Rodin Motorsport's reigning British F4 champion Louis Sharp started his GB3 campaign in perfect fashion with a sensational double pole position in qualifying this morning at Oulton Park.
The New Zealander dominated his maiden qualifying session in the series, and his time of 1m29.292s was almost three tenths of a second clear of JHR Developments' John Bennett, with Sharp's Rodin teammate Ugo Ugochukwu third.
Sharp was at one point almost half a second clear of the field, and though Bennett trimmed the gap down to 0.287s at the end of the session, the pole margin was still the biggest in this series at Oulton Park since 2016.
Sharp's second best lap of 1m29.554s was enough to put him on pole for race two also, ensuring he claimed the full £500 of prize money on offer in the Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup.
Outside the top-three, Gerrard Xie led Hitech Pulse-Eight's charge with the fourth fastest time, a tenth further back from McLaren junior Ugochukwu, and 0.008s clear of Elite's McKenzy Cresswell in fifth.
Hitech pair Tymek Kucharczyk and Will Macintyre were next up in sixth and seventh, with the third Rodin car of Arthur Rogeon eighth.
Elite's Jarrod Waberski claimed ninth on the grid for race one, with Fortec's GB4 graduate Colin Queen completing the top-10 for the first race of the year, which is due to commence at 3pm local time.
The provisional grid for race two puts Sharp ahead of Bennett again, with Xie rising to third ahead of Ugochukwu. Cresswell is fifth once more ahead of Kucharczyk and Waberski, with Macintyre, Seb Murray and Patrick Heuzenroeder the top-10.
Heuzenroder qualified 12th fastest for race one, and therefore is in line the race three pole position.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Oulton Park provisional qualifying result:
1. Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport, 1m29s.292
2. John Bennett, JHR Developments, +0.287s
3. Ugu Ugochukwu, Rodin Motorsport, +0.399s
4. Gerrard Xie, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.513s
5. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +0.521s
6. Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.569s
7. Will MacIntyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.689s
8. Arthur Rogeon, Rodin Motorsport, +0.732s
9. Jarrod Waberski, Elite Motorsport, +0.751s
10. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsports, +0.763s
11. Seb Murray, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.798s
12. Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +0.816s
13. Josh Irfan, JHR Developments, +0.992s
14. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsports, +1.119s
15. Noah Ping, VRD by Arden, +1.181s
16. Hugo Schwarze, Elite Motorsport, +1.261s
17. Flynn Jackes, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.276s
18. Shawn Rashid, VRD by Arden, +1.844s
19. Adi Kulkarni, Hillspeed, +1.965s
20. Rishab Jain, Chris Dittmann Racing, +2.228s
21. James Hedley, VRD by Arden, +2.614s
GB3 Championship, Qualifying second fastest times:
1. Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport, 1m29.554s
2. John Bennett, JHR Developments, +0.147s
3. Gerrard Xie, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.288s
4. Ugo Ugochukwu, Rodin Motorsport, +0.376s
5. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +0.391s
6. Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.492s
7. Jarrod Waberski, Elite Motorsport, +0.515s
8. Will MacIntyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.630s
9. Seb Murray, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.656s
10. Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +0.826s
11. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsports, +0.848s
12. Arthur Rogeon, Rodin Motorsport, +0.910s
13. Noah Ping, VRD by Arden, +0.956s
14. Josh Irfan, JHR Developments, +1.025s
15. Hugo Schwarze, Elite Motorsport, +1.110s
16. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsports, +1.302s
17. Flynn Jackes, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.357s
18. Adi Kulkarni, Hillspeed, +2.094s
19. Rishab Jain, Chris Dittmann Racing, +2.199s
20. Shawn Rashid, VRD by Arden, +3.715s
21. James Hedley, VRD by Arden, +4.373