Sandy Stuvik took his tenth pole position of a dominant EuroFormula Open season for race one of the season finale at the Circuit de Catalunya.
The Thai driver, representing RP Motorsport, set a best time of 1:41.036s to beat Spaniard Alex Palou of Campos Racing by 0.129s, while Yarin Stern was third for Team West-Tec F3.
Artur Janosz, who is involved in a battle with Palou for second place in the championship behind Stuvik, will start fourth in the second RP Motorsport machine, just ahead of Canadian Nelson Mason of Emilio de Villota Motorsport who is making his first appearance of the season after focusing on the GP3 Series in 2014.
Alessio Rovera, another driver making his first appearance of the year, was sixth for Corbetta Competizioni, with Konstantin Tereschenko seventh in the second of the three Campos Racing entries.
Yu Kanamaru was eighth for Emilio de Villota Motorsport ahead of the two BVM Racing entries of Italian drivers Michele Beretta and Damiano Fioravanti.
Twenty-three drivers are competing this weekend, the largest field of the season. As well as Mason, Rovera and Beretta, there are first appearances of the year for Fabian Schiller and Igor Walilko for Team West-Tec F3, while Igor Urien makes his first appearance since the season opener with DAV Racing.
Circuit de Catalunya Race 1 Qualifying Times
POS | DRIVER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
1 | Sandy Stuvik | THA | RP Motorsport | 1:41.036 |
2 | Alex Palou | ESP | Campos Racing | 1:41.165 |
3 | Yarin Stern | ISR | Team West-Tec F3 | 1:41.476 |
4 | Artur Janosz | POL | RP Motorsport | 1:41.533 |
5 | Nelson Mason | CAN | Emilio de Villota Motorsport | 1:41.572 |
6 | Alessio Rovera | ITA | Corbetta Competizioni | 1:41.668 |
7 | Konstantin Tereschenko | RUS | Campos Racing | 1:41.673 |
8 | Yu Kanamaru | JAP | Emilio de Villota Motorsport | 1:41.789 |
9 | Michele Beretta | ITA | BVM Racing | 1:41.824 |
10 | Damiano Fioravanti | ITA | BVM Racing | 1:41.906 |
11 | Fabian Schiller | GER | Team West-Tec F3 | 1:42.044 |
12 | John Simonyan | RUS | RP Motorsport | 1:42.057 |
13 | Leonardo Pulcini | ITA | DAV Racing | 1:42.067 |
14 | Tanart Sathienthirakul | THA | Team West-Tec F3 | 1:42.110 |
15 | Sean Walkinshaw | GBR | Campos Racing | 1:42.172 |
16 | Andres Saravia | GTM | RP Motorsport | 1:42.213 |
17 | Wei Fung Thong | HKG | Team West-Tec F3 | 1:42.352 |
18 | Igor Urien | ESP | DAV Racing | 1:42.371 |
19 | Igor Walilko | POL | Team West-Tec F3 | 1:42.432 |
20 | Che-One Lim | KOR | Emilio de Villota Motorsport | 1:42.687 |
21 | Henrique Baptista | BRZ | DAV Racing | 1:42.805 |
22 | Saud Al Faisal | SAU | RP Motorsport | 1:43.045 |
23 | William Barbosa | COL | Corbetta Competizioni | 1:43.819 |