Manning leads testing in Valencia
Darren Manning was fastest during the official Formula 3000 test at Valencia
The Arden driver, who won both the Macau and Korean F3 races, set a quickest lap of 1.24.544s to finish ahead of Gauloises Formula pilot Sebastien Bourdais.
Third was Enrique Bernoldi (Red Bull Jr Team) who set a fast time of 1.24.648s, with Andre Couto (Gauloises) in fourth.
Ex-Formula 3 star Kristian Kolby was fifth in the DAMS challenger, ahead of Kid Jensen Racing's Andrea Piccini.
Just over half a second separated the top 14 drivers.
Full times:
|
Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Time |
|
1 |
D Manning |
Arden |
1.24.544 |
|
2 |
S Bourdais |
Gauloises |
1.24.557 |
|
3 |
E Bernoldi |
Red Bull Jr |
1.24.648 |
|
4 |
A Couto |
Gauloises |
1.24.657 |
|
5 |
K Kolby |
DAMS |
1.24.705 |
|
6 |
A Piccini |
Kid Jensen Racing |
1.24.722 |
|
7 |
S Sarrazin |
McLaren F3000 |
1.24.744 |
|
8 |
F Montagny |
DAMS |
1.24.851 |
|
9 |
K McGarrity |
Nordic Racing |
1.24.870 |
|
10 |
B Leinders |
Kid Jensen Racing |
1.24.913 |
|
11 |
M Webber |
European Formula |
1.24.923 |
|
12 |
T Enge |
McLaren F3000 |
1.24.955 |
|
13 |
J Melo Jr |
Petrobras Jnr |
1.24.993 |
|
14 |
B Junquiera |
Petrobras Jnr |
1.25.008 |
|
15 |
N Minassian |
Super Nova Racing |
1.25.074 |
|
16 |
J Wilson |
Nordic Racing |
1.25.078 |
|
17 |
J Van Hooydonk |
Witmeur Team KTR |
1.25.127 |
|
18 |
C Albers |
European Formula |
1.25.298 |
|
19 |
D Saelens |
Super Nova Racing |
1.25.344 |
|
20 |
R Mauricio |
Red Bull Jr |
1.25.346 |
|
21 |
H Mitsusada |
World Racing Team |
1.25.405 |
|
22 |
F Walfish |
Team Astromega |
1.25.457 |
|
23 |
F Alonso |
Team Astromega |
1.25.651 |
|
24 |
A Mikola |
World Racing Team |
1.25.723 |
|
25 |
M Haberfeld |
Fortec |
1.25.757 |
|
26 |
V Maslov |
Arden |
1.25.804 |
|
27 |
V Olivier |
Witmeur Team KTR |
1.26.082 |
|
28 |
A Scheld |
Fortec |
1.26.450 |
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