Home Formula 3FIA F3 Championship Jake Hughes leads Spa FIA F3 practice by half a second

Jake Hughes leads Spa FIA F3 practice by half a second

by Peter Allen
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Photo: Colin McMaster/FIA F3

Jake Hughes topped FIA Formula 3 practice at Spa-Francorchamps by more than half a second for the HWA team.

Hughes set a lap of 2m05.929s just before the chequered flag at the end of the 45-minute session, with Trident’s Niko Kari then taking second place, 0.533 seconds adrift.

Alex Peroni briefly held top spot in the closing stages for Campos and finished up third after toppling Yifei Ye, the Hitech racer still searching for his first FIA F3 points.

Richard Verschoor took fifth, even though his car momentarily came to a halt in the middle of the session, with his MP Motorsport team-mate Liam Lawson sixth.

Bent Viscaal, Fabio Scherer, Raoul Hyman and Andreas Estner rounded out the top 10 in a quiet session for the main championship contenders.

Jehan Daruvala was the fastest of them in 15th just ahead of Hungaroring winner Christian Lundgaard, who spent much of the session on top for ART before the late improvements of others.

Daruvala’s Prema team-mates Marcus Armstrong and Robert Shwartzman were 19th and 23rd, with series leader Shwartzman just one place ahead of his nearest title rival Juri Vips.

 

Practice results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 2:05.929 13
2 Niko Kari Trident 2:06.462 0.533 15
3 Alex Peroni Campos Racing 2:06.479 0.550 15
4 Yifei Ye Hitech Grand Prix 2:06.512 0.583 16
5 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 2:06.544 0.615 17
6 Liam Lawson MP Motorsport 2:06.629 0.700 15
7 Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab 2:06.895 0.966 14
8 Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 2:06.912 0.983 17
9 Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 2:06.915 0.986 15
10 Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport 2:06.968 1.039 17
11 Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab 2:07.013 1.084 12
12 Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 2:07.023 1.094 16
13 Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport 2:07.033 1.104 16
14 Giorgio Carrara Jenzer Motorsport 2:07.158 1.229 16
15 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing 2:07.742 1.813 15
16 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 2:07.797 1.868 12
17 David Beckmann ART Grand Prix 2:07.897 1.968 14
18 Pedro Piquet Trident 2:07.913 1.984 14
19 Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing 2:07.930 2.001 15
20 Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport 2:07.981 2.052 15
21 Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix 2:07.982 2.053 13
22 Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix 2:08.121 2.192 14
23 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 2:08.167 2.238 15
24 Juri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 2:08.283 2.354 14
25 Devlin Defrancesco Trident 2:08.331 2.402 16
26 Logan Sargeant Carlin Buzz Racing 2:08.826 2.897 13
27 Felipe Drugovich Carlin Buzz Racing 2:08.857 2.928 14
28 Teppei Natori Carlin Buzz Racing 2:08.913 2.984 13
29 Sebastian Fernandez Campos Racing 2:10.457 4.528 14
30 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 2:10.734 4.805 14