Lando Norris brought his season tally for European Formula 3 poles up to eight with a double at Circuit Park Zandvoort.
The track record set by Maximilian Gunther in yesterday’s practice sessions was beaten, and the championship leader was only fifth fastest in today’s qualifying.
However, the second best lap procedure means he lines up in third for the third race of the weekend, only behind Carlin drivers Norris and Ferdinand Habsburg.
For the second race of the weekend Gunther will have Callum Ilott, Jake Hughes and Habsburg between himself and Norris, on a track that is difficult to overtake on.
The other title contender, Joel Eriksson, had a disappointing session and was only 10th fastest, although he too gains from the way the race 3 grid is drawn and he will start from sixth in that encounter.
The session was hit twice by incident. The first, with just over four minutes to go, was caused by Jehan Daruvala crashing heavily on a quick part of the track.
The second incident involved David Beckmann, who had a spectacular crash in the race earlier today, going wide and then flicking across the track and into the barriers.
Race 2 grid
1 Lando Norris Carlin
2 Callum Ilott Prema
3 Jake Hughes HitechGP
4 Ferdinand Habsburg Carlin
5 Maximilian Gunther Prema
6 Nikita Mazepin HitechGP
7 Guan Yu Zhou Prema
8 David Beckmann Motopark
9 Harrison Newey VAR
10 Joel Eriksson Motopark
Race 3 grid
1 Norris
2 Habsburg
3 Gunther
4 Ilott
5 Zhou
6 Eriksson
7 Hughes
8 Beckmann
9 Pedro Piquet VAR
10 Ralf Aron HitechGP
