Photo: FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Carlin’s Jordan King posted the fastest lap of the morning session of FIA F3 European Championship’s pre-season test at Hungaroring.
While series rookies Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon were among the most prominent leaders early on in the session, it was King who rose to the occasion in the closing stages, ending up one tenths ahead of the Frenchman.
King’s teammate Jake Dennis, who beat the reigning British F3 champion to the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC title in 2012, was third, less than a hundredth ahead of another Carlin driver Tom Blomqvist.
Antonio Giovinazzi made it four Carlin cars in the top five, ahead of 2013 FIA F3 runner-up Felix Rosenqvist and Verstappen.
Ed Jones, Mitch Gilbert and Dennis van de Laar completed the top ten.
Expected frontrunners Antonio Fuoco and Lucas Auer were only 11th and 12th respectively, while Florida WS star Nicholas Latifi wound up sidelined for the most of the session due to a car fire.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Jordan King | Carlin | 1:36.604 | 55 | |
| 2 | Esteban Ocon | Prema Powerteam | 1:36.737 | +0.133 | 34 |
| 3 | Jake Dennis | Carlin | 1:36.893 | +0.289 | 43 |
| 4 | Tom Blomqvist | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:36.902 | +0.298 | 42 |
| 5 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:36.942 | +0.338 | 39 |
| 6 | Felix Rosenqvist | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | 1:36.943 | +0.339 | 42 |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.971 | +0.367 | 46 |
| 8 | Ed Jones | Carlin | 1:37.023 | +0.419 | 41 |
| 9 | Mitch Gilbert | Fortec Motorsport | 1:37.343 | +0.739 | 37 |
| 10 | Dennis van de Laar | Prema Powerteam | 1:37.690 | +1.086 | 41 |
| 11 | Antonio Fuoco | Prema Powerteam | 1:37.716 | +1.112 | 23 |
| 12 | Lucas Auer | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | 1:37.734 | +1.130 | 36 |
| 13 | Gustavo Menezes | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:37.752 | +1.148 | 40 |
| 14 | Jules Szymkowiak | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:37.754 | +1.150 | 48 |
| 15 | Riccardo Agostini | EuroInternational | 1:37.853 | +1.249 | 31 |
| 16 | Sean Gelael | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:37.871 | +1.267 | 37 |
| 17 | Alexander Toril | T-Sport | 1:38.033 | +1.429 | 59 |
| 18 | John Bryant-Meisner | Fortec Motorsport | 1:38.155 | +1.551 | 33 |
| 19 | Felipe Guimaraes | Double R Racing | 1:38.181 | +1.577 | 36 |
| 20 | Roy Nissany | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | 1:38.187 | +1.583 | 33 |
| 21 | Oscar Tunjo | Signature | 1:38.228 | +1.624 | 36 |
| 22 | Felix Serralles | Team West-Tec | 1:38.440 | +1.836 | 37 |
| 23 | Spike Goddard | T-Sport | 1:38.501 | +1.897 | 62 |
| 24 | Tatiana Calderon | Signature | 1:39.099 | +2.495 | 43 |
| 25 | Hector Hurst | Team West-Tec | 1:39.553 | +2.949 | 9 |
| 26 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | 1:40.036 | +3.432 | 23 |
| 27 | Michele Beretta | EuroInternational | 1:40.622 | +4.018 | 11 |
| 28 | Nicholas Latifi | Prema Powerteam | 1:47.547 | +10.943 | 3 |
| 29 | Santino Ferrucci | EuroInternational | No Time |