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ALISHA PALMOWSKI Snatches Last-Second Pole At Wet-Dry Zandvoort Qualifying

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August 22, 2026

GRRL! SUMMARY:

  • ALISHA PALMOWSKI recovered from early gravel excursion to snatch pole with 1:40.911 in final seconds, denying ALBA LARSEN by 0.864s in mixed wet-dry conditions at Zandvoort.
  • NATALIA GRANADA delivered career-best qualifying in third ahead of EMMA FELBERMAYR, while hometown driver NINA GADEMAN secured fifth for Dutch fans at Circuit Zandvoort.
  • ZOE FLORESCU’s seventh-place Wild Card performance was erased by technical disqualification, promoting MEGAN BRUCE to seventh and gifting PAYTON WESTCOTT reverse-grid pole for Saturday’s race.
  • Williams’ JADE JACQUET qualified ninth while local favorite ESMEE KOSTERMAN rounded out the top-10 as series returns Saturday for 14:30 local reverse-grid race.

UPCOMING:

  • F1 Academy Reverse Grid Race – Saturday, 14:30 local time at Zandvoort

LINKS TO RACER'S PROFILE PAGES:

ALISHA PALMOWSKI ALBA LARSEN NATALIA GRANADA EMMA FELBERMAYR NINA GÅDEMAN ZOE FLORESCU MEGAN BRUCE PAYTON WESTCOTT JADE JACQUET ESMEE KOSTERMAN

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GRRL! summary based upon reporting by F1 originally appearing on www.formula1.com