New Red Bull junior Sette Camara sets the pace in F3 Euro test
Red Bull junior Sergio Sette Camara headed the official Formula 3 European Championship test day at the Hungaroring ahead of this weekend's second round
The Brazilian's Motopark Dallara-Volkswagen went comfortably clear of the opposition just into the final half-hour of running, giving a further boost to Sette Camara, who demonstrated a Red Bull Formula 1 car at Motorland Aragon last weekend.
Lance Stroll put in a quick lap just before the session closed, the Prema Powerteam driver ending up just 0.019 seconds adrift of Sette Camara.
The leading duo were some way ahead of the rest, with George Russell taking third place in his Hitech GP car, ahead of Prema man Maximilian Gunther and the second Motopark-run Red Bull junior, rookie Niko Kari.
Completing a show of strength for the East German Motopark team were Joel Eriksson and Ferrari junior Guan Yu Zhou, who were sixth and seventh respectively.
The slower morning session was a tour de force from Prema, with championship leader Nick Cassidy setting the quickest time, almost two tenths clear of Stroll, and with Gunther in third place.
The fourth Prema car of Ralf Aron was fourth until the very end of the session, when Van Amersfoort Racing's Callum Ilott displaced him.
The test day featured two dress rehearsals of the virtual safety car system, which has been written into the sporting regulations for 2016.
The afternoon VSC trial featured drama when a loose drainage cover between Turns 4 and 5 was hit by Mikkel Jensen, causing damage to the monocoque of the Mucke Motorsport car and meaning he will probably have to compete with a replacement tub this weekend.
The delay while marshals fixed the drain caused testing to be extended by a further 30 minutes.
MORNING TIMES
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nick Cassidy | Prema Powerteam | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.412s | - | 46 |
2 | Lance Stroll | Prema Powerteam | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.591s | 0.179s | 31 |
3 | Maximilian Guenther | Prema Powerteam | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.684s | 0.272s | 41 |
4 | Callum Ilott | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.887s | 0.475s | 44 |
5 | Ralf Aron | Prema Powerteam | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.002s | 0.590s | 44 |
6 | Anthoine Hubert | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.071s | 0.659s | 45 |
7 | George Russell | Hitech GP | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.092s | 0.680s | 46 |
8 | Sergio Sette Camara | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m35.194s | 0.782s | 46 |
9 | Joel Eriksson | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m35.283s | 0.871s | 37 |
10 | Harrison Newey | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.358s | 0.946s | 50 |
11 | Niko Kari | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m35.416s | 1.004s | 39 |
12 | Alessio Lorandi | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m35.465s | 1.053s | 47 |
13 | Guanyu Zhou | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m35.608s | 1.196s | 40 |
14 | Mikkel Jensen | Mucke Motorsport | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.614s | 1.202s | 44 |
15 | Pedro Piquet | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.631s | 1.219s | 50 |
16 | Ben Barnicoat | Hitech GP | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.742s | 1.330s | 46 |
17 | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech GP | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.825s | 1.413s | 38 |
18 | Ryan Tveter | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m35.861s | 1.449s | 48 |
19 | Zhi Cong Li | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m36.250s | 1.838s | 42 |
20 | Arjun Maini | ThreeBond with T-Sport | Dallara/Threebond | 1m36.591s | 2.179s | 50 |
AFTERNOON TIMES
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sergio Sette Camara | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m33.660s | - | 45 |
2 | Lance Stroll | Prema Powerteam | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m33.679s | 0.019s | 57 |
3 | George Russell | Hitech GP | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.070s | 0.410s | 39 |
4 | Maximilian Guenther | Prema Powerteam | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.227s | 0.567s | 25 |
5 | Niko Kari | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m34.267s | 0.607s | 39 |
6 | Joel Eriksson | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m34.290s | 0.630s | 45 |
7 | Guanyu Zhou | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m34.307s | 0.647s | 43 |
8 | Callum Ilott | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.388s | 0.728s | 47 |
9 | Anthoine Hubert | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.462s | 0.802s | 57 |
10 | Nick Cassidy | Prema Powerteam | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.482s | 0.822s | 54 |
11 | Ralf Aron | Prema Powerteam | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.616s | 0.956s | 44 |
12 | Harrison Newey | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.617s | 0.957s | 52 |
13 | Alessio Lorandi | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m34.719s | 1.059s | 56 |
14 | Pedro Piquet | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.730s | 1.070s | 50 |
15 | Ben Barnicoat | Hitech GP | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m34.748s | 1.088s | 45 |
16 | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech GP | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m35.203s | 1.543s | 39 |
17 | Ryan Tveter | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m35.216s | 1.556s | 48 |
18 | Zhi Cong Li | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m35.540s | 1.880s | 46 |
19 | Arjun Maini | ThreeBond with T-Sport | Dallara/NBE | 1m36.459s | 2.799s | 52 |
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