Norisring European F3: Kvyat fastest in practice sessions
Red Bull junior Daniil Kvyat emerged fastest after the two 40-minute free practice sessions that kicked off the Formula 3 European Championship weekend at the Norisring
The Russian, who has contested three GP3 rounds since his last outing in an F3 car, coped well with his return to the cockpit of his Carlin car - and on his first visit to the Nuremberg street circuit to boot - to edge out team-mate Harry Tincknell by one thousandth of a second.
Championship leader Raffaele Marciello was third fastest in for Prema. He missed the opening part of the second session as the team successfully dealt with what the Italian felt may have been a suspension problem.
Tom Blomqvist, Sven Muller, Jordan King and Alexander Sims, on his return to F3 action with T-Sport, were all within half a tenth of Marciello, while Alex Lynn, Felix Rosenqvist and Felix Serralles completed the top 10.
The other Briton, Jann Mardenborough, recovered from a spin at the Esses in session one to go 14th fastest, two places ahead of Lucas Auer, who was quickest with 18 minutes remaining but dropped down the times as he experimented with different methods of attacking the circuit.
Nick Cassidy, on his first competitive outing with EuroInternational, was 22nd, dropping from a first-session position of 19th.
Practice one Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps 1. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 49.549s 33 2. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 49.584s +0.035s 32 3. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 49.638s +0.089s 37 4. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 49.650s +0.101s 41 5. Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW 49.693s +0.144s 36 6. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 49.739s +0.190s 32 7. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 49.783s +0.234s 38 8. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 49.814s +0.265s 31 9. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 49.836s +0.287s 30 10. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 49.861s +0.312s 34 11. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 49.902s +0.353s 32 12. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 49.938s +0.389s 37 13. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 49.947s +0.398s 37 14. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 49.953s +0.404s 19 15. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 49.977s +0.428s 34 16. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 49.981s +0.432s 36 17. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 49.984s +0.435s 34 18. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 50.044s +0.495s 37 19. Nick Cassidy EuroInternational Dallara-Merc 50.057s +0.508s 30 20. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 50.161s +0.612s 43 21. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 50.242s +0.693s 40 22. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 50.247s +0.698s 27 23. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 50.333s +0.784s 33 24. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 50.369s +0.820s 38 25. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 50.438s +0.889s 35 26. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 50.447s +0.898s 40 27. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 50.964s +1.415s 34 28. Michela Cerruti Ferraris Dallara-Merc 2 Practice two Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps 1. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 49.158s 33 2. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 49.159s +0.001s 31 3. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 49.218s +0.060s 21 4. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 49.246s +0.088s 28 5. Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW 49.253s +0.095s 38 6. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 49.254s +0.096s 42 7. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 49.269s +0.111s 31 8. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 49.304s +0.146s 31 9. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 49.324s +0.166s 31 10. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 49.379s +0.221s 39 11. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 49.417s +0.259s 37 12. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc 49.419s +0.261s 31 13. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 49.423s +0.265s 37 14. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 49.424s +0.266s 35 15. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 49.470s +0.312s 40 16. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc 49.517s +0.359s 33 17. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 49.583s +0.425s 34 18. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 49.603s +0.445s 35 19. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW 49.723s +0.565s 41 20. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 49.742s +0.584s 36 21. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc 49.752s +0.594s 33 22. Nick Cassidy EuroInternational Dallara-Merc 49.838s +0.680s 24 23. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc 49.861s +0.703s 29 24. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 49.892s +0.734s 37 25. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 49.907s +0.749s 24 26. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 50.118s +0.960s 36 27. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 50.315s +1.157s 30 28. Michela Cerruti Ferraris Dallara-Merc 50.483s +1.325s 37
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