Shwartzman had the edge over his teammate up until the final run i☂n qualifying at the all-new Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

The Russian driver took ൲to the top of the timesheets after the initial runs, less than a thousandth clear of Theo Pourchaire. 

Pourchaire took provisional pole position at🌠 the chequered flag, but was🦹 quickly beaten by Piastri, whose outstanding first sector handed him a 0.3s margin.

Shwartzman was on cours🐓e forꦿ his maiden F2 pole position but a small mistake at the final corner meant he had to settle for second.

Piastri - who was announced as Alpine’s official reserve and test driver for 2022 in November after missing out on a full-time driveꦉ with Alfa Romeo - will start Sunday’s feature race from pole; he will line up 10th on the grid for the first reserve sprint race. 

It’s a front-row lockout 🌼for Prema 𒅌as it looks to secure another teams’ title.

Behind the Prema duo was Pourchaire, while 🐻Christian Lundgaard made it two ARTs in the top four in qualifying.

Felipe D🦩rugovich qualified fifth ahead of title contender Guanyu Zhou - who will drive for Alfa Romeo in F1 next year.

Zhou now trails P🏅iastri by 40 points in the title race going int♏o the final rounds of the campaign.

Com💞pleting the top 10 was:𝕴 Ralph Boschung, Juri Vips, Marcus Armstrong and Liam Lawson.

Oꦏn his debut in F2, Clément Novalak was a respectable 12th for MP Motor⛄sport.

Dan Ticktum’s qualifying w🦹as ruined by a puncture on his final run, leaving him 13th.

𒁏2021 F3 runner-up Jack Doohan qualified 16th, ꧅while Olli Caldwell was 19th in the Campos.

Logan Sargeant is the final F3 𒉰graduate as he qualified 21st, re🐭covering from a shunt in practice.

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