Prema Racing driver Gabriele Mini set the fastest time in both sessions of the first test day of Formula 3 in Barcelona.
After the first four races of the season, the 19-year-old Italian, a member of the Alpine youth programme, is third in the F3 driver standings, and today he confirmed his speed by completing a 1-minute lap at the end. of the second session. 28.394 seconds. This is only 0.081 worse than the result he showed in the morning session, which was still the best time on Tuesday.
During the day, the test participants mainly worked at the race pace and six of them managed to complete 40 or more laps. However, at the start of the session, the Campos Racing drivers managed to complete a short series in qualifying mode, but so the MP Motorsports team immediately gave their pilots the task of completing a series of 24 laps, and this is just one lap less than the distance of Sunday’s race on the Catalan Ring.
Overall, track activity was much higher in the afternoon than in the morning, as the Trident, Jenzer Motorsport and PHM teams also ran a simulated race.
Only once was track work interrupted by red flags after Max Esterson, the American Jenzer driver, went off in Turn 3. This happened 10 minutes before the end of the second session, so it was decided not to resume the races.
The tests in Barcelona will continue on Wednesday at 9 a.m. local time.
Results of the first session
| Pilot | Team | Time | Difference | Circles |
| 1. G.Mini | Prema | 1:28,313 | – | 14 |
| 2. S.Megetunif | Trident | 1:28,399 | +0.086 | 12 |
| 3. C. Wurtz | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:28,485 | +0.172 | 16 |
| 4. A. Dunne | MP Motorsport | 1:28,577 | +0.264 | 21 |
| 5. L. Fornaroli | Trident | 1:28,679 | +0.366 | 13 |
| 6. A. Lindblad | Prema | 1:28,693 | +0.380 | 14 |
| 7. T. Tramnitz | MP Motorsport | 1:28,753 | +0.440 | 21 |
| 8. N. Bedrin | PHM Racing | 1:28,755 | +0.442 | 28 |
| 9. L. van Hoepen | ART Grand Prix | 1:28,801 | +0.488 | 17 |
| 10. O. Goethe | Campos Racing | 1:28,813 | +0,500 | 15 |
| 11. D. Beganovich | Prema | 1:28,814 | +0.501 | 16 |
| 12. M. Zagazeta | PHM Racing | 1:28,855 | +0.542 | 16 |
| 13. M. Boya | Campos Racing | 1:28,900 | +0.587 | 14 |
| 14. K. Mansell | ART Grand Prix | 1:29,004 | +0.691 | 16 |
| 15. S. Ramos | Trident | 1:29,061 | +0.748 | 13 |
| 16. L. Browning | Hitech GP | 1:29,117 | +0.804 | 16 |
| 17. N. Tsolov | ART Grand Prix | 1:29,142 | +0.829 | 16 |
| 18. M. Esterson | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:29,202 | +0.889 | 18 |
| 19. K. Stuka | MP Motorsport | 1:29,337 | +1,024 | 21 |
| 20. S. Montoya | Campos Racing | 1:29,387 | +1,074 | 15 |
| 21. M. Stenshorn | Hitech GP | 1:29,471 | +1,158 | 16 |
| 22. N. Leon | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:29,508 | +1,195 | 23 |
| 23. C. Voisin | Rodin Motorsport | 1:29,715 | +1,402 | 17 |
| 24. D. Dufek | PHM Racing | 1:29.875 | +1,562 | 28 |
| 25. T. Intrafuvasak | PHM Racing | 1:29,999 | +1,686 | 26 |
| 26. D. Loke | Rodin Motorsport | 1:30,255 | +1,942 | 18 |
| 27. S. Floersch | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:30,259 | +1,946 | 20 |
| 28. K. Schilden | Hitech GP | 1:30,483 | +2,170 | 17 |
| 29. T. Smith | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:30,699 | +2,386 | 23 |
| 30. P. Vishnitsky | Rodin Motorsport | 1:30,918 | +2,605 | 18 |
Results of the second session
| Pilot | Team | Time | Difference | Circles |
| 1. G.Mini | Prema | 1:28,394 | – | 25 |
| 2. M. Boya | Campos Racing | 1:28,625 | +0.231 | 43 |
| 3. L. Browning | Hitech GP | 1:28,675 | +0.281 | 19 |
| 4. N. Leon | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:28,744 | +0.350 | 25 |
| 5. D. Beganovich | Prema | 1:28,755 | +0.361 | 26 |
| 6. K. Mansell | ART Grand Prix | 1:28,789 | +0.395 | 25 |
| 7. A. Dunne | MP Motorsport | 1:28,831 | +0.437 | 37 |
| 8. M. Esterson | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:28,875 | +0.481 | 41 |
| 9. C. Wurtz | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:28,895 | +0.501 | 37 |
| 10. S. Montoya | Campos Racing | 1:28,921 | +0.527 | 40 |
| 11. L. van Hoepen | ART Grand Prix | 1:29,030 | +0.636 | 29 |
| 12. A. Lindblad | Prema | 1:29,033 | +0.639 | 25 |
| 13. K. Stuka | MP Motorsport | 1:29,167 | +0.773 | 39 |
| 14. C. Voisin | Rodin Motorsport | 1:29,210 | +0.816 | 31 |
| 15. M. Stenshorn | Hitech GP | 1:29,229 | +0.835 | 21 |
| 16. T. Smith | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:29,239 | +0.845 | 27 |
| 17. L. Fornaroli | Trident | 1:29,350 | +0.956 | 26 |
| 18. O. Goethe | Campos Racing | 1:29,359 | +0.965 | 42 |
| 19. S.Megetunif | Trident | 1:29,437 | +1,043 | 32 |
| 20. D. Loke | Rodin Motorsport | 1:29,475 | +1,081 | 32 |
| 21. T. Tramnitz | MP Motorsport | 1:29,512 | +1,118 | 38 |
| 22. S. Floersch | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:29,631 | +1,237 | 27 |
| 23. S. Ramos | Trident | 1:29.885 | +1,491 | 29 |
| 24. P. Vishnitsky | Rodin Motorsport | 1:30.015 | +1,621 | 27 |
| 25. K. Shields | Hitech GP | 1:30.081 | +1,687 | 20 |
| 26. N. Tsolov | ART Grand Prix | 1:30,109 | +1,715 | 29 |
| 27. M. Zagazeta | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:32,373 | +3,979 | 39 |
| 28. N. Bedrin | PHM Racing | 1:32,721 | +4,327 | 42 |
| 29. T. Intrafuvasak | PHM Racing | 1:33,213 | +4,819 | 46 |
| 30. D. Dufek | PHM Racing | 1:34,345 | +5,951 | 42 |
Source: F1 News
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