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Macau GP: Lucas Auer fastest in incident-filled first practice

Lucas Auer was fastest during a delayed opening free practice session for the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix on Thursday

The Mucke Motorsport driver had traded times with Carlin rival Tom Blomqvist for much of the incident-filled session - but set his best effort in the closing minutes to end practice on top.

In the end, Blomqvist was also pipped for second place by his Carlin team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi.

The best times came after a brief red flag period caused by Mitsunori Takaboshi crashing his car into the barriers at Moorish Hill.

Esteban Ocon, one of the pre-event favourites, was unlucky to be one of the first drivers on to the scene of Takaboshi's accident and swiped the stricken B-Max Racing car.

The incident damaged Ocon's left front suspension, bringing his session to an early end, but his car should be repaired in time for qualifying.

Max Verstappen, taking part in his final F3 race before his move to F1, ended up seventh overall in his Van Amersfoort car.

There were a number of other incidents during the session, which had been delayed for an hour so track officials could make repairs to barriers at Police that had been damaged in a previous session.

That area of the track proved particularly tricky throughout the session. TOM'S driver Sam MacLeod crashed off there after 15 minutes of the session.

Following Takaboshi's incident, Spike Goddard also crashed in the same spot with just a few minutes to go.

The biggest accident was suffered by Dan Wells, who spun his Toda Racing car into the barriers at Fisherman's Bend.

His Dallara suffered major damage to the rear, but he was able to climb out unaided.

Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 Lucas Auer KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 2m14.645s -
2 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m14.700s 0.055s
3 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m14.835s 0.190s
4 William Buller Signature Dallara/Volkswagen 2m15.154s 0.509s
5 Jordan King GR Asia with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m15.225s 0.580s
6 Felix Rosenqvist Kashbet.com by Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 2m15.277s 0.632s
7 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 2m15.425s 0.780s
8 Nicholas Latifi SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 2m15.451s 0.806s
9 Stefano Coletti EuroInternational Dallara/Mercedes 2m15.893s 1.248s
10 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m15.896s 1.251s
11 Nick Cassidy ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara/NBE 2m16.044s 1.399s
12 Markus Pommer Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 2m16.433s 1.788s
13 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec F3 Dallara/Mercedes 2m16.605s 1.960s
14 Esteban Ocon SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 2m16.849s 2.204s
15 Martin Cao Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 2m17.195s 2.550s
16 Alex Palou Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 2m17.275s 2.630s
17 Tatiana Calderon JZR/ Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 2m17.407s 2.762s
18 Yu Kanamaru Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m17.463s 2.818s
19 Antonio Fuoco SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 2m17.511s 2.866s
20 Santino Ferrucci Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 2m17.533s 2.888s
21 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 2m18.043s 3.398s
22 Dan Wells Toda Racing Dallara/Toda 2m18.060s 3.415s
23 Roberto Merhi W66.com Double R Racing Dallara/Mercedes 2m18.501s 3.856s
24 Kenta Yamashita TOM'S Dallara/Toyota 2m19.561s 4.916s
25 Andy Chang Team West-Tec F3 Dallara/Mercedes 2m19.633s 4.988s
26 Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team Dallara/Toyota 2m20.433s 5.788s
27 Sam MacLeod TOM'S Dallara/Toyota 2m21.036s 6.391s
28 Richard Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara/NBE 2m21.648s 7.003s

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