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Marciello and Rosenqvist top practice sessions at Monza

by Valentin Khorounzhiy

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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.