Bianchi follows victory with pole

Jules Bianchi followed up his race one victory by taking pole position for the second Formula Renault 3.5 race of the weekend at Silverstone.

The Ferrari junior driver came out on top of a three-way scrap with Nico Muller and Robin Frijns shortly before the end of qualifying 2, which was moved to Saturday evening for this weekend as the race is scheduled to run on Sunday morning before the Silverstone 6 Hours takes place.

Muller, Bianchi and Frijns all took turns at the top, and their battle was made all the more exciting by the fact that they were running relatively close together on track.

All three improved within seconds of each other at one stage, with Bianchi and Frijns heading the Swiss driver.

Championship leader Frijns then lost his front row berth when Marco Sorensen took second just before the chequered flag came out, but Bianchi’s pole position was safe.

Behind Muller, Sam Bird and Arthur Pic locked out the third row of the grid, just ahead of former champion Mikhail Aleshin and Carlin’s Will Stevens.

After the chaotic first race where only 10 cars made the finish, the majority of the teams were able to get their cars repaired for second qualifying.

Only Alexander Rossi (Arden Caterham) and Anton Nebilitskiy (RFR) were unable to take part, meaning they will share the back row of the grid on Sunday.

Pos  Driver                   Team            Time       Gap
  1.  Jules Bianchi            Tech 1          1m42.638s
  2.  Marco Sorensen           Lotus           1m42.745s  + 0.107s
  3.  Robin Frijns             Fortec          1m42.748s  + 0.110s
  4.  Nico Muller              Draco           1m42.837s  + 0.199s
  5.  Sam Bird                 ISR             1m42.975s  + 0.337s
  6.  Arthur Pic               DAMS            1m43.200s  + 0.562s
  7.  Mikhail Aleshin          RFR             1m43.217s  + 0.579s
  8.  Will Stevens             Carlin          1m43.474s  + 0.836s
  9.  Antonio Felix da Costa   Arden Caterham  1m43.666s  + 1.028s
 10.  Walter Grubmuller        P1              1m43.810s  + 1.172s
 11.  Vittorio Ghirelli        Comtec          1m43.814s  + 1.176s
 12.  Carlos Huertas           Fortec          1m43.851s  + 1.213s
 13.  Kevin Korjus             Tech 1          1m43.864s  + 1.226s
 14.  Nikolay Martsenko        BVM Target      1m43.966s  + 1.328s
 15.  Lucas Foresti            DAMS            1m43.996s  + 1.358s
 16.  Nick Yelloly             Comtec          1m44.071s  + 1.433s
 17.  Kevin Magnussen          Carlin          1m44.084s  + 1.446s
 18.  Nigel Melker             Lotus           1m44.093s  + 1.455s
 19.  Andre Negrao             Draco           1m44.103s  + 1.465s
 20.  Daniil Move              P1              1m44.503s  + 1.865s
 21.  Zoel Amberg              Pons            1m44.695s  + 2.057s
 22.  Jake Rosenzweig          ISR             1m44.934s  + 2.296s
 23.  Daniel Zampieri          BVM Target      1m45.962s  + 3.324s
 24.  Yann Cunha               Pons            1m46.228s  + 3.590s
 

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/bianchi-follows-victory-with-pole

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