Photo: Florent Gooden / DPPI / Renault Sport
Van Amersfoort Racing’s Max Verstappen?posted the quickest lap of the opening day of FIA F3 European Championship’s Hungaroring test, topping the afternoon session.
The Dutchman topped much of the second running and eventually finished 0.15s ahead of Carlin’s new signing Antonio Giovinazzi.
Another Carlin racer Jake Dennis was third, with Mucke veteran Felix Rosenqvist and Eurocup FR2.0 graduate Esteban Ocon rounding out the top five.
It turned out to be a much closer session than the morning’s, with Lucas Auer in P6 just 0.3s behind the leader. Carlin’s Tom Blomqvist was close behind in seventh, with rookies Riccardo Agostini and Jules Szymkowiak taking eighth and ninth respectively. Morning pacesetter Jordan King was only tenth with some technical issues, albeit only 0.45s down on first.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.505 | 30 | |
| 2 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:36.661 | 0.156 | 27 |
| 3 | Jake Dennis | Carlin | 1:36.676 | 0.171 | 34 |
| 4 | Felix Rosenqvist | kfzteile24 M?cke Motorsport | 1:36.728 | 0.223 | 31 |
| 5 | Esteban Ocon | Prema Powerteam | 1:36.779 | 0.274 | 34 |
| 6 | Lucas Auer | kfzteile24 M?cke Motorsport | 1:36.805 | 0.300 | 31 |
| 7 | Tom Blomqvist | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:36.820 | 0.315 | 23 |
| 8 | Riccardo Agostini | Eurointernational | 1:36.936 | 0.431 | 33 |
| 9 | Jules Szymkowiak | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.945 | 0.440 | 24 |
| 10 | Jordan King | Carlin | 1:36.960 | 0.455 | 16 |
| 11 | Roy Nissany | kfzteile24 M?cke Motorsport | 1:37.069 | 0.564 | 31 |
| 12 | Ed Jones | Carlin | 1:37.120 | 0.615 | 27 |
| 13 | Sean Gelael | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:37.199 | 0.694 | 35 |
| 14 | Gustavo Menezes | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:37.235 | 0.730 | 38 |
| 15 | Antonio Fuoco | Prema Powerteam | 1:37.266 | 0.761 | 23 |
| 16 | Dennis van de Laar | Prema Powerteam | 1:37.604 | 1.099 | 31 |
| 17 | Alexander Toril | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 1:37.632 | 1.127 | 31 |
| 18 | John Bryant-Meisner | Fortec Motorsports | 1:37.729 | 1.224 | 28 |
| 19 | Mitch Gilbert | Fortec Motorsports | 1:37.824 | 1.319 | 30 |
| 20 | Felipe Guimaraes | Double R Racing | 1:37.827 | 1.322 | 35 |
| 21 | Spike Goddard | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 1:37.865 | 1.360 | 33 |
| 22 | Michele Beretta | Eurointernational | 1:37.884 | 1.379 | 40 |
| 23 | Hector Hurst | Team West-Tec | 1:38.159 | 1.654 | 42 |
| 24 | Oscar Tunjo | Signature | 1:38.239 | 1.734 | 36 |
| 25 | Felix Serralles | Team West-Tec | 1:38.345 | 1.840 | 23 |
| 26 | Tatiana Calderon | Signature | 1:38.963 | 2.458 | 20 |
| 27 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | 1:39.442 | 2.937 | 24 |