Adrien Simon was able to best his rivals this evening in qualifying, and take his first pole position since Australia 2019. He was seven hundredths ahead of Powers in second, while Ruiz completed the top three thanks to a marginal one thousandth of a second over Klaas Van Snelheid. Q1 Q1 was a bit of a nothing affair, all session the Westwoods and North Stars looked comfortably ahead of the Highwinds and Meteors. The only use was for extra data, track time, and a small amount of competition for first in the session. It was Tumo Kinnumen who ended up quickest, followed by Halvosen half a tenth back, then Barclay and Kidd behind them. The gap at the back in Q1 continues to rise, as Beckenbauer was nearly four tenths back from making it to Q2. Q2 After the shock pole in Germany, things seemed to return to normal with no real potential for cunning strategy here; everybody was finding their feet as they pushed their cars in anger around the Dubai Autodrome for the first time. It was Ruiz who initially looked best, on top for the majority of the session, and fastest as he took the chequered flag for the session. It was Klaas who first attempted to take the pole from the Brazilian, and cruelly fell short by a mere thousandth, an incredibly marginal difference that we rarely see. His teammate then bested the pair of them and sat himself in provisional pole, confident he would have done enough to see off the competition; however Simon still had some tricks up his sleeve, and by taking a slightly different line through the penultimate corner was able to secure pole position for the first time in over two years. Addison completed the top five over two tenths off of pole, while the Lopez team found Wagner and Kangur doing well in 6th and 7th respectively. Thunder backed up his pace from practice by taking 8th, while Forini and Perez filled out the top ten. FIRST were close to both cars in the top ten as Hoskins was able to get P10 late on in the session. Phoenix also continued to look better as they were able to qualify 12th and 13th - Xylander once again showing the way to his teammate Alvarez. The Ocelots continued the Noah's ark theme in 14th and 15th, followed closely by the ever impressive Takahashi. Once again ahead of all of his Q1 rivals, he'll be looking to capitalise on any attrition ahead of him in the race tomorrow to consolidate Arrow's top ten position in the constructor's championship. Kinnumen lines up behind, followed closely by Halvosen, while Max Meyer was the only AMR inside the top twenty. In the bottom ten it was more disappointment for plenty of drivers. Barclay found himself over two tenths off of his teammate and down in 21st, while Schnyder would've hoped for better than the 11th row. The Ingrams seemingly unable to get their car to work in the desert, find themselves occupying the second last row. However the largest disappointment has to be Thunstrom; after setting a blistering laptime in practice yesterday, he simply looked out of his element once everybody began to push their machines to the limit and sadly will start plum last in tomorrow's V-Prix. See full classification below. After a cracking qualifying, and a good variation of strategy choices throughout the field combined with an unknown circuit, we're in for a fantastic race. We can't wait for you to join us live for the action!
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