Alex Lynn Wins Macau pole

Fortec's Alex Lynn has won pole for the 59th Macau GP. Carlin’s Antonio Felix da Costa will start tomorrow’s Qualification Race in Macau from second the grid following a disrupted second Qualifying session this afternoon. Having set a time quick enough to hold provisional pole overnight, Da Costa went into the afternoon session hoping to defend his position however three red flag periods meant he just missed out on taking pole. Team mate Carlos Sainz Jnr will start from fifth place while Felipe Nasr had an unlucky session during which he hit the wall – the Brazilian will line up sixth. Daniel Abt makes it four Carlin cars in the top 10 finishing ninth; Jack Harvey will start 13th and Will Buller in 17th.

In the opening minutes this afternoon it was provisional pole man Da Costa who was once again on the pace early on in his Volkswagen powered Dallara Formula Three car however there was very little time for the drivers to set a quick lap due to a red flag caused by Felix Serralles who had crashed heavily into the barriers.

When the cars were able to take to the track once again Nasr, Harvey, Abt and Buller all began going faster and soon set times quicker than they had during the first qualifying session – therefore improving their positions ahead of the Qualification Race tomorrow.

At the front however Daniel Juncadella was making his way up the grid and threatening to take the position from Da Costa however it was Alex Lynn who was able to make the most of a clear track snatching pole from the Carlin man.

However the session was once again red flagged following a crash into the barriers for Lucas Auer. Unfortunately for Da Costa this ruined what would have been a personal best time for him and giving him only one lap on his new tires.

With just eight minutes of the session left on the clock it quickly became a rush to exit the pit lane, get a fast lap time on the board and find a clear space on the circuit. However in the quick turnaround it was Nasr who was next caught out by the barriers; unfortunately the damage to the car brought out further red flags and ultimately brought qualifying to an end.

Results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	TEAM	TIME	LAPS	GAP
1	14	Alex LYNN	GBR	Fortec Motorsport	2:13.122	12	0.000s
2	1	Daniel JUNCADELLA	ESP	Prema Powerteam	2:13.401	13	0.279
3	5	Felipe NASR	BRA	Carlin	2:13.556	11	0.434
4	15	Harry TINCKNELL	GBR	Fortec Motorsport	2:13.577	12	0.455
5	22	Felix ROSENQVIST	SWE	Mucke Motorsport	2:13.656	11	0.534
6	7	Antonio DA COSTA	POR	Carlin	2:13.663	13	0.541
7	8	Carlos SAINZ Jnr	ESP	Carlin	2:13.666	12	0.544
8	23	Pascal WEHRLEIN	GER	Mucke Motorsport	2:13.721	11	0.599
9	6	Daniel ABT	GER	Carlin	2:13.758	13	0.636
10	2	Raffaele MARCIELLO	ITA	Prema Powerteam	2:13.789	13	0.667
11	4	Hannes VANASSELDONK	NED	Prema Powerteam	2:13.885	13	0.763
12	16	Pipo DERANI	BRA	Fortec Motorsport	2:14.068	12	0.946
13	10	Jack HARVEY	GBR	Carlin	2:14.082	13	0.960
14	31	Tom BLOMQVIST	GBR	Euro International	2:14.648	11	1.526
15	9	Will BULLER	GBR	Carlin	2:14.744	12	1.622
16	21	Hideki YAMAUCHI	JPN	B-Max Engineering	2:14.790	12	1.668
17	28	Alexander SIMS	GBR	ThreeBond with T-Sport	2:14.848	8	1.726
18	17	Jazeman JAAFAR	MAS	Tom's	2:15.055	12	1.933
19	3	Sven MULLER	GER	Prema Powerteam	2:15.391	12	2.269
20	24	Mitchell GILBERT	AUS	Mucke Motorsport	2:15.804	12	2.682
21	18	Yuichi NAKAYAMA	JPN	Tom's	2:15.870	12	2.748
22	20	Jimmy ERIKSSON	SWE	Galaxy Double R Racing	2:16.015	10	2.893
23	29	Lucas AUER	AUT	Van Amersfoort Racing	2:16.187	8	3.065
24	30	Dennis Van De LAAR	NED	Van Amersfoort Racing	2:16.559	11	3.437
25	27	Luis Sa SILVA	ANG	Angola Racing Team	2:16.624	7	3.502
26	19	Kevin KORJUS	EST	Galaxy Double R Racing	2:16.720	11	3.598
27	32	Lucas WOLF	GER	URD Rennsport	2:16.766	11	3.644
28	11	Ryo HIRAKAWA	JPN	KCMG by RSS	2:17.151	12	4.029
29	25	Andrea RODA	ITA	Jo Zeller Racing	2:18.152	10	5.030
30	12	Felix SERRALLES	PRI	Fortec Motorsport	2:18.694	2	5.572

Qualification Maxima 2:26.434