Nikita Bedrin and Lewis Wherrell claimed the final two pole positions of the season in qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Saturday morning. Here's how each driver reacted after the session.
Q1 pole - Nikita Bedrin, VRD Racing:
"It feels really good, to be honest. We had a very tricky few sessions this week and there has been quite a bit of pressure going into qualifying today, but, I just tried to enjoy it and to do my best and honestly, it paid off.
"I think also in Q2 we had very good speed, but we got impeded, which put us on the back foot, but I'm really looking forward to starting from pole today.
"It's great to win the Pole Position Cup, I need to figure out how to put it in the bank account, because I haven't done my previous positions yet. I keep forgetting! But for sure I'm going to spend it on something good.
"I'm as confident as it gets [about winning the championship]. The only way I want to do it is by winning. I don't want to finish second and win the championship. So I'm gonna do everything in my power to finish on the top step today. That's what I've been waiting for. To win the championship in first race and finish on the top step, it would mean everything to me.
"There are quite a few rookies around me, so hopefully that's to my advantage. And honestly, I'm not so worried, I'll just try to get a good start and then as long as I get a good start, I'm sorted, so it's okay."
Q2 pole - Lewis Wherrell, JHR Developments:
"It's a really good start to the championship. I can't thank everyone at JHR Developments enough for this opportunity in general. We've worked really hard from Thursday practice to now and have just been developing the car, developing everything really. And I put it all together and poled it!
"We also had quite good pace in testing, so this isn't far away from where we were meant to really be, and I knew it was possible if we strung it all together.
"I'm here to win like everyone else, so we'll try and get two wins if we can. We'll see what happens, but I'll just take it race by race."