2016 Euroformula Open – Estoril, Free Practice 1, Pulcini Claims First Pole Position

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Pulcini (Campos Racing) earns first pole position of the season

Young Italian ace Leonardo Pulcini (Campos Racing) has made a good start by securing pole position for the first race of the season at the Autódromo do Estoril. Pulcini managed to improve his personal best lap time yesterday and, at the wheel of his Campos Racing entered car, he set a record breaking lap of 1:32.394, smashing last year’s pole times. Jack Aitken (RP Motorsport), on his debut in the series, secured a front row start ahead of Colton Herta (Carlin Motorsport) and Ferdinand Habsburg (Drivex), all of them also lapping faster than the 2015 pole position. Mexico’s Diego Menchaca (Campos Racing) took fifth spot on the starting grid.The four RP Motorsport drivers, Damiano Fioravanti, Tanart Sathienthirakul, Antoni Ptak and Kantadhee Kusiri completed another amazing result for the Gropparello-based team claiming 6th to 9th places. Keyvan Andres (Carlin Motorsport) rounded out the top ten.

 

Estoril, Qualifying 1

1st, No. 8, Leonardo Pulcini^, ITA, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:32.394

2nd, No. 4, Jack Aitken, GBR^, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.456

3rd, No. 98, Colton Herta*, USA, Carlin, Dallara F312, 1:32.635

4th, No. 62, Ferdinand Habsburg*^, AUT, Drivex School, Dallara F312, 1:32.648

5th, No. 7, Diego Menchaca^, MEX, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:32.839

6th, No. 3, Damiano Fioravanti^, ITA, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.989

7th, No. 5, Tanart Sathienthirakul^, THA, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.264

8th, No. 1, Antoni Ptak^, POL, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.345

9th, No. 2, Kantadhee Kusiri^, THA, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.377

10th, No. 47, Keyvan Andres*, GER, Carlin, Dallara F312, 1:33.433

11th, No. 10, Tatiana Calderon, COL, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.556

12th, No. 6, Julio Moreno^, ECU, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:33.595

13th, No. 37, Igor Walilko^, POL, Fortec Motorsports, Dallara F312, 1:33.731

14th, No. 72, Nikita Zlobin, RUS, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.731

15th, No. 11, Petru Florescu*, ROU, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.773

16th, No. 20, Daniel Pronenko*^, RUS, BVM Racing, Dallara F312, 1:33.812

17th, No. 27, Kang Ling, CHN, DAV Racing, Dallara F312, 1:33.863

18th, No. 18, Daniele Cazzaniga*, ITA, DAV Racing, Dallara F312, 1:33.909

19th, No. 51, Ameya Vaidyanathan*, IND, Carlin, Dallara F312, 1:34.040

20th, No. 21, Ye Hongli*^, CHN, BVM Racing, Dallara F312, 1:34.043

21st, No. 14, Jose Manuel Vilalta, MEX, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:34.958

22nd, No. 9, Gulhuseyn Abdullayev*^, AZE, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:35.987

 

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