Jazeman Jaafar made a strong return to British Formula 3 by taking his first pole positions in the category in qualifying at Brands Hatch.
The Malaysian, who is racing in Formula Renault 3.5 this season, put in two laps on his second set of tyres to leapfrog Jordan King, who had held onto the top spot for most of the session.
Jaafar is contesting this weekend in order to be eligible for the Macau Grand Prix, and is not registered for points.
“On my first set of tyres it wasn’t the best,” he said. “We wanted to try a different set-up in the second test session yesterday and lost track time because of red flags, so we tried it again for qualifying.
“It was slightly conservative, but we made a couple of tweaks when I came into the pits and that made it much better.”
Jaafar finished both his hot laps right behind Felipe Guimaraes, and said this cost him time as there were no blue flags to warn the Brazilian of his approach.
King, who starts second for races one and three, also reckoned he could have gone quicker, only to be delayed by yellow flags and traffic on his second set of tyres.
The spectacular Nicholas Latifi and Jann Mardenborough made it a Carlin 1-2-3-4 on fastest and second-best times, although Mardenborough will start race one from ninth due to a grid penalty incurred last time out at Spa.
That promoted Spa winner Antonio Giovinazzi, whose Double R car heads Fortec duo Guimaraes and Will Buller in both classifications. Championship leader Buller, as at Spa, believed he was suffering from a brake problem.
Ed Jones, whose car caught fire in Friday afternoon’s test session, joined the running late but still comfortably outpaced his National Class opposition in his Team West-Tec Dallara.
Race one grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.214s 2. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.386s +0.172s 3. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.665s +0.451s 4. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.836s +0.622s 5. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 1m18.951s +0.737s 6. Felipe Guimaraes Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m19.067s +0.853s 7. Will Buller Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m19.523s +1.309s 8. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 1m20.147s +1.933s 9. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 1m20.645s +2.431s 10. Ed Jones West-Tec Dallara-Toyota 1m20.733s +2.519s* 11. Peter Li Zhi Cong Carlin Dallara-VW 1m21.400s +3.186s 12. Sun Zheng CF Dallara-Mugen 1m21.991s +3.777s* 13. Cameron Twynham West-Tec Dallara-Toyota 1m22.280s +4.066s* 14. Chris Vlok West-Tec Dallara-Toyota 1m22.628s +4.414s* * National class Race three grid: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.134s 2. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.292s +0.158s 3. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.500s +0.366s 4. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.811s +0.577s 5. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 1m18.847s +0.713s 6. Felipe Guimaraes Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m19.041s +0.907s 7. Will Buller Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m19.224s +1.090s 8. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 1m20.052s +1.918s 9. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 1m20.420s +2.286s 10. Ed Jones West-Tec Dallara-Toyota 1m20.647s +2.493s* 11. Peter Li Zhi Cong Carlin Dallara-VW 1m21.204s +3.070s 12. Sun Zheng CF Dallara-Mugen 1m21.478s +3.344s* 13. Cameron Twynham West-Tec Dallara-Toyota 1m21.984s +3.850s* 14. Chris Vlok West-Tec Dallara-Toyota 1m22.358s +4.224s* * National class Race two grid is race one result partially reversed
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/jaafar-claims-double-pole-on-return
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