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Blomqvist leads Verstappen in morning of final day at Spielberg

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
written by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Photo: FIA Formula 3 European Championship / Thomas Suer

Photo: FIA Formula 3 European Championship / Thomas Suer

Carlin’s Tom Blomqvist was the first driver to go quicker than 1:24s in official FIA F3 testing at Spielberg as he topped the morning session of the second day.

Blomqvist managed a last-gasp lap to dethrone karting graduate Max Verstappen, who himself had taken over at the top from long-time leader Antonio Giovinazzi a minute earlier.

With the top three of Blomqvist – Verstappen – Giovinazzi separated by 0.2s, the rest of the field was headed by Jake Dennis, who made it three Carlin cars among the four fastest and locked out the top four for Volkswagen engines.

Mucke’s Felix Rosenqvist was fifth, with Carlin’s Ed Jones narrowly leading Fortec driver John Bryant-Meisner in sixth. Yet another Carlin driver – Jordan King – was eighth, with Mitch Gilbert and Esteban Ocon rounding out the top ten.

Session results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Tom Blomqvist Carlin 1:23.930 57
2 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing 1:24.029 0.099 69
3 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:24.114 0.184 44
4 Jake Dennis Carlin 1:24.402 0.472 51
5 Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 1:24.503 0.573 36
6 Ed Jones Carlin 1:24.652 0.722 49
7 John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Motorsport 1:24.658 0.728 50
8 Jordan King Carlin 1:24.752 0.822 40
9 Mitch Gilbert Fortec Motorsport 1:24.778 0.848 51
10 Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam 1:24.808 0.878 36
11 Riccardo Agostini EuroInternational 1:24.844 0.914 37
12 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:24.869 0.939 44
13 Lucas Auer kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 1:24.990 1.060 51
14 Felipe Guimaraes Double R Racing 1:25.005 1.075 69
15 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing 1:25.039 1.109 51
16 Nicholas Latifi Prema Powerteam 1:25.110 1.180 42
17 Dennis van de Laar Prema Powerteam 1:25.185 1.255 32
18 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec 1:25.283 1.353 28
19 Alexander Toril ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:25.649 1.719 63
20 Roy Nissany kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 1:25.671 1.741 41
21 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam 1:25.708 1.778 29
22 Spike Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:25.715 1.785 56
23 Michele Beretta EuroInternational 1:26.295 2.365 37
24 Marco Sorensen Signature 1:26.334 2.404 43
25 Tatiana Calderon Signature 1:26.526 2.596 48
26 Hector Hurst Team West-Tec 1:26.592 2.662 20
27 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 1:28.706 4.776 27