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Home Z - Archive seriesFIA European F3 Max Verstappen ends FIA F3 pre-season on top

Max Verstappen ends FIA F3 pre-season on top

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Photo: FIA Formula 3 European Championship / Thomas Suer

Photo: FIA Formula 3 European Championship / Thomas Suer

Van Amersfoort Racing rookie Max Verstappen returned to the top of the timesheets of FIA F3 European Championship’s pre-season testing in the final session of the Spielberg event.

Verstappen was dominant in the four-hour afternoon run, taking over at the top in the second half of the session and improving on his benchmark on multiple occasions to ensure a solid advantage over the rest of the field.

Overall, the final session did not stray from the pattern of Volkswagen dominance which was prevalent over the pre-season testing, as the top six cars in the afternoon leaderboards all carried VW engines.

Antonio Giovinazzi was second, a quarter of a second down on Verstappen, with teammate Tom Blomqvist narrowly behind in third, having previously topped the morning running.

Another three Carlin drivers followed behind the duo as Ed Jones, Jake Dennis and Jordan King rounded out the top six.

Antonio Fuoco led the Mercedes-engined cars in seventh, with Felix Rosenqvist, Mitch Gilbert and Riccardo Agostini made up the rest of the top ten.

Session results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing 1:23.690 64
2 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:23.932 0.242 51
3 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:24.009 0.319 53
4 Ed Jones Carlin 1:24.296 0.606 36
5 Jake Dennis Carlin 1:24.298 0.608 50
6 Jordan King Carlin 1:24.466 0.776 34
7 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam 1:24.504 0.814 39
8 Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 1:24.525 0.835 34
9 Mitch Gilbert Fortec Motorsports 1:24.529 0.839 41
10 Riccardo Agostini EuroInternational 1:24.546 0.856 60
11 Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam 1:24.595 0.905 48
12 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing 1:24.612 0.922 72
13 John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Motorsports 1:24.622 0.932 45
14 Nicholas Latifi Prema Powerteam 1:24.696 1.006 52
15 Lucas Auer kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 1:24.761 1.071 51
16 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:24.832 1.142 59
17 Roy Nissany kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 1:24.957 1.267 33
18 Felipe Guimaraes Double R Racing 1:24.992 1.302 54
19 Dennis van de Laar Prema Powerteam 1:25.301 1.611 28
20 Michele Beretta EuroInternational 1:25.501 1.811 59
21 Spike Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:25.588 1.898 59
22 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec 1:25.675 1.985 38
23 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 1:25.726 2.036 49
24 Alexander Toril ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:25.752 2.062 55
25 Marco Sorensen Signature 1:25.836 2.146 41
26 Hector Hurst Team West-Tec 1:25.995 2.305 46
27 Tatiana Calderon Signature 1:26.251 2.561 47