For the first time the Formula 3 lands a Monte Carlo, a very technical citizen where the least mistake can lead to withdrawal. A fantastic Gabriele Mini wins the fundamental pole position for the Feature Race on Sunday, he will be able to stay calm or will he have to worry about who follows him?
Q&A between Browning and Beganovic
Yesterday there rain wet the circuit, while today's qualifying was held inside a landscape sunny worthy of a postcard. The pilots have been divided into 2 groups and they had 16 minutes to try and get the best time. Ever since the green light is Luke Browning setting the pace, detaching 3 tenths from the momentary second: Franco Colapinto.
The pilot of the Prema, Dino Beganovich, manages to improve and bring his car into the top 3 of group A. In the meantime Browning sets the time of 1:23.883, dragging along an excellent Sebastian montoya which thus ensures the first provisional square for Hitech Pulse Eight.
A two minutes from the end of the session, the Swede from the Ferrari Driver Academy manages to improve in the first two sectors and obtain a super fuchsia finish in the last. Beganovic thus manages to avoid the Breton from the first position, but there is still time. There yellow flag caused by Montoya hitting the wall ends the qualifications of the first group, Dino thanks and enjoys the momentary pole position.
Minì to scream
The second group consists of the odd numbers, among which there are the winners of the races in Bahrain and Australia: Marti e Bortoleto. When the green light went off, the pilots took to the track, immediately looking for the pole position time. Gabriele Minì appears at ease on this track, yesterday he set the best time on wet asphalt, while today he seems to have an edge over his rivals.
In visible difficulty the Brazilian of the Trident, Gabriel Bortoleto, who despite the excellent first two sectors in the first lap, runs into traffic on the Rascasse. Unlike the first group, there is no two-man battle for first place. There is also a groped coup Peppe Martì with 1:24.850 e Paul Aron who by 3 tenths is close to pole position.
Bortoleto he finds the pass and managing to exploit the curb in the last sector he places himself in third position, but it comes bomb Caius Collet who ousts him, making it slip into fourth. The times of Aron and Minì go down, but not enough to beat the time set by Dino Beganovic. L'last chance it shows crucial for the Hitech driver who scores the pole time 1:23.278 9 tenths away from Aron and 6 from the other Prema rider, Beganovic.
Wonderful day for the team of Hitech, but they will also be able to shine in the Tomorrow's Sprint Race?
