 | 1:25.844 | 1:25.844 |
15 | 20 | Sean Gelael / INA Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 13 | 1:25.854 | 1:25.854 |
16 | 4 | Roy Nissany / ISR kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | 13 | 1:25.877 | 1:25.877 |
17 | 21 | Félix Serrallés / USA Team West-TecF3 | 13 | 1:25.884 | 1:25.884 |
18 | 10 | John Bryant-Meisner / SWE Fortec Motorsports | 14 | 1:26.229 | 1:26.229 |
19 | 11 | Richard Goddard / AUS ThreeBond with T-Sport | 14 | 1:26.229 | 1:26.229 |
20 | 12 | Alexander Toril / ESP ThreeBond with T-Sport | 15 | 1:26.300 | 1:26.300 |
21 | 29 | Santino Ferrucci / USA Eurointernational | 12 | 1:26.503 | 1:26.503 |
22 | 15 | Jules Szymkowiak / NED Van Amersfoort Racing | 13 | 1:26.636 | 1:26.636 |
23 | 9 | Alfonso Celis / MEX Fortec Motorsports | 15 | 1:26.794 | 1:26.794 |
24 | 17 | Sandro Zeller / SUI Jo Zeller Racing | 14 | 1:27.066 | 1:27.066 |
25 | 8 | Michele Beretta / ITA Eurointernational | 13 | 1:27.619 | 1:27.619 |
26 | 22 | Hector Hurst / GBR Team West-TecF3 | 6 | 1:30.546 | 1:30.546 |