{"id":20139,"date":"2015-03-20T00:07:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T00:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.circuitricardotormo.com\/f3-tests-3-rookies-on-top\/"},"modified":"2015-03-20T00:07:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T00:07:01","slug":"f3-tests-3-rookies-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circuitricardotormo.com\/en\/f3-tests-3-rookies-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"F3 Tests: 3 rookies on top"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second day of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship pre-season tests at Valencia represented an additional challenge for the 34 drivers involved in the action. In the morning session, rain was falling and the tests at the 4.005-kilometre Circuit Ricardo Tormo had to be contested in wet conditions. In the end, nobody was able to out-pace the rookies Charles Leclerc (Van Amersfoort Racing, 1:29.534 minutes), George Russell (Carlin, 1:30.016) and Callum Ilott (Carlin, 1:30.588 minutes). Gustavo Menezes (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin, 1:30.645 minutes) was the fastest of the experienced drivers and finished fourth on the time sheets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Despite having finished behind the three newcomers, Menezes was happy: \u201cI can\u2019t complain about today,\u201d the US-American said in the evening. \u201cIn the closing stages, I did without going out on a fresh set of tyres. In addition, I was hampered by traffic but with up to 34 cars on the track, many others arguably will have had the same problem. Compared to last year, I feel a major improvement and think that I\u2019m on the right track. And we have not yet made full use of our potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alexander Albon (Signature, 1:30.838 minutes) also was generally happy \u2013 but this didn\u2019t apply to his performance on the wet track of the morning session. \u201cBut the afternoon was fine,\u201d said the Lotus Formula 1 Junior who finished fifth on the time sheets, thus confirming the good performance he had delivered on day one. Behind the rookie from Thailand, Antonio Giovinazzi (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin, 1:31.064 minutes), Maximilian G\u00fcnther (kfzteile24 M\u00fccke Motorsport, 1:31.099) and Sean Gelael (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin, 1:31.205) finished sixth, seventh and eighth respectively. \u201cIn the closing stages, when the track was at its best, I unfortunately made a small mistake,\u201d admitted Giovinazzi. \u201cI was the quickest on day one and sixth on the second day of testing. I really can live with these achievements and will travel to the season kick-off at Silverstone with boosted confidence.\u201d The top 10 were completed by Santino Ferrucci (kfzteile24 M\u00fccke Motorsport, 1:31.320 minutes) and Fabian Schiller (Team West-Tec F3, 1:31.654).<\/p>\n

For Schiller, the morning session in wet conditions represented the highlight of the two days of testing as he finished third behind Leclerc and Ilott. Matthew Solomon (Double R Racing), George Russell and Alessio Lorandi (Van Amersfoort Racing) also proved to be quick in the wet, thus securing top-six positions in the morning session. Markus Pommer (Motopark) was the fastest driver with Formula 3 experience under his belt and finished seventh, on the time sheets of the morning session. \u201cWe were slightly late out there on the track and so, we hadn\u2019t the chance of making optimum use of the best conditions. Nonetheless, I\u2019m rather happy with our performance in wet conditions,\u201d Pommer revealed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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