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Heading into the third race weekend of the 2024 F1 Academy schedule, the biggest question was whether anyone could catch Abbi Pulling.

During Friday’s qualifying session, the answer was no.

The Alpine driver swept qualifying on Friday and will start both races up front at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. However, Pulling certainly had to work for those pole positions, as several drivers put themselves on provisional pole position throughout the session.

Track evolution was a massive part of the story. As time wound down in the qualifying session the sun was doing the same in the sky, and the lap times began to tick down lap-by-lap. With two minutes to go Pulling was atop the timing sheets and on provisional pole, but several drivers were still on the track looking for those critical tenths — or more — to catch Pulling at the top of the timing sheets.

Ultimately, however, they could not.

Haas driver Chloe Chambers came closest, just 0.059 seconds behind Pulling’s fastest time. Nerea Martí, the hometown heroine, qualified third.

Doriane Pin, recovering from the rib injury that kept her out of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, will start fourth. Bianca Bustamante, who enters this F1 Academy weekend sitting fifth in the standings, will start in that position in the first race.

“That was a nailbiting one, wasn’t it?” radioed in Pulling to her team following the session.

As for the second race, Pulling will be again starting up front. Under F1 Academy rules, the fastest time in a qualifying session sets the grid for the first race, but the starting order for the second race is set by each driver’s second-fastest time. Chambers will start third, with Pin in P3 for the second race this weekend, which takes place on Sunday.

Here are the full qualifying results:

F1 Academy Race 1 Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Results

Position Driver Team Time
Position Driver Team Time
1 Abbi Pulling Alpine 1:41.396
2 Chloe Chambers Haas +0.059
3 Nerea Martí Hilfiger +0.133
4 Doriane Pin Mercedes +0.384
5 Bianca Bustamante McLaren +0.525
6 Tina Hausmann Aston Martin +0.597
7 Hamda Al Qubaisi Red Bull +0.727
8 Lia Block Williams +0.837
9 Jessica Edgar American Express +0.838
10 Lola Lovinfosse Charlotte Tilbury +0.980
11 Emely de Heus Red Bull Ford +1.023
12 Maya Weug Ferrari HP +1.049
13 Amna Al Qubaisi VCARB +1.099
14 Carrie Schreiner Sauber +1.106
15 Aurelia Nobels Puma +1.359

F1 Academy Race 2 Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Results

Position Driver Team Time
Position Driver Team Time
1 Abbi Pulling Alpine 1:41.544
2 Chloe Chambers Haas +0.076
3 Doriane Pin Mercedes +0.255
4 Nerea Martí Hilfiger +0.378
5 Hamda Al Qubaisi Red Bull +0.704
6 Lia Block Williams +0.720
7 Tina Hausmann Aston Martin +0.725
8 Bianca Bustamante McLaren +0.771
9 Jessica Edgar American Express +0.776
10 Lola Lovingosse Charlotte Tilbury +0.834
11 Emely de Heus Red Bull Ford +0.982
12 Carrie Schreiner Sauber +1.012
13 Maya Weug Ferrari +1.017
14 Aurelia Nobels Puma +1.346
15 Amna Al Qubaisi VCARB +1.468

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