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Dennis Hauger unbeaten in Hungaroring free practice for Italian F4

by Ida Wood

Photo: ACI Sport

Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger led both free practice sessions for the third round of the Italian Formula 4 season at the Hungaroring.

The Norwegian was untouchable in the cooler conditions of the morning, lapping a third of a second clear of new Mercedes Formula 1 junior Paul Aron.

Closely bunched behind Aron was the rest of the 35-car field, with just over 3.5 seconds covering the entire pack.

Bhaitech’s Mikhail Belov and Aron’s championship leading Prema team-mate Gianluca Petecof were both within a tenth of second place, with Jenzer Motorsport duo Giorgio Carrara and Jonny Edgar going fifth and sixth fastest and around half a second off Hauger’s pace.

During the afternoon, the pack tightened up and Hauger’s advantage was narrowed to just a tenth over Petecof. The circuit’s surface temperature had risen to 44.7 ?C, putting an extra stress on tyres.

Aron was third in this session, with Hauger’s Van Amersfoort Racing team-mate Ido Cohen going fourth fastest and jumping himself up to ninth in the combined classification.

Bettering Cohen off their morning times were Oliver Rasmussen (Prema) and Niklas Krutten (VAR), while Ivan Berets showed DRZ Benelli’s strong pace with 10th place. Berets has only scored points once this season, and lies 13th in the standings.

 

Free Practice – top 20
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Dennis Hauger Van Amersfoort Racing 1m43.488s
2 Paul Aron Prema +0.332s
3 Mikhail Belov Bhaitech +0.362s
4 Gianluca Petecof Prema +0.377s
5 Giorgio Carrara Jenzer Motorsport +0.476s
6 Jonny Edgar Jenzer Motorsport +0.509s
7 Oliver Rasmussen Prema +0.692s
8 Niklas Krutten Van Amersfoort Racing +0.751s
9 Ido Cohen Van Amersfoort Racing +0.808s
10 Ivan Berets DRZ Benelli +0.817s
11 William Alatalo Mucke Motorsport +0.834s
12 Joshua Duerksen Mucke Motorsport +0.857s
13 Roman Stanek US Racing +0.895s
14 Alessandro Famularo Prema +0.983s
15 Jesse Salmenautio DRZ Benelli +1.024s
16 Roee Meyuhas Cram Motorsport +1.043s
17 Emilio Cipriani Cram Motorsport +1.164s
18 Umberto Laganella Bhaitech +1.167s
19 Francesco Simonazzi Cram Motorsport +1.357s
20 Filipe Ugran BVM Racing +1.435s