Théo Pourchaire will start Saturday’s Formula 3 feature race f🌳rom pole position after a storming lap put him over four-tenths clear of the rest of the field.

With slipstream so important around Monz𒈔a, qualifying was a messy affair with traffic and drivers impeding each other as they looked to get that crucial tow.

ART Grand Prix, Prema and Trident are all under investigation collectively ꦑfor impeding - which is unusual given that it is usually an individual driver, rather than a collecti🅷ve team that is under investigation by the stewards.

Pourchair🔴e managed to make the most of his team-mate’s slipstream to take pole position off Lirim Zendeli by 0.451s🗹 - his first F3 pole.

Zendeli propelled himself up the order in the dying stages, nipping ahead of the second ART car of A𝔍lexander Smolyar.

Liam Lawson is set to start fourth and was responsible for the red flag period with just over eight minutes on the clo🀅ck.

The session was halted with ei🦩ght minutes remaining after some debris was left on the circuit at Curva Grande.

An air cooler had been left in Lawson’s car as he 🃏went out for his final laps of qualifying, with the incident being investigated by the stewards.

David Beckmann led the way after the first runs but could only manage fifth in theཧ end, with the German complaining over team radio about ღa lack of tow.

Frederik Vesti was the highest of t🍬he Prema drivers in sixth, a𝓰head of Matteo Nannini in the Jenzer Motorsport.

Jake Hughes should have been higher and w⛄as on ﷺcourse to take provisional pole position, but a blockage of cars at the Ascari chicane meant he had to back off and couldn’t improve his lap time meaning he will start in eighth.

Calan Williams starts ninth ahe🌜ad of champi💙onship leader Logan Sargeant, who could only manage tenth.

It was a bad day for the championship rivals with Sarge𝓀ant only in P10, while Oscar Piastri is set to start the race in 12th.