Colapinto takes Van Amersfoort Racing’s maiden F3 pole on debut in Bahrain
Colapinto rose to the top of the timesheets with just under 10 minutes to go as the rookie impressed on his first-eve﷽r F3 outing.
It ඣwas also Van Amersfoort's first outing in F3 after taking over from HWA Racelab for this season.
The A𝓰rgentine eꦗdged out Trident's Roman Stanek by just under 0.1s to secure pole position for Sunday's feature race.
Stanek led the way for the majoriꩵty of the session but was ultimately top🀅pled by Colapinto at Sakhir.
K🅠ush Miani was another driver to impress on his first F3 weekend, securing t♏hird overall for MP Motorsport.
M🌳iani ended up just over💞 a tenth shy of Colapinto's 1m46.322s but he will be happy with his first qualifying outing in F3.
Gregoire Saucy le🌃d the way for ART Grand Prix ahead of teammates Victor Martins and Juan Manuel Correa.
Zane Maloney was seventh quickest ahead of Aleksandr Smolyar, wꦉho will compete under a neutral licence after the FIA's decision to not allow Russian drivers to compete under their own nationality.
Isack Hadjar and D𒐪avid Vidales rounded out theꦗ top 10.
It was a di𓆉sappointing session for Prema as Oliver Bearman was its best qualifier in 11th.
Arthur 𒈔Leclerc could only manage 14th on the grid, while Jak Crawford𝐆 was down in 21st.
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