Trident's Boccalacci upstages ART drivers in GP3 testing again
Dorian Boccolacci was fastest for Trident on the first day of the final 2017 GP3 pre-season test, which is taking place at Valencia this week
Boccolacci, the runner up in the 2016 Formula Renault Eurocup who is yet to commit to a team for this year's GP3 season, set a best time of 1m21.191s in the closing moments of the morning session to beat ART Grand Prix drivers Jack Aitken and George Russell into second and third.
Unlike the opening session of last week's test at Barcelona - where Boccolacci also set the fastest overall time - the day began in warm and sunny conditions, although the drivers concentrated on installation work for most of the first hour before going on to set representative times.
The afternoon session - which was topped by Mercedes Formula 1 junior driver Russell - featured hotter temperatures, and the times from the morning running were not beaten.
Anthoine Hubert secured the day's fourth fastest time for ART, ahead of Ryan Tveter and Marcos Siebert - the 2016 Italian Formula 4 champion - who also does not have a confirmed GP3 seat for '17 but is again testing for Campos Racing.
Jenzer Motorsport drivers Alessio Lorandi and Arjun Maini ended up seventh and eighth, ahead of DAMS racer and Haas F1 junior driver Santino Ferrucci, and Nirei Fukuzumi, who rounded out the top 10.
There were no red flag stoppages in the morning session, but the cars of Raoul Hyman, Giuliano Alesi and Red Bull junior team member Niko Kari did need recovering in the afternoon.
MORNING TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dorian Boccolacci | Trident | 1m21.191s | - | 31 |
2 | Jack Aitken | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.292s | 0.101s | 39 |
3 | George Russell | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.317s | 0.126s | 41 |
4 | Anthoine Hubert | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.454s | 0.263s | 40 |
5 | Ryan Tveter | Trident | 1m21.495s | 0.304s | 32 |
6 | Marcos Siebert | Campos Racing | 1m21.500s | 0.309s | 35 |
7 | Alessio Lorandi | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m21.577s | 0.386s | 29 |
8 | Arjun Maini | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m21.627s | 0.436s | 41 |
9 | Santino Ferrucci | DAMS | 1m21.636s | 0.445s | 36 |
10 | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.683s | 0.492s | 38 |
11 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1m21.711s | 0.520s | 24 |
12 | Steijn Schothorst | Arden International | 1m21.715s | 0.524s | 25 |
13 | Leonardo Pulcini | Arden International | 1m21.781s | 0.590s | 21 |
14 | Julien Falchero | Campos Racing | 1m21.874s | 0.683s | 35 |
15 | Raoul Hyman | Campos Racing | 1m21.918s | 0.727s | 34 |
16 | Kevin Jorg | Trident | 1m22.054s | 0.863s | 27 |
17 | Niko Kari | Arden International | 1m22.076s | 0.885s | 22 |
18 | Tatiana Calderon | DAMS | 1m22.204s | 1.013s | 34 |
19 | Bruno Baptista | DAMS | 1m22.384s | 1.193s | 38 |
AFTERNOON TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Russell | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.814s | - | 54 |
2 | Alessio Lorandi | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m21.816s | 0.002s | 22 |
3 | Dorian Boccolacci | Trident | 1m21.834s | 0.020s | 47 |
4 | Raoul Hyman | Campos Racing | 1m21.897s | 0.083s | 28 |
5 | Jack Aitken | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.946s | 0.132s | 53 |
6 | Leonardo Pulcini | Arden International | 1m21.951s | 0.137s | 47 |
7 | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | 1m22.036s | 0.222s | 51 |
8 | Niko Kari | Arden International | 1m22.206s | 0.392s | 53 |
9 | Steijn Schothorst | Arden International | 1m22.286s | 0.472s | 45 |
10 | Arjun Maini | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m22.312s | 0.498s | 24 |
11 | Marcos Siebert | Campos Racing | 1m22.352s | 0.538s | 37 |
12 | Anthoine Hubert | ART Grand Prix | 1m22.450s | 0.636s | 53 |
13 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1m22.498s | 0.684s | 44 |
14 | Santino Ferrucci | DAMS | 1m22.536s | 0.722s | 27 |
15 | Julien Falchero | Campos Racing | 1m22.568s | 0.754s | 46 |
16 | Kevin Jorg | Trident | 1m22.608s | 0.794s | 43 |
17 | Bruno Baptista | DAMS | 1m22.989s | 1.175s | 41 |
18 | Tatiana Calderon | DAMS | 1m23.627s | 1.813s | 39 |
19 | Ryan Tveter | Trident | 1m24.592s | 2.778s | 48 |
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