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Browning dominates GB3 Qualifying at Spa to take double pole

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Credit: Jakob Ebrey

Luke Browning took two more pole positions to aid his GB3 Championship title charge at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Friday afternoon.

He broke into the 2:15s around the seven-kilometre circuit, lapping almost half a second ahead of title rival Joel Granfors, the Swede just one thousandth ahead of Douglas Motorsport‘s Max Esterson.

Silverstone Race 3 winner, Cian Shields put his Hitech GP car fourth, just ahead of team-mate Bryce Aron to put all three race-winning Hitech drivers in the top five for Race 1 on Saturday afternoon.

McKenzy Cresswell lapped around a tenth slower than Aron to set his best grid slot of his maiden campaign so far, but just ahead of his Chris Dittmann Racing team-mate Branden Oxley, who lines up second for Race 2.

Javier Sagrera picked up his first podium of the year at Snetterton, and built on that momentum and his experience of the Spa circuit to lead the Carlin trio, with Callum Voisin P18 and Roberto Faria P20.

Matthew Rees, in ninth, has a new team-mate at JHR Developments in 2020 F4 British Championship contender James Hedley, who left Elite Motorsport ahead of the weekend, with his former stablemate Tom Lebbon rounding out the top ten.

GB3 Spa Qualifying Results:

Pos.No.NameNat.TeamTime/Gap
15Luke BrowningGBRHitech GP2:15.627s
250Joel GranforsSWEFortec Motorsport+0.475s
342Max EstersonUSADouglas Motorsport+0.476s
46Cian ShieldsGBRHitech GP+0.587s
54Bryce AronUSAHitech GP+0.686s
68McKenzy CresswellGBRChris Dittmann Racing+0.782s
768Branden OxleyGBRChris Dittmann Racing+0.814s
831Javier SagreraSPACarlin+0.891s
953Matthew ReesGBRJHR Developments+0.957s
1034Tom LebbonGBRElite Motorsport+1.025s
1167James HedleyGBRJHR Developments+1.065s
1227John BennettGBRElite Motorsport+1.065s
1322Nico ChristodoulouCANArden Motorsport+1.168s
1432Alex ConnorGBRArden Motorsport+1.265s
1511Marcos FlackAUSDouglas Motorsport+1.321s
1664Nick GilkesCANHillspeed+1.357s
1777David MoralesUSAArden Motorsport+1.578s
1835Callum VoisinGBRCarlin+1.948s
1943Mikkel GrundtvigDENFortec Motorsport+2.447s
207Roberto FariaBRACarlin+2.596s
2116Tommy SmithAUSDouglas Motorsport+2.829s
2221Zak TaylorGBRFortec Motorsport+3.811s
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