MP Motorsport rookie Bruno del Pino also had a stellar day in Bahrain, qualifying fifth ahead of another FDA member in Tuukka Taponen, who was sixth for ART Grand Prix.
Noah Stromsted was seventh for TRIDENT, ahead of Nikola Tsolov, in his Red Bull-liveried Campos Racing car.
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Williams Driver Academy member Alessandro Giusti was ninth for MP, while AIX Racing’s Freddie Slater rounded out the top 10 on debut.
Hitech TGR drivers Martinius Stenshorne and Joshua Dufek ended up in P11 and P12. This means they will line up on the front row when we reverse the grid for Saturday’s Sprint Race, which is set to start at 13:15 local time.
Before that starts, you can read an in-depth report of the Formula 3 Qualifying session from Bahrain on the official website here.
