Photo: FIA F3
Italian youngster Raffaele Marciello topped the timesheets in the very first practice session of the 2013 European F3 championship, while Mucke’s Felix Rosenqvist set the pace in the second run.
While Marciello’s commandeering pace in the opening session came as no surprise, it was rookie Jordan King who set the second-fastest time for Carlin, edging out Pascal Wehrlein and Pipo Derani. Rosenqvist completed the top five ahead of Brits Will Buller, Tom Blomqvist and Harry Tincknell, while ma-con’s Sven Muller and Prema’s Alex Lynn completed the top ten.
Marciello was impressively quick in the second run as well, but was narrowly beaten to the top by Rosenqvist in a very competitive session that saw 18 drivers set a time within a second of the leader. Lynn was third this time, narrowly beating another rookie Dennis van de Laar.
Muller and Eddie Cheever, Jr. took fifth and sixth, with the Italian beating Wehrlein by 0.009s. The top ten was completed by Felix Serralles, Blomqvist and Buller.
Combined Practice Results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | FP1 | FP2 | PB Pos |
| 1 | Felix Rosenqvist | Mucke Motorsport | 1:45.974 | 1:45.243 | 1 |
| 2 | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam | 1:45.514 | 1:45.250 | 1 |
| 3 | Alex Lynn | Prema Powerteam | 1:46.333 | 1:45.360 | 3 |
| 4 | Dennis van de Laar | Van Amersfoort | 1:46.537 | 1:45.380 | 4 |
| 5 | Sven Muller | ma-con | 1:46.209 | 1:45.441 | 5 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever, Jr. | Prema Powerteam | 1:46.531 | 1:45.483 | 6 |
| 7 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mucke Motorsport | 1:45.837 | 1:45.492 | 3 |
| 8 | Felix Serralles | Fortec | 1:46.408 | 1:45.517 | 8 |
| 9 | Tom Blomqvist | EuroInternational | 1:46.026 | 1:45.576 | 7 |
| 10 | Will Buller | ThreeBond/T-Sport | 1:45.986 | 1:45.583 | 6 |
| 11 | Lucas Auer | Prema Powerteam | 1:47.117 | 1:45.597 | 11 |
| 12 | Nicholas Latifi | Carlin | 1:46.902 | 1:45.651 | 12 |
| 13 | Jordan King | Carlin | 1:45.757 | 1:45.713 | 2 |
| 14 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | 1:46.671 | 1:45.868 | 14 |
| 15 | Harry Tincknell | Carlin | 1:46.179 | 1:45.878 | 8 |
| 16 | Pipo Derani | Fortec | 1:45.894 | 1:46.010 | 4 |
| 17 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Double R Racing | 1:46.848 | 1:45.930 | 16 |
| 18 | Josh Hill | Fortec | 1:46.390 | 1:46.051 | 11 |
| 19 | Mitchell Gilbert | Mucke Motorsport | 1:47.145 | 1:46.071 | 19 |
| 20 | Lucas Wolf | URD Rennsport | 1:47.815 | 1:46.326 | 20 |
| 21 | Spike Goddard | ThreeBond/T-Sport | 1:47.360 | 1:46.388 | 21 |
| 22 | Mans Grenhagen | Van Amersfoort | 1:46.643 | 1:46.425 | 15 |
| 23 | Roy Nissany | Mucke Motorsport | 1:47.717 | 1:46.488 | 23 |
| 24 | Andre Rudersdorf | ma-con | 1:47.005 | 1:46.545 | 19 |
| 25 | Sean Gelael | Double R Racing | 1:48.101 | 1:47.086 | 25 |
| 26 | Gary Thompson | Romeo Ferraris | 1:48.506 | 1:47.499 | 26 |
| 27 | Tatiana Calderon | Double R Racing | 1:49.301 | 1:47.754 | 28 |
| 28 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | 1:48.476 | 1:47.729 | 27 |
| 29 | Dmitry Suranovich | Fortec | 1:48.296 | 1:48.074 | 26 |
| 30 | Michela Cerruti | Romeo Ferraris | 1:50.344 | 1:49.071 | 30 |
Bold denotes fastest personal time.
Italics denote fastest time in session.
PB Pos – personal best position at the ends of practice sessions.