Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography
Hitech GP’s Deagen Fairclough ended GB3’s two-day pre-season test at Snetterton on top after eclipsing Freddie Slater’s day one benchmark on Thursday.
Fairclough set a new best of 1m40.468s in the final session to edge both Hillspeed’s Slater and Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Ninovic, who also both improved on day two, and the trio were separated by just 0.052 seconds.
Slater was quickly on the pace in session one of the day, posting a best lap of 1m40.654s to lead Fairclough by 0.1s, while Elite Motorsport’s Will Macintyre improved on his pace from Wednesday to sit third.
Macintyre led in session two, but he was pipped to top spot by Ninovic who lapped 0.3s quicker with a 1m40.963s. Fairclough ended up 0.5s adrift of Ninovic in third, and Slater denied Hitech’s Keanu Al Azhari fourth by 0.08s.
Laptimes again were slower at the top in session three, with Slater’s 1m41.261s effort good enough to be quickest by 0.125s from Ninovic. Macintyre again appeared in the top three.
Making his first appearance for Argenti Motorsport with Prema on day two, Reza Seewooruthun was half a second off the session pace in fourth, with JHR Developments’ Kai Daryanani and Noah Lisle close behind him.
The final session proved to be quickest of the day – and GB3’s first official test with its new car. Ninovic lowered the pace to 1m40.520s approaching the halfway stage, and Slater soon bettered that time by 0.04s, but it was not enough to end up on top as Fairclough went fastest of all with 16 minutes remaining.
Al Azhari also improved in the final session to end the day 0.4s behind in fourth, while Macintyre was shuffled back to fifth having not bettered his session one time. Rodin’s Abbi Pulling was sixth ahead of Hillspeed’s Gianmarco Pradel and Seewooruthun, the trio all posting personal bests in session four.
Less than one second separated the top 11 drivers, with Lisle ninth ahead of Fluxa and Fortec Motorsports’ James Higgins.
Day two results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deagen Fairclough | Hitech GP | 1m40.468s | 66 | |
| 2 | Freddie Slater | Hillspeed | 1m40.481s | +0.013s | 54 |
| 3 | Alex Ninovic | Rodin Motorsport | 1m40.520s | +0.052s | 59 |
| 4 | Keanu Al Azhari | Hitech GP | 1m40.872s | +0.404s | 57 |
| 5 | Will Macintyre | Elite Motorsport | 1m40.917s | +0.449s | 59 |
| 6 | Abbi Pulling | Rodin Motorsport | 1m41.024s | +0.556s | 55 |
| 7 | Gianmarco Pradel | Hillspeed | 1m41.029s | +0.561s | 56 |
| 8 | Reza Seewooruthun | Argenti with Prema | 1m41.107s | +0.639s | 52 |
| 9 | Noah Lisle | JHR Developments | 1m41.409s | +0.941s | 62 |
| 10 | Lucas Fluxa | Argenti with Prema | 1m41.447s | +0.979s | 67 |
| 11 | James Higgins | Fortec Motorsports | 1m41.463s | +0.995s | 67 |
| 12 | Kai Daryanani | JHR Developments | 1m41.839s | +1.371s | 69 |
| 13 | Bianca Bustamante | Elite Motorsports | 1m42.101s | +1.633s | 58 |
| 14 | Hunter Yeany | Velocity Racing Development | 1m42.212s | +1.744s | 68 |
| 15 | Stefan Bostandjiev | Fortec Motorsports | 1m42.304s | +1.836s | 23 |
| 16 | Leandro Juncos | Chris Dittmann Racing | 1m42.622s | +2.154s | 55 |
| 17 | Finn Harrison | Chris Dittmann Racing | 1m42.942s | +2.474s | 64 |