Ricciardo inherits pole after Wickens penalty Daniel Ricciardo will start World Series by Renault Race 2 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza from pole position, with stewards deciding earlier in the afternoon to penalize Robert Wickens following an incident in the first race. The Canadian set the overall fastest time, but he will start from fifth on the grid after being hit with the four place drop.
Wickens was able to put aside any thoughts of the 4-place penalty and post a time of 1:36.870, the only effort of the afternoon to make it under the 1:37.000 barrier. Ricciardo was a little under two tenths shy of the Canadian on his effective pole lap, with fellow ex-British F3 Champion Jean-Eric Vergne a further 0.082 seconds adrift.
Behind Ricciardo and Vergne on the front row, Race 1 winner Kevin Korjus and Albert Costa will line-up in third and fourth respectively, while Robert Wickens will start from fifth after his grid drop. Arthur Pic set the sixth fastest time of the session, finishing marginally ahead of Alexander Rossi who enjoyed a much more positive result at the wheel of his Fortec machine.
Sergio Canamasas completed an effort quick enough for eighth, giving himself another strong opportunity to score points after retiring from the first race. Brazilian César Ramos was next up in the second of the Fortec cars, while Brendon Hartley ended his time on-track as the last man inside the top ten.
Qualifying Race 2
POS
NO
DRIVER
TEAM
TIME
LAPS
GAP
1
6
Robert WICKENS*
Carlin
1:36.870
11
0.000
2
3
Daniel RICCIARDO
ISR
1:37.040
11
0.170
3
5
Jean Eric VERGNE
Carlin
1:37.122
11
0.252
4
1
Kevin KORJUS
Tech 1 Racing
1:37.140
13
0.270
5
12
Albert COSTA
Epic Racing
1:37.175
12
0.305
6
2
Arthur PIC
Tech 1 Racing
1:37.191
13
0.321
7
7
Alexander ROSSI
Fortec Motorsports
1:37.195
12
0.325
8
26
Sergio CANAMASAS
BVM Target
1:37.252
13
0.382
9
8
Cesar RAMOS
Fortec Motorsports
1:37.316
11
0.446
10
28
Brendon HARTLEY
Gravity-Charouz
1:37.366
13
0.496
11
4
Nathanael BERTHON
ISR
1:37.378
14
0.508
12
24
Daniil MOVE
P1 Motorsport
1:37.436
12
0.566
13
15
Stephane RICHELMI
International Draco Racing
1:37.452
11
0.582
14
17
Oliver WEBB
Pons Racing
1:37.649
12
0.779
15
21
Anton NEBYLITSKIY
KMP Racing
1:37.714
14
0.844
16
19
Chris VAN DER DRIFT
Mofaz Racing
1:37.788
13
0.918
17
27
Jan CHAROUZ
Gravity-Charouz
1:37.819
12
0.949
18
11
Sten PENTUS
Epic Racing
1:37.839
12
0.969
19
22
Nelson PANCIATICI
KMP Racing
1:37.847
12
0.977
20
23
Walter GRUBMULLER
P1 Motorsport
1:37.876
12
1.006
21
9
Daniel MCKENZIE
Comtec Racing
1:37.964
13
1.094
22
10
Daniel DE JONG
Comtec Racing
1:38.155
14
1.285
23
16
Andre NEGRAO
International Draco Racing
1:38.199
13
1.329
24
20
Jake ROSENZWEIG
Mofaz Racing
1:38.301
11
1.431
25
18
Filip SALAQUARDA
Pons Racing
1:38.394
14
1.524
26
25
Daniel ZAMPIERI
BVM Target
1:38.415
14
1.545
*Penalized to 5th starting position after unavoidable contact in Race 1
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