Nirei Fukuzumi has been handed pole position for Saturday's GP3 feature race at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, after the qualifying session was cancelled due to heavy rain.
The grid will be formed from Friday's free practice times, with the Japanese driver to line up ahead of ART Grand Prix team-mates George Russell, Anthoine Hubert and Jack Aitken.
Heavy rain hit the Monza circuit during the morning, leading to the session initially being delayed. Following a further track review, the call was made to cancel the session as the rain showed no signs of abating.
Dorian Boccolacci was fifth quickest in practice and will therefore line up on row three behind the ART drivers, with Steijn Schothorst, Leonardo Pulcini, Arjun Maini, Alessio Lorandi and new driver Dan Ticktum rounding out the top ten.
"Normally I want to get pole position in qualifying, but the conditions are quite bad for driving now," commented Fukuzumi. "For the race it is a good opportunity for us to start from P1, and it is good for the Japanese fans with Nobuharu-san also in P1 from yesterday: I am used to racing in the rain from Japan, and I will look for a good result."
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