Once qualifying ended, Trident teammate Clement Novalak was on💫 pole position ahead of Doohan, but issues with the timing in Ru🌱ssia has meant some changes to the order.

With Doohan on pole, points l✨eader Dennis Hauger is down in ninth place, in what was a tricky session fo🍸r the Prema driver.

With Trident 𒈔locking out the front row of the grid, Hoggard enjoyed his be⛦st qualifying of the season in third.

Frederik Vesti was f🍌ourth ahead of Juan Manuel Correa in the second ART car, while Lorenzo Colombo had a strong qualifying for C🐠ampos.

Next up 💟was Alexander Smolyar, Caio Colleဣt, with Hauger and Jak Crawford completing the top 10 in Sochi.

Logan Sargeant and Victor Martins will share the front row for the fir🍸st sprint race.

The session was briefly red-flagged after Jonny Edgar lost control of hi♈🌄s Carlin in the middle sector.

Edgar will start this afternoon’s sprint raꦯce from the bღack of the grid.

Change in the schedule

Formula 3 announced due to the heavy rain forecast for Saturday, race one has been moved to Friday꧃ afternoon.

A statement from F3, read: “The FIA Formula 3 Race 1 at the Sochi Autodrom has b♛een re-scheduled to today, Friday, 24 September 2021, at 5.25pm local time.

“The race was ♍originally planned for tomorr🌟ow, Saturday, 25 September, at 8.35pm, but due to an uncertain weather forecast, the decision has been made to bring it forward by one day.”