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Oscar Tunjo tops first day of Barcelona GP3 pre-season test

by Peter Allen
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Photo: Alastair Staley/GP3 Series Media Service

Oscar Tunjo set the pace on the first day of the final GP3 pre-season test at Barcelona.

The Colombian, returning to GP3 this year with Jenzer, led the morning session with a time of 1m33.554s.

He was almost three tenths of a second ahead of second-placed Trident driver Antonio Fuoco, who was followed by the Koiranen duo of Ralph Boschung and Matt Parry and the Arden pair Jack Aitken and Tatiana Calderon.

Charles Leclerc was seventh in the morning – ahead of Matevos Isaakyan, Nirei Fukuzumi and Alex Palou – before topping the afternoon session, albeit more than 1.5s off Tunjo’s earlier benchmark.

Jake Hughes was second ahead of Palou and Santino Ferrucci. Steijn Schothorst and Alex Albon made the top six, with Tunjo seventh.

Combined day one times
Pos. Driver Team Session 1 Session 2
1 Oscar Tunjo Jenzer Motorsport 1:33.554 1:35.451
2 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:33.843 1:38.757
3 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1:33.922 1:38.542
4 Matthew Parry Koiranen GP 1:34.036 1:37.920
5 Jack Aitken Arden International 1:34.046 1:36.104
6 Tatiana Calderon Arden International 1:34.081 1:36.936
7 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:34.160 1:35.167
8 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:34.198 1:35.814
9 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:34.245 1:35.576
10 Alex Palou Campos Racing 1:34.345 1:35.205
11 Jake Hughes DAMS 1:34.350 1:35.198
12 Alex Albon ART Grand Prix 1:34.441 1:35.427
13 Kevin Jorg DAMS 1:34.529 1:36.030
14 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:34.565 1:35.718
15 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:34.623 1:35.376
16 Jake Dennis Arden International 1:34.715 1:36.045
17 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:34.822 1:35.934
18 Artur Janosz Trident 1:34.823 1:37.163
19 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:34.928 1:35.371
20 Richard Gonda Jenzer Motorsport 1:35.122 1:36.476
21 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:35.251 1:35.780
22 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:35.261 1:35.734
23 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:35.902 1:36.132