Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr continued his strong start to the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Season by claiming his third pole position out of three races at Motorland Aragon. The DAMS driver’s lap of 1:40.418s was enough to see him finish on top, with British rookie Oliver Rowland in second for Fortec Motorsport 0.018s adrift, while the top eighteen drivers were covered by less than a second.
Russian Nikolay Martsenko was third quickest in the sole Comtec Racing entry, ahead of Roberto Merhi in the leading Zeta Corse, while b was an impressive fifth for b. 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Pierre Gasly was the leading Arden Motorsport driver in sixth.
Marlon Stockinger was seventh for Lotus, the Phillipines driver qualifying just ahead of International Draco Racing’s Pietro Fantin, while Rowland’s Fortec team-mate Sergey Sirotkin was ninth, ahead of yesterday’s practice pace-setter Will Buller in the second Arden machine.
Race one winner of Monza and joint championship leader Will Stevens struggled and qualified fifteenth, and was outqualified by his Strakka Racing team-mate Matias Laine.
Aragon Race 1 Qualifying Times
| POS | DRIVER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | Carlos Sainz Jr | ESP | DAMS | 1:40.418 |
| 2 | Oliver Rowland | GBR | Fortec Motorsport | 1:40.436 |
| 3 | Nikolay Martsenko | RUS | Comtec Racing | 1:40.474 |
| 4 | Roberto Merhi | ESP | Zeta Corse | 1:40.581 |
| 5 | Zoel Amberg | SWI | AVF | 1:40.611 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Arden Motorsport | 1:40.624 |
| 7 | Marlon Stockinger | PHI | Lotus | 1:40.692 |
| 8 | Pietro Fantin | BRZ | International Draco Racing | 1:40.702 |
| 9 | Sergey Sirotkin | RUS | Fortec Motorsport | 1:40.709 |
| 10 | Will Buller | GBR | Arden Motorsport | 1:40.741 |
| 11 | Jazeman Jaafar | MAL | ISR | 1:40.823 |
| 12 | Matias Laine | FIN | Strakka Racing | 1:40.894 |
| 13 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | FRA | Lotus | 1:41.193 |
| 14 | Norman Nato | BRZ | DAMS | 1:41.198 |
| 15 | Will Stevens | GBR | Strakka Racing | 1:41.201 |
| 16 | Meindert van Buuren | NED | Pons Racing | 1:41.244 |
| 17 | Luca Ghiotto | ITA | International Draco Racing | 1:41.277 |
| 18 | Marco Sorensen | DEN | Tech 1 Racing | 1:41.344 |
| 19 | Roman Mavlanov | RUS | Zeta Corse | 1:41.648 |
| 20 | Oliver Webb | GBR | Pons Racing | 1:41.649 |
| 21 | Beitske Visser | NED | AVF | 1:42.240 |
Sainz made it three poles in a row at Aragon (Credit: Florent Gooden/DPPI)
Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr continued his strong start to the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Season by claiming his third pole position out of three races at Motorland Aragon. The DAMS driver’s lap of 1:40.418s was enough to see him finish on top, with British rookie Oliver Rowland in second for Fortec Motorsport 0.018s adrift, while the top eighteen drivers were covered by less than a second.
Russian Nikolay Martsenko was third quickest in the sole Comtec Racing entry, ahead of Roberto Merhi in the leading Zeta Corse, while b was an impressive fifth for b. 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Pierre Gasly was the leading Arden Motorsport driver in sixth.
Marlon Stockinger was seventh for Lotus, the Phillipines driver qualifying just ahead of International Draco Racing’s Pietro Fantin, while Rowland’s Fortec team-mate Sergey Sirotkin was ninth, ahead of yesterday’s practice pace-setter Will Buller in the second Arden machine.
Race one winner of Monza and joint championship leader Will Stevens struggled and qualified fifteenth, and was outqualified by his Strakka Racing team-mate Matias Laine.
Aragon Race 1 Qualifying Times
| POS | DRIVER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | Carlos Sainz Jr | ESP | DAMS | 1:40.418 |
| 2 | Oliver Rowland | GBR | Fortec Motorsport | 1:40.436 |
| 3 | Nikolay Martsenko | RUS | Comtec Racing | 1:40.474 |
| 4 | Roberto Merhi | ESP | Zeta Corse | 1:40.581 |
| 5 | Zoel Amberg | SWI | AVF | 1:40.611 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Arden Motorsport | 1:40.624 |
| 7 | Marlon Stockinger | PHI | Lotus | 1:40.692 |
| 8 | Pietro Fantin | BRZ | International Draco Racing | 1:40.702 |
| 9 | Sergey Sirotkin | RUS | Fortec Motorsport | 1:40.709 |
| 10 | Will Buller | GBR | Arden Motorsport | 1:40.741 |
| 11 | Jazeman Jaafar | MAL | ISR | 1:40.823 |
| 12 | Matias Laine | FIN | Strakka Racing | 1:40.894 |
| 13 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | FRA | Lotus | 1:41.193 |
| 14 | Norman Nato | BRZ | DAMS | 1:41.198 |
| 15 | Will Stevens | GBR | Strakka Racing | 1:41.201 |
| 16 | Meindert van Buuren | NED | Pons Racing | 1:41.244 |
| 17 | Luca Ghiotto | ITA | International Draco Racing | 1:41.277 |
| 18 | Marco Sorensen | DEN | Tech 1 Racing | 1:41.344 |
| 19 | Roman Mavlanov | RUS | Zeta Corse | 1:41.648 |
| 20 | Oliver Webb | GBR | Pons Racing | 1:41.649 |
| 21 | Beitske Visser | NED | AVF | 1:42.240 |
