Portuguese Alvaro Parente put his Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda on pole position for Sunday’s first British F3 race at Knockhill.

The Carlin Motorsport driver set a time of 46.923, which was only 0.086 seconds faster than second-placed Mike Conway’s from Fortec Motorsport. Promatecme’s Stephen Kane came third, with his best time of 47.079, in his Lola B05/30 Mugen-Honda.

Ryan Lewis, who continuously improved the top times at the beginning of the session, qualified in fourth place with a time of 47.124.

Charlie Hollings snatched his fourth pole in a row in the National Class, setting a time of 47.506. Leader in the National Class, Barton Mawer (T-Sport) finished in second place, followed by Juho Annala from Alan Docking Racing coming third.

The session was briefly red-flagged after the cars of Carlin Motorsport’s Ricardo Teixeira and Salvador Duran (P1 Motorsport) had to be recovered from the Scotsman Corner, after both spun into the gravel. The two cars suffered front suspension damage as a result.

The second qualifying will take place on Saturday afternoon at 14:30 hours.