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Campos Racing’s Mari Boya set the fastest time on the second morning of FIA Formula 3’s in-season test at Barcelona.
The track was busy early on as all but PHM Racing’s drivers headed out for a performance run on used tyres. ART Grand Prix’s Nikola Tsolov was first to top with a 1m28.827s lap. He was soon bettered by Hitech GP’s Luke Browning, with Trident’s Leonardo Fornaroli concluding that first period at action in first place and 0.231 seconds off Monday’s fastest lap.
After a short break, all drivers returned to the track on a new set of tyres for a qualifying simulation. Laptimes improved by one-and-a-half seconds on average, and Campos’s Oliver Goethe lowered the pace to 1m27.377s. Fornaroli then went fastest in all three sectors and topped the times again by 0.698s.
Fresh rubber was also the go-to option for the next run, and drivers continued to improve although Fornaroli’s benchmark was out of reach. Browning got closest, 0.013s off. Fornaroli was the last driver to leave the pitlane and despite setting new personal bests in sectors one and two he failed to improve on his earlier laptime. Goethe also took to the track later than most for the third run and went third fastest, ahead of Trident’s Sami Meguetounif who had completed his run earlier on.
There was then a period of inactivity, but Boya – who was yet to complete a qualifying simulation – went out halfway through the session and set a 1m26.646s to go fastest by 0.033s.
The track got busier again in the last hour, when teams sent their drivers out on long runs as the temperature rose.
Boya did the least laps of anyone, just 21, while MP Motorsport’s Alex Dunne covered the most miles by clocking up 49 laps.
Morning session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mari Boya | Campos Racing | 1m26.646s | 21 | |
| 2 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Trident | 1m26.679s | +0.033s | 36 |
| 3 | Luke Browning | Hitech GP | 1m26.692s | +0.046s | 39 |
| 4 | Oliver Goethe | Campos Racing | 1m26.908s | +0.262s | 23 |
| 5 | Sami Meguetounif | Trident | 1m27.011s | +0.365s | 45 |
| 6 | Noel Leon | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1m27.053s | +0.407s | 32 |
| 7 | Martinius Stenshorne | Hitech GP | 1m27.061s | +0.415s | 39 |
| 8 | Max Esterson | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m27.151s | +0.505s | 43 |
| 9 | Gabriele Mini | Prema | 1m27.177s | +0.531s | 36 |
| 10 | Sebastian Montoya | Campos Racing | 1m27.336s | +0.690s | 23 |
| 11 | Joseph Loake | Rodin Motorsport | 1m27.354s | +0.708s | 40 |
| 12 | Christian Mansell | ART Grand Prix | 1m27.412s | +0.766s | 41 |
| 13 | Nikita Bedrin | PHM Racing | 1m27.476s | +0.830s | 24 |
| 14 | Laurens van Hoepen | ART Grand Prix | 1m27.478s | +0.832s | 42 |
| 15 | Dino Beganovic | Prema | 1m27.501s | +0.855s | 24 |
| 16 | Tim Tramnitz | MP Motorsport | 1m27.508s | +0.862s | 48 |
| 17 | Nikola Tsolov | ART Grand Prix | 1m27.560s | +0.914s | 40 |
| 18 | Charlie Wurz | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m27.570s | +0.924s | 41 |
| 19 | Tommy Smith | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1m27.612s | +0.966s | 34 |
| 20 | Callum Voisin | Rodin Motorsport | 1m27.653s | +1.007s | 39 |
| 21 | Alex Dunne | MP Motorsport | 1m27.669s | +1.023s | 49 |
| 22 | Arvid Lindblad | Prema | 1m27.687s | +1.041s | 41 |
| 23 | Matias Zagazeta | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m27.718s | +1.072s | 41 |
| 24 | Santiago Ramos | Trident | 1m27.724s | +1.078s | 25 |
| 25 | Cian Shields | Hitech GP | 1m27.728s | +1.082s | 40 |
| 26 | Piotr Wisnicki | Rodin Motorsport | 1m27.846s | +1.200s | 35 |
| 27 | Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak | PHM Racing | 1m27.875s | +1.229s | 24 |
| 28 | Joshua Dufek | PHM Racing | 1m27.876s | +1.230s | 28 |
| 29 | Sophia Floersch | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1m27.892s | +1.246s | 34 |
| 30 | Kacper Sztuka | MP Motorsport | 1m27.987s | +1.341s | 47 |