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Prema’s Gabriele Mini was fastest on the first day of ADAC Formula 4’s in-season test at Zandvoort.
The single-seater rookie set the pace in the afternoon session, pipping morning leader Elias Seppanen by 0.049 seconds.
The US Racing driver was almost a quarter of a second up on Mini in the morning, with his team-mate Tim Tramnitz the only other driver remotely near the pace.
All 15 cars on the entry list made it out on track in the morning, with R-ace GP’s Victor Bernier absent from the second session and his team-mate Kirill Smal only setting a small number of laps before bringing out a session-ending red flag.
The times in the afternoon were not closer, with the third US Racing car of Vladislav Lomko less than a tenth off Mini.
Prema’s Dino Beganovic improved significantly on his morning time to go fourth fastest ahead of Tramnitz, both within two tenths of a second of Mini. Tramnitz and R-ace GP’s Artem Lobanenko both clocked up over 100 laps over the day.
Italian F4 drivers Leonardo Fornaroli (Iron Lynx) and Hamda Al Qubaisi (in a Prema-supported Abu Dhabi Racing entry) were also part of the test.
Test results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriele Mini | Prema | 1m36.062s | 91 | |
| 2 | Elias Seppanen | US Racing | 1m36.111s | +0.049s | 98 |
| 3 | Vladislav Lomko | US Racing | 1m36.138s | +0.076s | 92 |
| 4 | Dino Beganovic | Prema | 1m36.185s | +0.123s | 76 |
| 5 | Tim Tramnitz | US Racing | 1m36.251s | +0.189s | 103 |
| 6 | Sebastian Montoya | Prema | 1m36.312s | +0.250s | 94 |
| 7 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Prema | 1m36.353s | +0.291s | 90 |
| 8 | Joshua Duerksen | Mucke Motorsport | 1m36.366s | +0.304s | 85 |
| 9 | Ollie Bearman | US Racing | 1m36.611s | +0.549s | 97 |
| 10 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Iron Lynx | 1m36.731s | +0.669s | 76 |
| 11 | Artem Lobanenko | R-ace GP | 1m36.796s | +0.734s | 100 |
| 12 | Josef Knopp | Mucke Motorsport | 1m36.940s | +0.878s | 87 |
| 13 | Victor Bernier | R-ace GP | 1m37.037s | +0.975s | 39 |
| 14 | Kirill Smal | R-ace GP | 1m37.441s | +1.379s | 50 |
| 15 | Hamda Al Qubaisi | Abu Dhabi Racing | 1m37.948s | +1.886s | 57 |