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Felix Hirsiger bags Magny-Cours double pole

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Photo: Auto Sport Academy

Photo: Auto Sport Academy

Anglo-Swiss racer Felix Hirsiger secured poles for races one and three of the fourth round of the French F4 season at Magny-Cours.

Hirsiger, who sits third in the drivers’ standings, comfortably led most of the session and ended up more than a tenth clear of championship leader Lasse Sorensen.

With the race three grid determined by best laps in qualifying, Lotus junior Dorian Boccolacci and Australian racer Joseph Mawson made up row two.

Swiss racer David Droux matched his personal best qualifying result with fifth, narrowly ahead of Valentin Hasse-Clot, Vladimir Atoev and Paul Hokfelt. Denis Bulatov and Patricio O’Ward made up the rest of the top ten.

On the grid of race one, which is determined by the drivers’ second-best laps, Hirsiger and Sorensen also make up the front row.

Boccolacci and Mawson maintain their positions on row two, whilst Hasse-Clot will take fifth ahead Droux.

Bulatov will start race one in seventh, leading O’Ward, Atoev and Bryan Elpitiya.

Qualifying results
Race 1 Race 3
Pos. Name Time Pos. Name Time
1 Felix Hirsiger 1:45.520 1 Felix Hirsiger 1:45.397
2 Lasse Sorensen 1:45.655 2 Lasse Sorensen 1:45.523
3 Dorian Boccolacci 1:45.787 3 Dorian Boccolacci 1:45.618
4 Joseph Mawson 1:45.936 4 Joseph Mawson 1:45.864
5 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1:46.001 5 David Droux 1:45.956
6 David Droux 1:46.057 6 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1:45.977
7 Denis Bulatov 1:46.212 7 Vladimir Atoev 1:45.997
8 Patricio O’Ward 1:46.232 8 Paul Hokfelt 1:46.006
9 Vladimir Atoev 1:46.247 9 Denis Bulatov 1:46.108
10 Bryan Elpitiya 1:46.351 10 Patricio O’Ward 1:46.156
11 Paul Hokfelt 1:46.435 11 Erwan Jule 1:46.228
12 Erwan Jule 1:46.444 12 Bryan Elpitiya 1:46.300
13 Valentin Moineault 1:46.519 13 Valentin Moineault 1:46.377
14 Max Defourny 1:46.598 14 Max Defourny 1:46.535
15 Simo Laaksonen 1:46.666 15 Simo Laaksonen 1:46.588
16 Reuben Kressner 1:46.674 16 Reuben Kressner 1:46.592
17 Gjergj Haxhiu 1:46.678 17 Gjergj Haxhiu 1:46.630
18 Amaury Richard 1:46.704 18 Amaury Richard 1:46.696
19 Niclas Nylund 1:46.933 19 Niclas Nylund 1:46.729
20 Tom Soubiron 1:47.079 20 Tom Soubiron 1:47.060
21 Joao Carvalho 1:47.698 21 Joao Carvalho 1:47.360
22 Axel Matus 1:48.087 22 Axel Matus 1:47.568
23 Hugo Sugnot-Darniche 1:48.964 23 Hugo Sugnot-Darniche 1:48.824
24 Anouck Abadie 2:01.975 24 Anouck Abadie 1:57.076