Ferrari F1 protege Callum Ilott pips Jake Hughes to maiden GP3 pole
ART Grand Prix driver Callum Ilott sealed his first-ever GP3 pole position in a tight qualifying sessio꧅n at the Red Bull Ring, pipping teammate Jake Hughes.&n🔜bsp;
Ilott, who recorded a breakthrough win in the series with a commanding drive in the second GP3 race in France, set the pace on a 1m19.209s in an ultra-competitive session that saw the entire fi🐟eld of 20 drivers separated by less than a second.
ART Grand Prix driver Callum Ilott sealed his first-ever GP3 pole position in a tight qualifying session at the Red Bull Ring, pipping൲ teammate 🌼Jake Hughes.
Ilott, who recorded a breakthrough win in the series with a commanding drive in the second GP3 race in France, set the pace on a 1m19.209s in an ultra-competitive session that🏅 saw the entire field of 20 drivers separated by less than a second.
While Ferrari F1 junior Ilott won out in the intra-team ART battle by just 0.037s, fellow teammate and current championship leader Anthoine Hubert🉐 provided a major shock as he endured a disastrous session, leaving him on the back-row of the grid alongsid🔥e series newcomer Devlin DeFrancesco for Saturday’s opening race in Austria.
The Frenchman, who inherited his ma♋iden GP3 victory on home soil at Paul Ricard after Dorian Boccolacci was disqualified for a post-race infringement, had a scrappy run throughout before his ART machine came to a halt in the closing moments, ultimately ensuring pole went to teammate Ilott with the session red-flagged. ꦍ;
Trident’s Alessio Lorandi snatched thi⛄rd place on the grid with a late effort that saw him miss out on pole by just 0.067s, with Barcelona polesitter Leonardi Pulcini set to line-up alongside him from fourth.
Erstwhile pacesetter Nikita Mazepin remains in search of his first-ever single seater po♊le as he finished with the fifth-quickest time, outpacing Pedro Piquet and MP Motorsport’s Boccolacci.
Ryan Tveter, who toꦍpped the timesheets in practice, manag🍒ed a time good-enough for eighth, as Gabriel Aubry and Giuliano Alesi completed a top 10 split by just 0.3s.
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