Once qualifying ended, Trident teammate Clement Novalak was on pole position a꧂head of Doohan, but issues with the timing in Russia has meant some changes to the order.

With Doohan on pole, points leader Dennis Hauger is down in ninth place, in what was a tric🍒ky session for the Prema driver.

With Trident locking out the front row of the grid, Hoggard enjoyed his be🌸st qualifying of the season in third.

Fr♔ederik Vesti was fourth ahead of Juan Manuel Correa in the second ART car, while Lorenzo Colombo had a strong qualifying for Campos.

Next up was Alexander Smolyar, Caio Collet, with Hauger and Jak Crawford completing th♑e top 10 in Sochi.

Logan Sargeant and Victor Martins will share the front row for the f𒊎irst sprint race.

The session was bri꧑efl🔴y red-flagged after Jonny Edgar lost control of his Carlin in the middle sector.

Edgar will start this afternoon’s sprint race f🐈rom the back of the grid.

Change in the schedule

Formula 3 announced due to the heavy rain forecast f🍃or Saturday, race one has been moved to Friday afteღrnoon.

A statement from F3, read: “The FIA Formula 3 Race 1 at the Sochi Autodrom has been re-scheduled to today, Friday, ♋24 September 2021, at 5.25pm local time.

“The race was originally planned for tomorrow, Saturday, 25 September, at 8.3🍎5pm, but due to an uncertain weather forecast, the decision has been made to bring it forward by one day.”