Photo: FIA Formula 3 European Championship / Thomas Suer
EuroInternational’s Riccardo Agostini topped the morning session of the first day of FIA F3 collective testing at Spielberg.
The 2012 Italian F3 champion was more than two tenths quicker over fellow rookies Esteban Ocon and Max Verstappen.
Having missed most of the Hungaroring test due to his car catching fire, Nicholas Latifi bounced back by taking fourth in the opening Spielberg session, just 0.3s down on the leader.
British team Carlin did not carry over their dominance from the Hungarian track, with the squad’s quickest driver Ed Jones taking fifth. Prema’s Antonio Fuoco and Mucke’s Lucas Auer were sixth and seventh respectively, with Antonio Giovinazzi, Felix Rosenqvist and Jordan King rounding out the top ten.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Riccardo Agostini | EuroInternational | 1:25.617 | 62 | |
| 2 | Esteban Ocon | Prema Powerteam | 1:25.851 | 0.234 | 55 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:25.863 | 0.246 | 59 |
| 4 | Nicholas Latifi | Prema Powerteam | 1:25.904 | 0.287 | 42 |
| 5 | Ed Jones | Carlin | 1:25.944 | 0.327 | 45 |
| 6 | Antonio Fuoco | Prema Powerteam | 1:26.077 | 0.460 | 46 |
| 7 | Lucas Auer | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | 1:26.150 | 0.533 | 36 |
| 8 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:26.171 | 0.554 | 38 |
| 9 | Felix Rosenqvist | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | 1:26.184 | 0.567 | 40 |
| 10 | Jordan King | Carlin | 1:26.284 | 0.667 | 40 |
| 11 | Dennis van de Laar | Prema Powerteam | 1:26.361 | 0.744 | 47 |
| 12 | Jake Dennis | Carlin | 1:26.426 | 0.809 | 39 |
| 13 | Michele Beretta | EuroInternational | 1:26.505 | 0.888 | 58 |
| 14 | Felipe Guimaraes | Double R Racing | 1:26.560 | 0.943 | 60 |
| 15 | Felix Serralles | Team West-Tec | 1:26.564 | 0.947 | 18 |
| 16 | Sean Gelael | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:26.622 | 1.005 | 47 |
| 17 | Mitch Gilbert | Fortec Motorsport | 1:26.675 | 1.058 | 30 |
| 18 | Spike Goddard | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 1:26.686 | 1.069 | 51 |
| 19 | Gustavo Menezes | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:26.793 | 1.176 | 54 |
| 20 | John Bryant-Meisner | Fortec Motorsport | 1:26.805 | 1.188 | 39 |
| 21 | Roy Nissany | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | 1:26.887 | 1.270 | 38 |
| 22 | Alexander Toril | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 1:27.079 | 1.462 | 48 |
| 23 | Jules Szymkowiak | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:27.810 | 2.193 | 42 |
| 24 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | 1:27.819 | 2.202 | 34 |
| 25 | Tatiana Calderon | Signature | 1:27.960 | 2.343 | 61 |
| 26 | Hector Hurst | Team West-Tec | 1:28.011 | 2.394 | 22 |
| 27 | Marco Sorensen | Signature | 1:28.053 | 2.436 | 45 |