Niko Lacorte fastest for Jenzer in final F3 test session at Jerez

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Jenzer Motorsport’s Niko Lacorte was fastest in the final session of the post-season FIA Formula 3 test at Jerez

Although Jenzer will not be competing in FIA F3 next year, the team still entered cars into testing and sent Lacorte out of the pits straight away as the final three-hour session on Wednesday began.

He set a 1m48.643s at first, improved to 1m31.702s two laps later then 1m31.584s the lap after that. After just 11 minutes, the fastest lap of the afternoon had been set.

Campos Racing’s Mari Boya went second fastest 17 minutes in, setting a 1m32.903s, and after 25 minutes there had been 12 drivers on track. However 18 remained in their garages.

Boya’s team-mate Nikola Tsolov slotted into third after half an hour, and AIX Racing’s Jose Garfias rose to fourth place five minutes later. Campos’s Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak sat fifth, ahead of Trident’s Charlie Wurz, Prema’s Ugo Ugochukwu and Trident’s Noah Stromsted.

Second place was finalised at the 37-minute mark, as Van Amersfoort Racing’s John Bennett set a 1m32.031s. His team-mate Ivan Domingues made his way into third by breaking into the 1m32s, by which point 19 drivers had set laps.

Everyone had been out by the end of the first hour, and the top 10 positions were all settled. AIX Racing’s Jose Garfias set a 1m32.250s to go third fastest 55 minutes in. Behind the top five were Stromsted, Tsolov, Inthraphuvasak, VAR’s Jesse Carrasquedo Jr and Wurz. Carrasquedo was the cause of a mid-session red flag period.

The track was busy on and off through the next two hours, but the focus was not on qualifying simulations and so the order was mostly unchanged. In total 13 drivers took the chequered flag.

Afternoon session results