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Euroformula Open championship leader Marino Sato topped the pre-event Hungaroring test as Motopark locked out the top three places.
Sato’s 1m34.648s lap put him three tenths of a second clear of Red Bull junior team-mates Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, who clashed last time out at Spa-Francorchamps.
Most of Sato’s advantage came in the short opening sector of the lap, where he was faster than his team-mates by almost two tenths.
Carlin?s Christian Hahn was fourth fastest, half a second back, with Linus Lundqvist completing the top five for Double R Racing.
Formula 2 racer Nobuharu Matsushita set the sixth fastest time on his first EF Open appearance since the Winter Series at Paul Ricard.
The fourth and fifth Motopark cars were seventh and eighth, with Julian Hanses leading new signing Cameron Das.
Teppei Natori (Carlin) and Javier Gonzalez (RP Motorsport) were the last two drivers under a second off Sato’s pace.
Test results
| Pos | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marino Sato | Motopark | 1m34.648s |
| 2 | Liam Lawson | Motopark | +0.310s |
| 3 | Yuki Tsunoda | Motopark | +0.320s |
| 4 | Christian Hahn | Carlin | +0.501s |
| 5 | Linus Lundqvist | Double R Racing | +0.517s |
| 6 | Nobuharu Matsushita | Carlin | +0.553s |
| 7 | Julian Hanses | Motopark | +0.671s |
| 8 | Cameron Das | Motopark | +0.695s |
| 9 | Teppei Natori | Carlin | +0.895s |
| 10 | Javier Gonzalez | RP Motorsport | +0.908s |
| 11 | Aldo Festante | Teo Martin Motorsport | +1.080s |
| 12 | Jack Doohan | Double R Racing | +1.153s |
| 13 | Lukas Dunner | Teo Mart?n Motorsport | +1.184s |
| 14 | Nicolai Kjaergaard | Carlin | +1.242s |
| 15 | Billy Monger | Carlin | +1.376s |
| 16 | Calan Williams | Fortec Motorsports | +1.381s |
| 17 | Rui Andrade | Drivex School | +1.690s |