Colapinto takes Van Amersfoort Racing’s maiden F3 pole on debut in Bahrain
Colapinto rose to the top of t🔴he timesheets with just under 10 minutes to go as the rookie impressed on his first-ever F3 outing.
It was also Van Amersfoort's first outing in F3 after taking over from HWA Racelab for♐ this season.
The Argꦜentine edged out Trident's Roman Stanek by just under 0.1s to secure pole position for Sunday's feature race.
Stanek led t💖he way for the majority of the session but was ultimately toppled by Colapinto at Sakhir.
Kush Miani w𝔍as another driver to impress on his first F3 week🌺end, securing third overall for MP Motorsport.
Miani ended up just over a tenth shy of Colapi♊nto's 1m46.322s but he will be happy with his first qualifying outing in F3.
Gregoire Saucy led the way for ART Grand Prix ahead of tܫeammates Victor Ma🐟rtins and Juan Manuel Correa.
Zane Maloney was seventh quickest ahead of Aleksandr Smolyar, who 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 Dꦫ🥃avid Vidales rounded out the top 10.
It was a disappointing session fo🎐r Prema as Oliver Bearman was its best qualifier in 11th.
Arthur Leclerc could only manage 14th on the grid,🍌 while Jak Crawford was down in 21st.
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