Photo: FIA F3 European Championship
Felix Rosenqvist topped both FIA F3 European Championship practice sessions ahead of round eight of the season at Spielberg.
The Swede, who won all three races at the Austrian circuit in 2013, set a benchmark of 1m25.326s at the end of the first session, enough to top the times by 0.084 seconds from Prema team-mate Jake Dennis.
In the second session, he improved to a 1m24.541s and the margin over his nearest challenger was still close, with Van Amersfoort Racing’s Charles Leclerc just 0.079s behind.
Lance Stroll had made it a Prema 1-2-3 in the opening session, just ahead of championship leader Antonio Giovinazzi.
Alex Albon was fifth ahead of the final member of the Prema contingent, Brandon Maisano. Zandvoort winner Markus Pommer was seventh, followed by Maximilian Gunther, Leclerc and Mikkel Jensen.
Dennis took third place in session two, ahead of Pommer, George Russell, Stroll and Jensen. Red Bull Junior Callum Ilott was eighth ahead of Carlin team-mates Gustavo Menenzes and Giovinazzi.
Practice results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Session 1 | Session 2 |
| 1 | Felix Rosenqvist | Prema Powerteam | 1:25.326 | 1:24.541 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:26.362 | 1:24.620 |
| 3 | Jake Dennis | Prema Powerteam | 1:25.410 | 1:24.805 |
| 4 | Markus Pommer | Motopark | 1:26.238 | 1:25.025 |
| 5 | George Russell | Carlin | 1:27.076 | 1:25.057 |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Prema Powerteam | 1:25.617 | 1:25.102 |
| 7 | Mikkel Jensen | Mucke Motorsport | 1:26.452 | 1:25.152 |
| 8 | Callum Ilott | Carlin | 1:26.769 | 1:25.215 |
| 9 | Gustavo Menezes | Carlin | 1:26.553 | 1:25.232 |
| 10 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Carlin | 1:25.677 | 1:25.291 |
| 11 | Brandon Maisano | Prema Powerteam | 1:26.183 | 1:25.354 |
| 12 | Maximilian Gunther | Mucke Motorsport | 1:26.361 | 1:25.401 |
| 13 | Alex Albon | Signature | 1:25.887 | 1:25.447 |
| 14 | Tatiana Calderon | Carlin | 1:26.586 | 1:25.469 |
| 15 | Sergio Sette Camara | Motopark | 1:26.569 | 1:25.516 |
| 16 | Sam MacLeod | Motopark | 1:26.863 | 1:25.655 |
| 17 | Fabian Schiller | West-Tec | 1:28.680 | 1:25.724 |
| 18 | Dorian Boccolacci | Signature | 1:26.741 | 1:25.797 |
| 19 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Fortec Motorsports | 1:27.138 | 1:25.834 |
| 20 | Alessio Lorandi | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:26.859 | 1:25.913 |
| 21 | Michele Beretta | Mucke Motorsport | 1:26.579 | 1:25.936 |
| 22 | Arjun Maini | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:26.880 | 1:25.991 |
| 23 | Matt Solomon | Double R Racing | 1:27.320 | 1:26.041 |
| 24 | Santino Ferrucci | Mucke Motorsport | 1:26.866 | 1:26.064 |
| 25 | Nabil Jeffri | Motopark | 1:27.038 | 1:26.089 |
| 26 | Julio Moreno | T-Sport | 1:27.535 | 1:26.417 |
| 27 | Kang Ling | Mucke Motorsport | 1:28.201 | 1:26.422 |
| 28 | Raoul Hyman | West-Tec | 1:26.573 | 1:26.466 |
| 29 | Andy Chang | Fortec Motorsports | 1:27.793 | 1:26.520 |
| 30 | Matt Rao | Fortec Motorsports | 1:28.124 | 1:26.718 |
| 31 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | Motopark | 1:29.814 | 1:26.992 |
| 32 | Nicolas Pohler | Double R Racing | 1:28.462 | 1:27.277 |
| 33 | Ryan Tveter | Carlin | 1:27.655 | ? |
| 34 | Peter Li | Fortec Motorsports | 1:29.735 | 1:27.748 |