Harrison Scott (RP Motorsport) Takes Dominant Pole at Estoril

He was seven tenths clear of Troitskiy (Drivex). Vaidyanathan (Carlin), Vivacqua (Campos Racing) and Shlom (Fortec) rounded off the top five.

Briton Harrison Scott has secured his maiden pole position in the Euroformula Open at the wheel of his RP Motosport-entered Dallara F312. Scott clocked a record-breaking 1:31.242 in his final attempt to beat Russia’s Nikita Troitskiy (Drivex) into first and scored extra point for pole position. Previously, set a fastest lap of 1:32.236 but he managed to lower it on his final lap. Troitskiy also will start on the front row for Saturday’s race, another nice start to the season. Indian driver Ameya Vaidyanathan (Carlin) took third spot ahead of Thiago Vivacqua (Campos Racing).

Behind, Yan Leon Shlom (Fortec) will start the race from fifth and Devlin DeFrancesco (Carlin) will line-up alongside him. Poland’s Alex Karkosik (RP Motorsport) qualified seventh ahead of Tarun Reddy (Carlin). Final two spots in the top-ten were taken by Jannes Fittje (Fortec) and Matheus Iorio (Campos Racing).

Saturday’s race 1 is due to start at 14.15 (local time).

 

Qualifying 1

1^st – No. 10, Harrison Scott, GBR, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:31.242

2^nd – No. 16, Nikita Troitskiy*, RUS, Drivex School, Dallara F312, 1:32.005

3^rd – No. 24, Ameya Vaidyanathan, IND, Carlin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.057

4^th – No. 2, Thiago Vivacqua, BRA, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:32.060

5^th – No. 19, Yan Leon Shlom*, RUS, Fortec Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.141

6^th – No. 17, Devlin DeFrancesco*, CAN/ITA, Carlin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.245

7^th – No. 2, Alex Karkosik*, POL, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:32.313

8^th – No. 14, Tarun Reddy*, IND, Carlin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.352

9^th – No. 18, Jannes Fittje*, DEU, Fortec Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.481

10^th – No. 34, Matheus Iorio, BRA, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:32.491

11^th – No. 1, Petru Florescu*, ROU, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:32.604

12^th – No. 3, Simo Laaksonen*, FIN, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:32.604

13^th – No. 42, Eliseo Martinez Meroño*, ESP, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:32.717

14^th – No. 12, Christian Hahn, BRA, Drivex School, Dallara F312, 1:32.957

15^th – No. 43, Pedro Cardoso, BRA, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.094

16^th – No. 22, Daniil Pronenko, RUS, BVM Racing, Dallara F312, 1:33.347

17^th – No. 8, Ludovico Laurini*, ITA, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.440

18^th – No. 20, Najiy Ayyad Razak*, MYS, Fortec Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.687

19^th – No. 44, Javier Cobián*, ESP, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:33.769

 

Cars 24, 18, 19, 14 lap times deleted, track limits.