Chiara Battig takes F1 Academy pole on her wild card debut at Silverstone.

Battig became the first F1 Academy wild card driver to claim pole position and also the series' youngest polesitter. She topped practice earlier in the day, then set a 2:01.775 in qualifying.

Alisha Palmowski qualified second, 0.177s behind, with Lisa Billard third. Ava Dobson and Rachel Robertson put all three Hitech cars in the top five for the series' Silverstone debut.