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Russell beats Palmer by 0.004 seconds to claim maiden pole

by Peter Allen
George Russell

Photo: BRDC F4

George Russell claimed his maiden single-seater pole position after beating Will Palmer by just 0.004 seconds to top qualifying at round three of the BRDC F4 season at Snetterton.

Championship leader Russell usurped Palmer just inside the final ten minutes of the session, with Palmer narrowly missing out on improving his lap at the end of the session.

Raoul Hyman was third and not far from pole, just 0.071s off the pace. Nicolas Beer took fourth with his final effort, ahead of Arjun Maini and Friday test pace-setter Sennan Fielding.

Gustavo Lima was seventh ahead of Struan Moore, Chris Middlehurst and Diego Menchaca.

Qualifying results
Pos Driver? Team Time? Gap Laps?
1 George Russell Lanan Racing 1:50.121 5
2 Will Palmer HHC Motorsport 1:50.125 0.004 4
3 Raoul Hyman HHC Motorsport 1:50.192 0.071 5
4 Nicolas Beer Sean Walkinshaw Racing 1:50.484 0.363 9
5 Arjun Maini Lanan Racing 1:50.612 0.491 8
6 Sennan Fielding HHC Motorsport 1:50.639 0.518 5
7 Gustavo Lima Hillspeed 1:50.938 0.817 8
8 Struan Moore Lanan Racing 1:50.993 0.872 5
9 Chris Middlehurst Mark Godwin Racing 1:51.010 0.889 5
10 Diego Menchaca Douglas Motorsport 1:51.067 0.946 5
11 Gaetano Di Mauro Petroball Racing 1:51.208 1.087 4
12 Rahul Raj Mayer Hillspeed 1:51.287 1.166 8
13 Rodrigo Fonseca Douglas Motorsport 1:51.393 1.272 8
14 Dan Roeper Petroball Racing 1:51.609 1.488 7
15 Jordan Albert Sean Walkinshaw Racing 1:51.666 1.545 8
16 Diego Borrelli Sean Walkinshaw Racing 1:51.706 1.585 8
17 Tom Jackson Chris Dittmann Racing 1:51.898 1.777 8
18 David Wagner Mark Godwin Racing 1:51.913 1.792 8
19 Michael Claessens Mark Godwin Racing 1:52.699 2.578 8
20 Charlie Eastwood Douglas Motorsport 1:53.521 3.400 4