Schumacher takes third straight pole position

Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher

PREMA Theodore Racing continued to move full steam ahead at Red Bull Ring. In the penultimate round of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, the team delivered another spectacular result in qualifying 1, locking out the top-3 and celebrating the third straight pole for Mick Schumacher. The 19-year-old German made another step in his exciting chase for the championship at the Austrian venue, and posted a sensational lap to top his closest contender by more than two tenths of a second. For PREMA Theodore Racing, this is the 12th pole position of the season and a good way to head into the first day of racing at the Styrian venue.

Ending up behind Schumacher were the team's two Ferrari Driver Academy-supported rookies, Robert Shwartzman and Marcus Armstrong. Eventually, the Russian got the nod on his team-mate by just 4 hundreds of a second.

It was a tougher day than expected for Ralf Aron and Guanyu Zhou. The Estonian suffered for some balance issues, while the Chinese racer also struggled a bit with traffic. In the end, they finished in P10 and P11 respectively.

Qualifying Race 1

POS DRIVER TEAM CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 Mick Schumacher PREMA Theodore Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m23.640s 0.000s 12
2 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Theodore Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m23.887s 0.247s 13
3 Marcus Armstrong PREMA Theodore Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m23.926s 0.286s 13
4 Jehan Daruvala Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m23.987s 0.347s 12
5 Juri Vips Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.112s 0.472s 12
6 Dan Ticktum Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.116s 0.476s 13
7 Jonathan Aberdein Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.135s 0.495s 13
8 Enaam Ahmed Hitech Bullfrog GP Dallara/Mercedes 1m24.178s 0.538s 11
9 Fabio Scherer Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.235s 0.595s 11
10 Ralf Aron PREMA Theodore Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m24.253s 0.613s 12
11 Guan Yu Zhou PREMA Theodore Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m24.279s 0.639s 13
12 Ferdinand Habsburg Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.289s 0.649s 12
13 Sacha Fenestraz Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.293s 0.653s 12
14 Alex Palou Hitech Bullfrog GP Dallara/Mercedes 1m24.313s 0.673s 11
15 Marino Sato Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.378s 0.738s 12
16 Sebastian Fernandez Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.380s 0.740s 12
17 Nikita Troitskiy Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.442s 0.802s 12
18 Sophia Florsch Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m24.486s 0.846s 13
19 Keyvan Andres Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m24.544s 0.904s 13
20 Ben Hingeley Hitech Bullfrog GP Dallara/Mercedes 1m24.548s 0.908s 11
21 Artem Petrov Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m24.754s 1.114s 13
22 Julian Hanses Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m24.870s 1.230s 10
23 Ameya Vaidyanathan Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m25.510s 1.870s 12