Mercedes F1 junior Vesti takes first F3 pole of 2021 at Paul Ricard

Mercedes Formula 1 junior Frederik Vesti beat Formula 3 points leader Dennis Hauger to pole position at the Circuit Paul Ricard.
Mercedes F1 junior Vesti takes first F3 pole of 2021 at Paul Ricard

Vesti toppled Haꦚuger’s provisional pole time in the fin𒆙al three minutes of qualifying.

Hauger was the man to beat going into the latter stages of the session having le🦋d the way after the first runs, but Vesti’s 1m50.882s ensured he claimed top spot and th🐽e additional four points that comes with it.

Remarkably, Vesti didn’t ha🍒ve anꦏy purple sectors to his name on his best run.

Victor Martins comp♛leted the top three behind Vesti and 🌟Hauger in the lead MP Motorsport, ahead of Jack Doohan and MP teammate Caio Collet.

Next up was Clement Novalak and Aleksandr Smolyar, while Ayumu Iwasa left it lat🌌e to go eighth with an impressive lap in the Hitech Grand Prix.

Juan Manuel Correa - who has recently joined the Sauber academy - was ninth fastest, with Logan Sargeant complet𒐪ing the top ten.

David Schumacher and Calan Williams will share the front row for the first sprint race as the top 12 o♑n the grid are reversed for the Saturday morning event.

Matteo Nannini, Olli Caldwell and Tijmen van der Helm completed th🌜e top 15, just𝐆 ahead of Jak Crawford.

Roman Stanek, Lorenzo Colombo, Armaury Corde🎉el and F3 debuta🥀nt Johnathan Hoggard rounded out the top 20.

Arthur Leclerc’s torrid start to the season continued as his Prema ground to🐭 a halt with 22 minutes onღ the clock.

Leclerc’s stoppage cau𝄹sed a brief red flag stoppage with the Monegasque ꦦset to start from 30th.

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