Currently top in the team standings, the Carlin team have put in a dominating performance so far in Germany, finishing yesterday’s practice session first and second.   Under World Series regulations, the FR3.5 drivers are split into two groups for qualifying, each group taking part in a 20 minute qualifying session.  Aleshin was the first Carlin driver on track, duly securing first place in his group.  With a front row start secured, Aleshin waited and watched the second qualifying group to see if his efforts would be enough to secure pole.  

Vettel looked threatening throughout qualifying, setting the quickest time with 12 minutes to go, only to have his time bettered by Alvaro Parente.  In the dying seconds of the session Vettel put in a fantastic lap to reclaim the top spot, becoming the first driver to break into the 1.42s and also denying team mate Aleshin of his second Nürburgring pole.  

Pole sitter Vettel commented, “It was the result we were looking for since Friday morning.  Pole position is the most important thing as it’s hard to overtake here.   There will be some opportunity to pass in the pit stops should we have any problems, but of course it’s so much easier from pole.  It’s a great basis to build on and try and win the race.  I’m feeling very confident.”

Pos  Driver             Team                 Time
 1.  Sebastian Vettel   Carlin               1:42.984
 2.  Michael Aleshin    Carlin Motorsport    1:43.511 + 0.527
 3.  Ben Hanley         Prema Powerteam      1:43.063 + 0.079
 4.  Alvaro Barba       International Draco  1:43.547 + 0.563
 5.  Alvaro Parent      Tech 1 Racing        1:43.323 + 0.339
 6.  Clivio Piccione    RC Motorsport        1:43.852 + 0.868
 7.  Filipe Albuquerque Epsilon Euskadi      1:43.685 + 0.701
 8.  Marco Bonanomi     RC Motorsport        1:43.999 + 1.015
 9.  Julien Jousse      Tech 1 Racing        1:44.094 + 1.110
10.  Davide Valsecchi   Epsilon Euskadi      1:44.081 + 1.097
11.  Guillaume Moreau   KTR                  1:44.178 + 1.194
12.  Fairuz Fauzy       Cram Competition     1:44.112 + 1.128
13.  Salvador Duran     Interwetten.com      1:44.230 + 1.246
14.  Giedo van der GardeVictory Engineering  1:44.143 + 1.159
15.  Alejandro Nunez    Red Devil Team Comtec1:44.267 + 1.283
16.  James Walker       Fortec Motorsport    1:44.172 + 1.188
17.  Charlie Kimball    Victory Engineering  1:44.511 + 1.527
18.  Milos Pavlovic     International Draco  1:44.244 + 1.260
19.  Pasquale di SabatinGD Racing            1:44.911 + 1.927
20.  Miguel Molina      Pons Racing          1:44.386 + 1.402
21.  Michael Herck      Red Devil Team Comtec1:45.207 + 2.223
22.  Yelmer Buurman     Fortec Motorsport    1:44.460 + 1.476
23.  Daniil Move        Interwetten.com      1:45.411 + 2.427
24.  Ricardo Risatti    GD Racing            1:44.493 + 1.509
25.  Pippa Mann         Cram Competition     1:45.763 + 2.779
26.  Bertrand Baguette  KTR                  1:44.501 + 1.517
27.  Alessandro Ciompi  Eurointernational    1:45.959 + 2.975
28.  Carlos Iaconelli   Pons Racing          1:44.524 + 1.540
29.  Xavier Maassen     Prema Powerteam      1:46.322 + 3.338
30.  Celso Miguez       Eurointernational    1:45.220 + 2.236