Spa European F3: Max Verstappen blitzes free practice
Max Verstappen outpaced his Formula 3 European Championship rivals by three quarters of a second as he blitzed the second free practice session for this weekend's round at Spa
The 16-year-old Dutchman's Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara-Volkswagen headed Prema Powerteam duo Esteban Ocon and Antonio Fuoco as the trio of F3 rookies once again showed their class.
The fastest non-rookie was Felix Rosenqvist, over a second adrift of Verstappen's pace in fourth.
The Mucke Motorsport-run Swede had topped the opening 40-minute session, despite a lairy spin at Pouhon, but was eclipsed as the newcomers got into their stride in the second 40-minute period.
Verstappen's VAR team-mate Gustavo Menezes showed that the Dutch squad is on strong form at the Ardennes circuit, the American taking fifth place from another surprise showing, Felipe Guimaraes in the solo Double R Racing car.
Antonio Giovinazzi was the best of the Carlin runners, taking seventh, but his stablemate on the Jagonya Ayam scheme, current championship runner-up Tom Blomqvist, was down in 12th
Felix Serralles, Alexander Toril and Jordan King completed the top 10, the last-named going second in the earlier session, while Jake Dennis was 11th.
Mucke Motorsport pairing Lucas Auer and Roy Nissany both completed just one lap in the first session before returning to the pits. Both emerged for the second session, but Austrian Auer could only take 19th place.
Practice one: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 2m11.896s 2. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 2m12.268s +0.372s 3. Antonio Fuoco Prema Dallara-Merc 2m12.325s +0.429s 4. Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 2m12.355s +0.459s 5. Jake Dennis Carlin Dallara-VW 2m12.379s +0.483s 6. Nicholas Latifi Prema Dallara-Merc 2m12.449s +0.553s 7. Felix Serralles West-Tec Dallara-Merc 2m12.534s +0.638s 8. Tom Blomqvist Carlin Dallara-VW 2m12.609s +0.713s 9. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-NBE 2m12.682s +0.786s 10. Antonio Giovinazzi Carlin Dallara-VW 2m12.772s +0.876s 11. Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 2m12.796s +0.900s 12. Esteban Ocon Prema Dallara-Merc 2m12.914s +1.018s 13. Felipe Guimaraes Double R Dallara-Merc 2m12.973s +1.077s 14. Santino Ferrucci Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 2m13.005s +1.109s 15. Alexander Toril T-Sport Dallara-NBE 2m13.191s +1.295s 16. Mitchell Gilbert Fortec Dallara-Merc 2m13.295s +1.399s 17. Dennis van de Laar Prema Dallara-Merc 2m13.498s +1.602s 18. Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 2m13.634s +1.738s 19. Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc 2m13.710s +1.814s 20. Sean Gelael Carlin Dallara-VW 2m13.723s +1.827s 21. John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Dallara-Merc 2m13.845s +1.949s 22. Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc 2m14.205s +2.309s 23. Michele Beretta Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 2m14.518s +2.622s 24. Hector Hurst West-Tec Dallara-Merc 2m15.120s +3.224s Practice two: Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 2m10.232s 2. Esteban Ocon Prema Dallara-Merc 2m10.986s +0.754s 3. Antonio Fuoco Prema Dallara-Merc 2m11.096s +0.864s 4. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc 2m11.325s +1.093s 5. Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 2m11.375s +1.143s 6. Felipe Guimaraes Double R Dallara-Merc 2m11.584s +1.352s 7. Antonio Giovinazzi Carlin Dallara-VW 2m11.728s +1.496s 8. Felix Serralles West-Tec Dallara-Merc 2m11.782s +1.550s 9. Alexander Toril T-Sport Dallara-NBE 2m11.855s +1.623s 10. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW 2m11.976s +1.744s 11. Jake Dennis Carlin Dallara-VW 2m12.111s +1.879s 12. Tom Blomqvist Carlin Dallara-VW 2m12.369s +2.137s 13. Santino Ferrucci Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 2m12.506s +2.274s 14. Sean Gelael Carlin Dallara-VW 2m12.533s +2.301s 15. Nicholas Latifi Prema Dallara-Merc 2m12.543s +2.311s 16. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-NBE 2m12.664s +2.432s 17. John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Dallara-Merc 2m12.823s +2.591s 18. Dennis van de Laar Prema Dallara-Merc 2m13.009s +2.777s 19. Lucas Auer Mucke Dallara-Merc 2m13.206s +2.974s 20. Hector Hurst West-Tec Dallara-Merc 2m13.228s +2.996s 21. Mitchell Gilbert Fortec Dallara-Merc 2m13.368s +3.136s 22. Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 2m13.383s +3.151s 23. Michele Beretta Eurointernational Dallara-Merc 2m13.574s +3.342s 24. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 2m13.612s +3.380s 25. Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc 2m13.623s +3.391s 26. Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc 2m14.115s +3.883s
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