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Artur Janosz keeps Trident on top as GP3 testing moves to Valencia

by Peter Allen
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Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP3 Series Media Service

Artur?Janosz?kept up Trident’s strong pre-season pace with the new GP3 car by topping the first day of the Valencia test.

The Polish driver set the day’s best time of 1m21.755s towards the end of the morning session, two tenths ahead of his nearest rival?Alex Albon.

Konstantin Tereshchenko?was a close third for the local team Campos Racing ahead of?Charles Leclerc,?Oscar Tunjo and?Jack Aitken.?Alex Palou,?Nyck de Vries,?Tatiana Calderon and?Giuliano Alesi completed the top 10.

Matt Parry led the afternoon session for Koiranen, around two tenths down on the earlier time of Janosz. Parry’s fellow Brits Jake Dennis and Aitken were next for Arden in the front of an ART trio of?Nirei Fukuzumi, Leclerc and Albon.

The top 10 was rounded out in the afternoon by Tunjo,?Steijn Schothorst,?Santino Ferrucci and?Matevos Isaakyan.

Richard Gonda made his GP3 test debut after signing with Jenzer earlier in the week, and was 21st and 17th in the two sessions.

Combined day one results
Pos Driver Team Session 1 Session 2
1 Artur Janosz Trident 1:21.755 1:22.545
2 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:22.241 1:21.932
3 Alex Albon ART Grand Prix 1:21.954 1:22.411
4 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:21.976 1:22.885
5 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:22.017 1:22.295
6 Oscar Tunjo Jenzer Motorsport 1:22.029 1:22.433
7 Jack Aitken Arden International 1:22.054 1:22.188
8 Alex Palou Campos Racing 1:22.076 1:22.925
9 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:22.096 1:22.535
10 Tatiana Calderon Arden International 1:22.112 1:22.916
11 Jake Dennis Arden International 1:22.377 1:22.161
12 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:22.184 1:22.620
13 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1:22.199 1:22.565
14 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:22.232 1:22.286
15 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:22.317 1:22.435
16 Kevin Jorg DAMS 1:22.334 1:22.866
17 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:22.344 1:22.475
18 Jake Hughes DAMS 1:22.388 1:22.937
19 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:22.470 1:22.527
20 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:38.343 1:22.632
21 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:38.861 1:22.684
22 Richard Gonda Jenzer Motorsport 1:23.098 1:22.734
23 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:22.798 1:23.166
24 Mahaveer Raghunathan Koiranen GP 1:23.285 1:23.061