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Ghiotto beats title rivals to claim fourth pole of 2015

by Gruz David
written by Gruz David
Photo: Zak Mauger/GP3

Photo: Zak Mauger/GP3

Luca Ghiotto maintained his near-perfect qualifying form of 2015 at Spa-Francorchamps, taking his fourth pole in the five GP3 rounds.

The Italian, whose first pole in the series had come on his Spa debut last year, was slightly adrift after the first series of flyers but managed to improve massively on new tyres to end the session in first.

He will start race one alongside Esteban Ocon, who narrowly escaped in second, as a last-minute flyer from Marvin Kirchhofer was just 0.03s shy of his teammate.

Emil Bernstorff was fourth-fastest, followed by the Italian duo of Antonio Fuoco and Kevin Ceccon.

Matt Parry showed promise throughout the session, setting a couple of purple sectors, but he was unable to complete a full lap on the pace and ended up seventh.

The top ten was completed by Matheo Tuscher, Jimmy Eriksson and Alfonso Celis.

Qualifying results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Luca Ghiotto Trident 2:04.943 11
2 Esteban Ocon ART Grand Prix 2:05.114 0.171 11
3 Marvin Kirchhofer ART Grand Prix 2:05.144 0.201 11
4 Emil Bernstorff Arden International 2:05.308 0.365 12
5 Antonio Fuoco Carlin 2:05.458 0.515 10
6 Kevin Ceccon Arden International 2:05.591 0.648 11
7 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 2:05.618 0.675 11
8 Matheo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 2:05.669 0.726 12
9 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 2:05.704 0.761 11
10 Alfonso Celis ART Grand Prix 2:05.834 0.891 12
11 Jann Mardenborough Carlin 2:05.869 0.926 10
12 Pal Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 2:05.931 0.988 11
13 Seb Morris Status Grand Prix 2:05.938 0.995 12
14 Alex Palou Campos Racing 2:05.939 0.996 11
15 Mitch Gilbert Carlin 2:06.065 1.122 11
16 Ralph Boschung Jenzer Motorsport 2:06.110 1.167 8
17 Artur Janosz Trident 2:06.314 1.371 11
18 Alex Fontana Status Grand Prix 2:06.317 1.374 12
19 Beitske Visser Trident 2:06.373 1.430 12
20 Adderly Fong Koiranen GP 2:06.537 1.594 11
21 Alex Bosak Arden International 2:06.538 1.595 12
22 Zaid Ashkanani Campos Racing 2:06.922 1.979 12
23 Sandy Stuvik Status Grand Prix 2:07.106 2.163 11