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Felix Rosenqvist rules European F3 practice at Spielberg

by Peter Allen
Felix Rosenqvist

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