Lynn on pole for GP3 season opener

Alex Lynn will start the opening race of the 2014 GP3 season from pole position after a thrilling qualifying session in Spain.

The 2013 Macau Grand Prix winner remained under the radar for the majority of the 30-minute session, but vaulted to the top of the order in the final moments with a time of 1m35.614s.

Red Bull junior Lynn demoted fellow rookie Marvin Kirchoffer in doing so, who had been trading best lap times with practice pacesetter Richie Stanaway and Jimmy Eriksson up until the last five minutes of the session.

Patrick Kujala rounded off the top five ahead of Dino Zamparelli, while Emil Bernstorff and Alex Fontana occupy the fourth row of the grid.

GP3 returnee Pal Varhaug pipped ex-Formula 2 runner-up Matheo Tuscher to ninth.

Nelson Mason finished the session in 20th position, but drops three places after stewards discovered his car did not have its tyre valves correctly fitted during free practice on Friday.