
Nico Hülkenberg secured himself the first pole position in his career in the Formula 3 Euro Series. At the 3.629 kilometres long Sprint circuit of the Nürburgring, the winner of the "Masters of Formula 3" was 0.277 seconds faster than Edoardo Piscopo. 18-year old Swiss Sébastien Buemi will be starting from third place into Saturday's 13th season round of the Formula 3 Euro Series. Maximilian Götz set the eighth fastest lap time upon the debut of the new Volkswagen engine in the Formula 3 Euro Series.
Hülkenberg dominated the entire session and was in front for most of the time. His team mate Romain Grosjean, who came to the Eifel as the points leader, occupies fifth place on the grid behind Briton James Jakes and ahead of the surprisingly strong Russian Sergey Afanasiev.
Nico Hülkenberg said about his pole position: "Great, my maiden pole position in the Formula 3 Euro Series. Qualifying was really fun. Now, I want to turn this first grid position into a good race result tomorrow."