Brazilian Pipo Derani and Brit Will Buller were quickest in the final two sessions of European F3 pre-season testing at Monza after day one of running on the track was cancelled due to snow.
The track was still covered in ice at the start of the day, forcing the organisers to postpone running. Finally, the morning session started, shortened to two hours, during which Derani emerged as quickest. Italian rookie Antonio Giovinazzi was a very impressive second ahead of another Fortec man, Felix Serralles. Three Prema drivers – Lucas Auer, Raffaele Marciello and Alex Lynn – completed the top six, with Dutchman Dennis van de Laar taking seventh. His teammate Mans Grenhagen was ninth, right behind Buller and ahead of Mucke’s top man and recently announced DTM driver Pascal Wehrlein.
The second session went on for a full four hours and saw drastically better times set. Lynn seemed set to top the timesheets but was dethroned to second by fellow Brit Buller in the closing minutes. Marciello was third this time, ahead of EuroInternational’s Tom Blomqvist and Giovinazzi, who’s enjoyed an outstanding day of testing. Derani was sixth ahead of Carlin’s top man Harry Tincknell, as Auer, Serralles and Grenhagen rounded out the top ten.
Morning session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Pipo Derani | Fortec | 1:47.065 | 31 | |
| 2 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Double R Racing | 1:47.235 | +0.170 | 29 |
| 3 | Felix Serralles | Fortec | 1:47.291 | +0.226 | 33 |
| 4 | Lucas Auer | Prema Poweteam | 1:47.393 | +0.328 | 30 |
| 5 | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Poweteam | 1:47.583 | +0.518 | 19 |
| 6 | Alex Lynn | Prema Poweteam | 1:47.683 | +0.618 | 27 |
| 7 | Dennis van de Laar | Van Amersfoort | 1:47.847 | +0.782 | 41 |
| 8 | Will Buller | ThreeBond/T-Sport | 1:47.874 | +0.809 | 25 |
| 9 | Mans Grenhagen | Van Amersfoort | 1:47.932 | +0.867 | 37 |
| 10 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mucke Motorsport | 1:47.941 | +0.876 | 27 |
| 11 | Harry Tincknell | Carlin | 1:48.069 | +1.004 | 26 |
| 12 | Tom Blomqvist | EuroInternational | 1:48.080 | +1.015 | 36 |
| 13 | Josh Hill | Fortec | 1:48.115 | +1.050 | 25 |
| 14 | Jordan King | Carlin | 1:48.252 | +1.187 | 22 |
| 15 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | 1:48.303 | +1.238 | 28 |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever | Prema Poweteam | 1:48.340 | +1.275 | 27 |
| 17 | Mitchell Gilbert | Mucke Motorsport | 1:48.349 | +1.284 | 30 |
| 18 | Felix Rosenqvist | Mucke Motorsport | 1:48.480 | +1.415 | 31 |
| 19 | Lucas Wolf | URD Rennsport | 1:48.520 | +1.455 | 29 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | Carlin | 1:48.678 | +1.613 | 32 |
| 21 | Sean Gelael | Double R Racing | 1:49.029 | +1.964 | 23 |
| 22 | Spike Goddard | ThreeBond/T-Sport | 1:49.190 | +2.125 | 31 |
| 23 | Roy Nissany | Mucke Motorsport | 1:49.542 | +2.477 | 23 |
| 24 | Gary Thompson | Romeo Ferraris | 1:49.827 | +2.762 | 34 |
| 25 | Tatiana Calderon | Double R Racing | 1:49.861 | +2.796 | 20 |
| 26 | Dmitry Suranovich | Fortec | 1:50.356 | +3.291 | 29 |
| 27 | Sven Muller | ma-con | 1:50.585 | +3.520 | 16 |
| 28 | Michela Cerruti | Romeo Ferraris | 1:50.623 | +3.558 | 31 |
| 29 | Andre Rudersdorf | ma-con | 1:50.757 | +3.692 | 23 |
| 30 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | 1:51.506 | +4.441 | 21 |
Afternoon session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Will Buller | ThreeBond/T-Sport | 1:45.354 | 40 | |
| 2 | Alex Lynn | Prema Poweteam | 1:45.611 | +0.257 | 47 |
| 3 | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Poweteam | 1:45.713 | +0.359 | 44 |
| 4 | Tom Blomqvist | EuroInternational | 1:45.764 | +0.410 | 56 |
| 5 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Double R Racing | 1:45.789 | +0.435 | 52 |
| 6 | Pipo Derani | Fortec | 1:45.869 | +0.515 | 52 |
| 7 | Harry Tincknell | Carlin | 1:45.895 | +0.541 | 52 |
| 8 | Lucas Auer | Prema Poweteam | 1:45.995 | +0.640 | 53 |
| 9 | Felix Serralles | Fortec | 1:46.026 | +0.672 | 49 |
| 10 | Mans Grenhagen | Van Amersfoort | 1:46.030 | +0.676 | 59 |
| 11 | Jordan King | Carlin | 1:46.085 | +0.731 | 49 |
| 12 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mucke Motorsport | 1:46.272 | +0.918 | 51 |
| 13 | Roy Nissany | Mucke Motorsport | 1:46.283 | +0.929 | 46 |
| 14 | Dennis van de Laar | Van Amersfoort | 1:46.331 | +0.977 | 66 |
| 15 | Josh Hill | Fortec | 1:46.361 | +1.007 | 57 |
| 16 | Felix Rosenqvist | Mucke Motorsport | 1:46.365 | +1.011 | 50 |
| 17 | Eddie Cheever | Prema Poweteam | 1:46.380 | +1.026 | 56 |
| 18 | Mitchell Gilbert | Van Amersfoort | 1:46.512 | +1.158 | 45 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Carlin | 1:46.541 | +1.187 | 37 |
| 20 | Sven Muller | ma-con | 1:46.555 | +1.201 | 43 |
| 21 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | 1:46.725 | +1.370 | 26 |
| 22 | Dmitry Suranovich | Fortec | 1:47.394 | +2.040 | 63 |
| 23 | Spike Goddard | ThreeBond/T-Sport | 1:47.439 | +2.085 | 40 |
| 24 | Sean Gelael | Double R Racing | 1:47.548 | +2.194 | 32 |
| 25 | Gary Thompson | Romeo Ferraris | 1:47.879 | +2.525 | 48 |
| 26 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | 1:48.015 | +2.661 | 51 |
| 27 | Lucas Wolf | URD Rennsport | 1:48.016 | +2.662 | 44 |
| 28 | Tatiana Calderon | Double R Racing | 1:48.203 | +2.849 | 53 |
| 29 | Andre Rudersdorf | ma-con | 1:48.551 | +3.197 | 47 |
| 30 | Michela Cerruti | Romeo Ferraris | 1:49.411 | +4.057 | 45 |