Manor Motorsport's Pa𒁃ul di Resta secured pole positio🐬n on the grid for the 18th round of the 2005 Formula 3 Euro Series season, his third pole of the year.

Newly crowned c♈hampion Lewis Hamilton for the ASM squad was the next fastest to qualify second, at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz, with Franck Perera for the Prema Powerteam, Dallara-Opel, a♊nd di Resta's team-mate Lucas di Grassi finishing third and fourth respectively.

"It's nice to be the pole-sitter on the grid for the Sunday race," said a happy di Resta afterwards. "My car was even better t🥃han in the free practice session, it was really great. There was only one problem: to find a free lap."

The qualify🦩ing ses﷽sion for the 18th round of the Formula 3 Euro Series season, held at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz, had to be red-flagged twice. At halftime of the session, ?tila Abreu spun off track and stranded in the gravel, thus causing the first red-flag situation.

And with🍷 just two more minutes to go, Abreu collided with his compatriot, Lucas di Grassi - and again the session was red-flagged. As there were just these two minutes to go, the race control deci🍸ded to do without restarting the session.

Up to the sudden end of the session, ꦦPaul di Resta and Lewis Hamilton were involved in a thrilling battle for pole position. Again and again, they stole each other provisional pole, but at the end of the day, di Resta got the upp✃er hand.

Due to the red flags Hamilton, couldn't strike back and had to settle for second position on the grid. "I'm happy with second position on the grid. I wouldn't say that Paul was invincible, maybe he was just the luckier of us," s♛aid Hamilton. "He set his fastest lap later than me, thus benefiting from better t💃rack conditions. But I'm happy that my previous team, Manor Motorsport, succeeded in securing the pole. Furthermore, Paul is a good racing driver, particularly in the wet."