Freddie Slater, Alex Ninovic and Noah Lisle were the fastest drivers in qualifying at Silverstone, here's how each reacted at the end of the new two-part session.
Double pole, Freddie Slater, Hillspeed:
“Honestly it was such a great qualifying session even from lap one in Q1 and I felt in the rhythm straight away. The tyres came in really well and then I knew I had that buffer going into Q2 and I could just drive clean laps and focus on myself and honestly, I couldn’t think of a better car and circuit combination. It feels so good through Maggots and Becketts. All the high-speed corners are such an improvement from the previous car. It’s such good fun to drive.
"It's a completely different start procedure and the clutch is completely different to the old one so they’ll be a few things that we all have to learn. It’s going to be interesting and I’ll see what the weather does and hopefully get a good launch off the line and see what we can do.
"The new session obviously follows more what other championships do and it’s good as you get two sets to go for it and a break in between to make a little adjustment, as I was desperate to get the absolute maximum out of it on Q2. A good way to handle the qualifying.
"It's a great way to start the season, and I’m really looking forward to the reverse grid too.”
Second, Alex Ninovic, Rodin Motorsport:
“Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the result. Finishing P2 was pretty good. We maximized as much as we could out on the track so I’m quite happy with that and the car felt great. I did the best I could and coming away with P2 will give us a good opportunity in the race.
"I'm pretty excited, hopefully I get a good start and we’ll see where that takes us.
"It was tricky trying to get the gap and really manage where you’re going to go and not get traffic, so I think I did a really good job of that. I got some clean air and managed to get up the front so I'm pretty happy.”
Third, Noah Lisle, JHR Developments:
“It’s been a difficult weekend and it was a difficult afternoon on Thursday, so we were just kind of recovering from there and I’m really happy with how the team worked to recover some pace after missing session two.
"We took that last step we needed to in qualifying which is always really nice. The car was mega out there, and I definitely think that pole was on the cards which is always nice when you come in knowing what you could’ve done better. I think it’s a strong way to start our time in GB3.
"Obviously I'm always targeting the win if you’re starting on the front few rows but if we can just move forward that’s the main thing.”