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Prema’s Ferrari juniors fastest in rain-hit FIA F3 practice at Monza

by Rob Hansford

Photo: Joe Portlock / LAT Images / FIA F3 Championship

FIA Formula 3 leader Robert Shwartzman was fastest in a disrupted practice session at Monza, ending the session a tenth ahead of Prema team-mate Marcus Armstrong.

Shwartzman set the pace early on in the session to set a best time of 1m42.587, before Andreas Estner crashed into the barriers at Ascari at the halfway stage.

Although the Jenzer Motorsport driver was able to return his car to the pits, the session had to be red-flagged while repairs were carried out on the circuit.

Upon returning to the pits, it was established that Estner had sustained too much damage to his car and did not take any further part in the session.

With the teams getting ready for the re-start, the rain began to fall, and as it got heavier as the session went on, nobody at the top of the timesheet were able to better their time.

Armstrong’s best time of a 1m42.780 secured him second with Pedro Piquet third fastest for Trident.

Prema driver Jehan Daruvala set a time of 1m42.939 to go fourth, ahead of Teppei Natori and Niko Kari.

Alex Peroni was half a second behind Kari with a time of 1m 43.683 with Richard Verschoor, Felipe Drugovich and Liam Lawson rounding out the top ten.

Championship challenger Juri Vips was 12th following a spin at Parabolica.

 

Practice results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 1:42.587 13
2 Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing 1:42.780 0.193 12
3 Pedro Piquet Trident 1:42.791 0.204 10
4 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing 1:42.939 0.352 11
5 Teppei Natori Carlin Buzz Racing 1:43.080 0.493 14
6 Niko Kari Trident 1:43.158 0.571 12
7 Alex Peroni Campos Racing 1:43.683 1.096 12
8 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 1:43.813 1.226 12
9 Felipe Drugovich Carlin Buzz Racing 1:43.836 1.249 16
10 Liam Lawson MP Motorsport 1:43.981 1.394 11
11 Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1:44.180 1.593 15
12 Juri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:44.477 1.890 15
13 Yifei Ye Hitech Grand Prix 1:44.512 1.925 15
14 Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1:44.724 2.137 16
15 Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix 1:45.234 2.647 14
16 Devlin Defrancesco Trident 1:45.490 2.903 14
17 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 1:45.593 3.006 5
18 Sebastian Fernandez Campos Racing 1:46.094 3.507 12
19 Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab 1:46.374 3.787 12
20 Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport 1:46.566 3.979 16
21 Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport 1:47.499 4.912 10
22 Giorgio Carrara Jenzer Motorsport 1:47.748 5.161 13
23 Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab 1:47.784 5.197 12
24 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 1:47.886 5.299 12
25 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:49.071 6.484 14
26 Logan Sargeant Carlin Buzz Racing 1:49.311 6.724 13
27 Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix 1:49.958 7.371 13
28 Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport 1:50.342 7.755 6
29 Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1:53.933 11.346 15
30 David Beckmann ART Grand Prix 1:54.783 12.196 13