By alley - May 21, 2016, 8:01 AM ET

FV8 3.5: Panis to Spa pole after Vaxiviere exclusion

Frenchman Matthieu Vaxiviere has been relegated from pole position to last on the grid for Saturday afternoon's opening Formula V8 3.5 race at Spa-Francorchamps.

A parc ferme infringement was committed by Vaxiviere's SMP Racing team following qualifying.

"It is not the best weekend for me, we have lost the pole and I think I have lost my job," said SMP Racing's respected team manager Simone Giglio. "It was my misunderstanding, I heard that parc ferme was open, and I thought it was open for everyone. It was my mistake."

Vaxiviere's penalty promotes Arden racer Aurelien Panis to pole position ahead of team-mate Egor Orudzhev.

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Aurelien Panis	Arden Motorsport
2	Egor Orudzhev	Arden Motorsport
3	Rene Binder	Lotus
4	Tom Dillmann	AVF
5	Louis Deletraz	Fortec Motorsports
6	Yu Kanamaru	Teo Martin Motorsport
7	Roy Nissany	Lotus
8	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rp Motorsport
9	Alfonso Celis	AVF
10	Matevos Isaakyan	SMP Racing
11	Pietro Fittipaldi	Fortec Motorsports
12	Vitor Baptista	Rp Motorsport
13	Beitske Visser	Teo Martin Motorsport
14	Giuseppe Cipriani	Durango Racing Team
15	Matthieu Vaxiviere	SMP Racing