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JKR duo Jorg and Deletraz take NEC poles at Assen

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Photo: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Photo: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Championship leader Louis Deletraz and his main rival Kevin Jorg have locked out poles for Formula Renault NEC’s fifth round at Assen.

The two teammates have racked up a combined eight poles heading into the Dutch round and have now secured their ninth and tenth.

Jorg reigned supreme in a disrupted first session, while Deletraz was quickest in qualifying two.

Ukyo Sasahara led the majority of qualifying one, which saw two red flags and left just a couple of minutes for his rivals to match him.

Only one did – Jorg, who passed Sasahara by half a tenth at the chequered flag.

The second row was all-JKR, with Dries Vanthoor slotting in between Jorg and Deletraz.

In sixth, Harrison Scott split Fortec drivers Callan O’Keeffe and Jehan Daruvala, while the ART duo Max Defourny and Darius Oskoui took eighth and ninth ahead of Colin Noble.

Session two was more straightforward, with all the major improvements coming in the final five minutes.

Dennis Olsen before the pace started to ramp up, which ended up with the Norwegian shuffled down to tenth.

Deletraz narrowly beat O’Keeffe to claim pole, with Sasahara and Jorg making up row two.

Defourny was the top rookie in fifth, leading Scott, Vanthoor, Oskoui and Daruvala.

UPDATE: A number of post-qualifying laptime deletions have affected the grids for both races. For race one, Sasahara has been demoted from the front row to 12th, while Daruvala will start 18th instead of 7th. The Indian was also penalised in session two, albeit only dropped one place.

Updated qualifying results
Race 1 Race 2
Pos. Driver Team Time Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Kevin Jorg Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:36.124 1 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:35.258
2 Dries Vanthoor Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:36.337 2 Callan O’Keeffe Fortec Motorsports 1:35.277
3 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:36.434 3 Ukyo Sasahara ART Junior Team 1:35.483
4 Callan O’Keeffe Fortec Motorsports 1:36.535 4 Kevin Jorg Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:35.601
5 Harrison Scott AVF 1:36.571 5 Max Defourny ART Junior Team 1:35.669
6 Max Defourny ART Junior Team 1:36.777 6 Harrison Scott AVF 1:35.727
7 Darius Oskoui ART Junior Team 1:36.862 7 Dries Vanthoor Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:35.878
8 Colin Noble MGR Motorsport 1:36.974 8 Darius Oskoui ART Junior Team 1:35.922
9 Nikita Mazepin Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:37.009 9 Dennis Olsen Manor MP 1:36.066
10 Josef Zaruba AVF 1:37.011 10 Jehan Daruvala Fortec Motorsports 1:36.182
11 Dennis Olsen Manor MP 1:37.099 11 Josef Zaruba AVF 1:36.249
12 Ukyo Sasahara ART Junior Team 1:37.290 12 Colin Noble MGR Motorsport 1:36.472
13 Pontus Fredricsson Prizma Motorsport 1:37.328 13 Nikita Mazepin Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:36.525
14 Alex Gill Fortec Motorsports 1:37.337 14 Ferdinand Habsburg Fortec Motorsports 1:36.741
15 Ferdinand Habsburg Fortec Motorsports 1:37.429 15 Henrique Chaves AVF 1:36.807
16 Henrique Chaves AVF 1:37.434 16 Pontus Fredricsson Prizma Motorsport 1:37.110
17 Kevin Kleveros Prizma Motorsport 1:37.524 17 Bartlomiej Mirecki BM Racing 1:37.599
18 Jehan Daruvala Fortec Motorsports 1:36.719 18 Kevin Kleveros Prizma Motorsport 1:37.744
19 Charlie Eastwood AVF 1:38.624 19 Inigo Bikuna AVF 1:37.963
20 Bartlomiej Mirecki BM Racing 1:39.048 20 Bruno Baptista Inter Europol Competition 1:37.963
21 Inigo Bikuna AVF 1:39.198 21 Christopher Anthony Manor MP 1:38.244
22 Christopher Anthony Manor MP 1:39.317 22 David Richert Inter Europol Competition 1:39.587
23 Bruno Baptista Inter Europol Competition 1:39.650 23 Charlie Eastwood AVF 1:39.833
24 David Richert Inter Europol Competition 1:40.742 24 Alex Gill Fortec Motorsports No Time