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Cram Motorsport’s Stefan Riener and Fortec’s Charles Leclerc secured their respective maiden pole position starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series in qualifying at Monza.
Leclerc managed a last-second lap in Group A to dethrone Dario Capitanio, securing a front row start for race one. While the Monegasque’s best time would be beaten in the subsequent session, his second-best lap was good enough to ensure pole for race two.
Local hero Capitanio settled for second in the group, while Protyre FR championship leader Pietro Fittipaldi was a surprise third. Fortec’s guest driver Jack Aitken picked up fourth, while championship leader Nyck de Vries finished a tough session in P5.
ADAC Formel Masters graduate Riener narrowly saw off JD’s Matevos Isaakyan to top Group B, picking up race one pole. The Russian will start the second race from front row, having managed a superior second-best lap.
Riener’s squadmate Alessio Rovera took third in the group, while another JD man Denis Korneev and local racer Matteo Gonfiantini rounded out the top five.
Race one (provisional)
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Group A | Group B |
| 1 | Stefan Riener | Cram Motorsport | 1:49.657 | |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Fortec Motorsports | 1:49.676 | |
| 3 | Matevos Isaakyan | JD Motorsport | 1:49.717 | |
| 4 | Dario Capitanio | BVM Racing | 1:49.899 | |
| 5 | Alessio Rovera | Cram Motorsport | 1:49.995 | |
| 6 | Pietro Fittipaldi | MGR Motorsport | 1:50.153 | |
| 7 | Denis Korneev | JD Motorsport | 1:50.239 | |
| 8 | Jack Aitken | Fortec Motorsports | 1:50.200 | |
| 9 | Matteo Gonfiantini | TS Corse | 1:50.627 | |
| 10 | Nyck de Vries | Koiranen GP | 1:50.275 | |
| 11 | Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports | 1:50.709 | |
| 12 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | 1:50.478 | |
| 13 | Patric Armand | Tech 1 Racing | 1:50.717 | |
| 14 | Luke Chudleigh | Tech 1 Racing | 1:50.617 | |
| 15 | Sun Zheng | China BRT by JCS | 1:50.785 | |
| 16 | Marek Bockmann | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:50.665 | |
| 17 | Danyil Pronenko | BVM Racing | 1:50.867 | |
| 18 | Akash Nandy | Tech 1 Racing | 1:50.708 | |
| 19 | Simon Gachet | ARTA Engineering | 1:50.869 | |
| 20 | Hugo de Sadeleer | Tech 1 Racing | 1:50.747 | |
| 21 | Semen Evstigneev | BVM Racing | 1:50.926 | |
| 22 | James Allen | ARTA Engineering | 1:50.944 | |
| 23 | Alex Bosak | Prema Powerteam | 1:51.074 | |
| 24 | Hong Li Ye | Koiranen GP | 1:50.954 | |
| 25 | Yuan Bo | Koiranen GP | 1:51.614 | |
| 26 | Thiago Vivacqua | Fortec Motorsports | 1:51.189 | |
| 27 | Pietro Peccenini | TS Corse | 1:52.125 | |
| 28 | Daniele Cazzaniga | GSK Grand Prix | 1:51.213 |
Race two (provisional)
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Group A | Group B |
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Fortec Motorsports | 1:49.901 | |
| 2 | Matevos Isaakyan | JD Motorsport | 1:49.957 | |
| 3 | Dario Capitanio | BVM Racing | 1:50.185 | |
| 4 | Alessio Rovera | Cram Motorsport | 1:50.136 | |
| 5 | Jack Aitken | Fortec Motorsports | 1:50.305 | |
| 6 | Denis Korneev | JD Motorsport | 1:50.462 | |
| 7 | Pietro Fittipaldi | MGR Motorsport | 1:50.413 | |
| 8 | Stefan Riener | Cram Motorsport | 1:50.553 | |
| 9 | Nyck de Vries | Koiranen GP | 1:50.426 | |
| 10 | Matteo Gonfiantini | TS Corse | 1:50.719 | |
| 11 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | 1:50.577 | |
| 12 | Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports | 1:50.760 | |
| 13 | Luke Chudleigh | Tech 1 Racing | 1:50.630 | |
| 14 | Patric Armand | Tech 1 Racing | 1:50.839 | |
| 15 | Hugo de Sadeleer | Tech 1 Racing | 1:50.753 | |
| 16 | Simon Gachet | ARTA Engineering | 1:50.883 | |
| 17 | Akash Nandy | Tech 1 Racing | 1:50.843 | |
| 18 | Danyil Pronenko | BVM Racing | 1:50.981 | |
| 19 | Marek Bockmann | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:50.898 | |
| 20 | Semen Evstigneev | BVM Racing | 1:51.047 | |
| 21 | Daniele Cazzaniga | GSK Grand Prix | 1:51.255 | |
| 22 | Alex Bosak | Prema Powerteam | 1:51.102 | |
| 23 | Hong Li Ye | Koiranen GP | 1:51.273 | |
| 24 | Sun Zheng | China BRT by JCS | 1:51.128 | |
| 25 | James Allen | ARTA Engineering | 1:51.578 | |
| 26 | Yuan Bo | Koiranen GP | 1:51.849 | |
| 27 | Thiago Vivacqua | Fortec Motorsports | 1:51.746 | |
| 28 | Pietro Peccenini | TS Corse | 1:52.545 |