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Formula Acceleration 1 championship leader Nigel Melker and and series newcomer Dani Clos took poles for the two races of the final Formula Acceleration 1 round of the season at Assen.
Melker took over at the top from Clos with three minutes to go in qualifying for race one, eventually picking up pole.
Clos ended up losing his fastest lap due to disrespecting yellow flags but, as several drivers picked up the same penalty, he still wound up qualifying second.
Sergio Campana was third, leading Nathanael Berthon, with series debutant Jeroen Mul edging out Marco Barba by 0.004s in fifth.
Richard Gonda, Craig Dolby, Sebastian Balthasar and Luis Michael Dorrbecker completed the top ten.
In the second session, the fight for pole unfolded the other way around as Clos beat out Melker in the final minutes. Campana was a close third again, ahead of Mul, Gonda and Dolby.
Berthon, Barba, Alessio Picariello and Balthasar made up the rest of the top ten.
Championship contender Mirko Bortolotti featured on the weekend’s entry list, but did not participate in practice or qualifying sessions.
Qualifying one
| Pos. | Driver | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Nigel Melker | 1:25.302 | 8 | |
| 2 | Dani Clos | 1:25.641 | 0.339 | 10 |
| 3 | Sergio Campana | 1:26.064 | 0.762 | 9 |
| 4 | Nathanael Berthon | 1:26.318 | 1.016 | 11 |
| 5 | Marco Barba | 1:26.463 | 1.161 | 8 |
| 6 | Jeroen Mul | 1:26.613 | 1.311 | 10 |
| 7 | Craig Dolby | 1:26.710 | 1.408 | 13 |
| 8 | Richard Gonda | 1:26.738 | 1.436 | 7 |
| 9 | Luis Michael Dorrbecker | 1:27.539 | 2.237 | 13 |
| 10 | Sebastian Balthasar | 1:27.540 | 2.238 | 6 |
| 11 | Alessio Picariello | 1:28.446 | 3.144 | 3 |
| 12 | Bas Schouten | 1:28.962 | 3.660 | 12 |
| 13 | Kevin Kleveros | 1:29.887 | 4.585 | 11 |
| 14 | Gian Maria Gabbiani | 1:31.689 | 6.387 | 12 |
Qualifying two
| Pos. | Driver | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Dani Clos | 1:24.780 | 11 | |
| 2 | Nigel Melker | 1:25.459 | 0.679 | 7 |
| 3 | Sergio Campana | 1:25.564 | 0.784 | 8 |
| 4 | Jeroen Mul | 1:25.920 | 1.140 | 7 |
| 5 | Richard Gonda | 1:26.315 | 1.535 | 11 |
| 6 | Craig Dolby | 1:26.585 | 1.805 | 11 |
| 7 | Nathanael Berthon | 1:26.731 | 1.951 | 7 |
| 8 | Marco Barba | 1:26.846 | 2.066 | 11 |
| 9 | Alessio Picariello | 1:26.985 | 2.205 | 12 |
| 10 | Sebastian Balthasar | 1:26.997 | 2.217 | 8 |
| 11 | Luis Michael Dorrbecker | 1:27.206 | 2.426 | 8 |
| 12 | Kevin Kleveros | 1:27.607 | 2.827 | 15 |
| 13 | Gian Maria Gabbiani | 1:29.598 | 4.818 | 10 |
| 14 | Bas Schouten | 1:31.644 | 6.864 | 8 |