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British F3 International Series - Round 1 Qualifying |
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Sunday, 23 March 2008 |
Double Pole for Carlin in Season Opener
In a sunny but windy qualifying session, Carlin Motorsport claimed a double pole for the first race of the season, with Jaime Alguersuari (#4 Carlin Motorsport) taking the top spot with a time of 1:28.441 and Andy Meyrick taking the National Class pole with a time of 1:29.856.
The first half of the session was a frantic affair with the provisional pole position being fought over by Alguersuari, Oliver Turvey (#17 Carlin Motorsport), Walter Grubmuller (#2 Hitech Racing), Max Chilton (#1 Hitech Racing) and Brendon Hartley (#3 Carlin Motorsport). However an incident at Brittens saw the 6th placed Dallara of Sergio Perez (#9 T Sport) beached in a dangerous position, causing the session to be halted.
 With 8 minutes remaining the session went green but the momentum had been lost and the status quo at the top of the leader board remained as the chequered flag came out.
CLICK HERE to listen to interviews with Jaime Aguersuari, Oliver Turvey, Walter Grubmuller and Andy Meyrick
ROUND ONE QUALIFYING - Provisional Result
1 - 4 - INT - Jaime ALGUERSUARI - 1:28.441
2 - 17 - INT - Oliver TURVEY - +0.118s
3 - 2 - INT - Walter GRUBMULLER - +0.124s
4 - 1 - INT - Max CHILTON - +0.433s
5 - 3 - INT - Brendon HARTLEY - +0.444s
6 - 9 - INT - Sergio PEREZ - +0.500s
7 - 24 - INT - John MARTIN - +0.598s
8 - 8 - INT - Marcus ERICSSON - +0.605s
9 - 28 - INT - Nick TANDY - +0.748s
10 - 26 - INT - Atte MUSTONEN - +0.792s
11 - 13 - INT - Michael DEVANEY - +0.809s
12 - 7 - INT - Sebastian HOHENTHAL - +0.812s
13 - 25 - INT - Alistair JACKSON - +0.943s
14 - 18 - INT - Sam ABAY - +0.997s
15 - 6 - INT - Henry ARUNDEL - +1.097s
16 - 56 - NAT - Andy MEYRICK - +1.415s
17 - 50 - NAT - Jay BRIDGER - +1.471s
18 - 11 - INT - Esteban GUERRIERI - +1.640s
19 - 14 - INT - Philip MAJOR - +1.810s
20 - 12 - INT - Ricardo TEIXEIRA - +2.225s
21 - 57 - NAT - Salman AL KHALIFA - +2.253s
22 - 54 - NAT - Kristjan EINAR - +2.526s
23 - 53 - NAT - Steven GUERRERO - +2.798s
24 - 52 - NAT - Hywel LLOYD - +3.194s
25 - 51 - NAT - Stefan WILSON - +3.446s
26 - 55 - NAT - Craif REIFF - +6.495s
27 - 58 - NAT - Niall QUINN - +6.506s
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