Photo: FIA F3 Championship
Christian Lundgaard set the pace for the second day in a row in the post-season FIA Formula 3 Championship test at Valencia.
The ART Grand Prix driver had a clear advantage once up to pace, being the only man to lap in the 1m20s on a circuit that was drier than the day before.
His testing team-mate Sebastian Fernandez set the early pace, before Lundgaard became engrossed in a battle for first place with Hitech GP’s Jack Doohan.
Once Lundgaard has broken into the 1m20s, most teams switched focus to race runs, although Lorenzo Colombo (MP Motorsport), Yuki Tsunoda (Hitech), David Beckmann (Trident) and Fernandez did outpace Doohan before the end of the morning session.
There were several new additions to the testing line-up, most of whom had flown from the Formula Regional European Championship finale at Monza. It was Dennis Hauger from the supporting Italian Formula 4 championship that was the most impressive though, down in 23rd place but just a second off the pace.
The afternoon session was also mostly a focus on race runs, although Prema’s Oscar Piastri used his lengthy time on track to set a 1m21.679s lap. It came just short of the time that put him 17th in the earlier running.
Calan Williams (Jenzer Motorsport), Yu Kanamaru (Campos Racing) and Dan Ticktum (Carlin) all topped the times early on, before Hitech’s trio of Red Bull juniors came into play. Tsunoda and Piastri ended up battling for first place, with Piastri snatching the position for the final time late on.
For the final day of the test, Tsunoda will give way for Max Fewtrell at Hitech, while Lirim Zendeli takes David Beckmann’s slot at Trident.
Billy Monger returns to Carlin in a specially adapted car, while Jenzer Motorsport’s Macau Grand Prix signing Andreas Estner will get seat time ahead of next month’s race. HWA Racelab will give Sophia Floersch her first taste of FIA F3.
Combined day two times
| Pos? | Driver | Team | Morning | Afternoon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 1:20.860 | 1:21.694 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Colombo | MP Motorsport | 1:21.012 | 1:22.227 |
| 3 | Yuki Tsunoda | Hitech GP | 1:21:146 | 1:21.687 |
| 4 | David Beckmann | Trident | 1:21:167 | 1:22.102 |
| 5 | Sebastian Fernandez | ART Grand Prix | 1:21.191 | 1:21.788 |
| 6 | Jack Doohan | Hitech GP | 1:21.212 | 1:21.771 |
| 7 | Theo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | 1:21.286 | 1:22.422 |
| 8 | Linus Lundqvist | Campos Racing | 1:21.372 | 1:21.975 |
| 9 | Jake Hughes | HWA Racelab | 1:21.429 | 1:22.211 |
| 10 | Bent Viscaal | MP Motorsport | 1:21.437 | 1:21.810 |
| 11 | Johnathan Hoggard | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:21.448 | 1:22.204 |
| 12 | Fabio Scherer | HWA Racelab | 1:21.448 | 1:22.553 |
| 13 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Trident | 1:21.453 | 1:21.826 |
| 14 | Dan Ticktum | Carlin | 1:21.454 | 1:22.252 |
| 15 | Lukas Dunner | MP Motorsport | 1:21.454 | 1:21.896 |
| 16 | Calan Williams | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:21.571 | 1:22.762 |
| 17 | Oscar Piastri | Prema | 1:21.650 | 1:21.679 |
| 18 | Enaam Ahmed | Campos Racing | 1:21.651 | 1:21.773 |
| 19 | Simo Laaksonen | HWA Racelab | 1:21.657 | 1:22.272 |
| 20 | Federico Malvestiti | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:21.748 | 1:22.663 |
| 21 | Clement Novalak | Carlin | 1:21.751 | 1:22.138 |
| 22 | Yu Kanamaru | Campos Racing | 1:21.880 | 1:21.918 |
| 23 | Dennis Hauger | Hitech GP | 1:21.887 | 1:22.288 |
| 24 | David Schumacher | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:21.930 | 1:22.271 |
| 25 | Charles Leong | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:22.034 | 1:22.711 |
| 26 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Prema | 1:22.200 | 1:22.084 |
| 27 | Frederik Vesti | Prema | 1:22.419 | 1:22.346 |
| 28 | Joao Vieira | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:22.364 | 1:22.997 |
| 29 | Igor Fraga | Carlin | 1:22.493 | 1:22.513 |
| 30 | Olli Caldwell | Trident | 1:23.589 | 1:22.784 |