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Leclerc leads Giovinazzi and Russell again in afternoon test

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Charles Leclerc

Photo: Paul Davies Photography

The afternoon session of the FIA F3 European Championship test day at Silverstone saw the same drivers occupying the top three spots, with Charles Leclerc leading Antonio Giovinazzi and George Russell once more.

Van Amersfoort rookie Leclerc was nearly exactly a second slower than he had gone in the morning, with a time of 1m51.580s.

Carlin drivers Giovinazzi and Russell were again closely matched, this time separated by a hundredth of a second and both within 0.15s of Leclerc.

Santino Ferrucci claimed fourth spot as the best Mercedes-powered runner for Mucke Motorsport ahead of Prema’s Felix Rosenqvist.

Pietro Fittipaldi was sixth for Fortec in front of the remaining Prema drivers, Jake Dennis, Brandon Maisano and Lance Stroll.

Mucke’s ADAC Formel Masters graduate Maximilian Gunther completed the top ten.

Afternoon session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Charles Leclerc Van Amersfoort Racing 1:51.580 41
2 Antonio Giovinazzi Carlin 1:51.717 0.137 23
3 George Russell Carlin 1:51.727 0.147 32
4 Santino Ferrucci Mucke Motorsport 1:52.092 0.512 34
5 Felix Rosenqvist Prema Powerteam 1:52.126 0.546 27
6 Pietro Fittipaldi Fortec Motorsports 1:52.172 0.592 39
7 Jake Dennis Prema Powerteam 1:52.313 0.733 31
8 Brandon Maisano Prema Powerteam 1:52.379 0.799 32
9 Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam 1:52.406 0.826 32
10 Maximilian Gunther Mucke Motorsport 1:52.483 0.903 36
11 Marvin Kirchhofer Eurointernational 1:52.485 0.905 27
12 Arjun Maini Van Amersfoort Racing 1:52.560 0.980 37
13 Nicolas Beer Eurointernational 1:52.632 1.052 29
14 Michele Beretta Mucke Motorsport 1:52.661 1.081 34
15 Gustavo Menezes Carlin 1:52.734 1.154 31
16 Raoul Hyman West-Tec 1:52.774 1.194 19
17 Callum Ilott Carlin 1:52.775 1.195 33
18 Markus Pommer Motopark 1:52.776 1.196 23
19 Sam MacLeod Motopark 1:52.921 1.341 38
20 Alessio Lorandi Van Amersfoort Racing 1:52.929 1.349 42
21 Julio Moreno T-Sport 1:52.937 1.357 39
22 Alex Albon Signature 1:52.949 1.369 31
23 Matt Solomon Double R Racing 1:52.962 1.382 30
24 Sergio Sette Camara Motopark 1:53.054 1.474 24
25 Matt Rao Fortec Motorsports 1:53.081 1.501 29
26 Fabian Schiller West-Tec 1:53.154 1.574 26
27 Dorian Boccolacci Signature 1:53.253 1.673 35
28 Martin Cao Fortec Motorsports 1:53.271 1.691 38
29 Ryan Tveter Carlin 1:53.304 1.724 32
30 Mikkel Jensen Mucke Motorsport 1:53.317 1.737 37
31 Peter Li Fortec Motorsports 1:53.379 1.799 25
32 Kang Ling Mucke Motorsport 1:53.598 2.018 41
33 Tatiana Calderon Carlin 1:53.702 2.122 29
34 Nabil Jeffri Motopark 1:53.861 2.281 28
35 Mahaveer Raghunathan Motopark 1:53.871 2.291 28
36 Nicolas Pohler Double R Racing 1:54.690 3.110 31