Nasr tops Rockingham test day one
British Formula 3 championship leader Felipe Nasr set the pace on the first day of a two-day official test at Rockingham today (Tuesday)
The Brazilian lapped the Corby 'roval' in a 1m12.687s best, to beat Carlin team-mate Kevin Magnussen to the top spot by 0.143 seconds.
Hitech's Pietro Fantin continued his impressive progress this season by setting the third fastest time, just 0.013s shy of Magnussen - winner of two races during the most recent round of the championship at Snetterton last month.
Carlin trio Rupert Svendsen-Cook, Jazeman Jaafar and Carlos Huertas ensured Volkswagen-powered cars locked out the top six positions on day one.
Malaysian Jaafar led the way in two of the first three sessions, but crucially failed to improve on his best time during the morning's second session, when the fastest times were set, while rain prevented further progress for all 19 drivers in the fourth and final session of the day.
Fortec's Will Buller was the quickest of the Mercedes-powered runners with seventh fastest time overall, less than a tenth ahead of reigning British Formula Ford champion Scott Pye (Double R).
Buller's Fortec team-mate Lucas Foresti was ninth fastest, while T-Sport's Menasheh Idafar rounded out a top 10 covered by just over six tenths of a second.
Former British Formula Ford race winner Garry Findlay drove in place of fellow Brit Riki Christodoulou in the second of Hitech's Dallara-Volkswagens and managed to lap 18th fastest, 2.897s shy of the fastest time.
Carlin's Jack Harvey skipped day one of the test to sit an exam.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Felipe Nasr Carlin Dallara-VW 1m12.687s 2. Kevin Magnussen Carlin Dallara-VW 1m12.830s + 0.143s 3. Pietro Fantin Hitech Dallara-VW 1m12.843s + 0.168s 4. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin Dallara-VW 1m12.857s + 0.170s 5. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Dallara-VW 1m12.969s + 0.282s 6. Carlos Huertas Carlin Dallara-VW 1m13.047s + 0.360s 7. William Buller Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m13.085s + 0.398s 8. Scott Pye Double R Dallara-Merc 1m13.184s + 0.497s 9. Lucas Foresti Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m13.238s + 0.551s 10. Menasheh Idafar T-Sport Dallara-VW 1m13.293s + 0.606s 11. Harry Tincknell Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m13.402s + 0.715s 12. Pipo Derani Double R Dallara-Merc 1m13.747s + 1.060s 13. Hywel Lloyd Sino Vision Dallara-Merc 1m13.750s + 1.063s 14. Adderly Fong Sino Vision Dallara-Merc 1m14.206s + 1.519s 15. Yann Cunha T-Sport Dallara-VW 1m14.209s + 1.522s 16. Fahmi Ilyas Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m14.461s + 1.774s 17. Bart Hylkema T-Sport Dallara-Mugen 1m14.816s + 2.129s 18. Garry Findlay Hitech Dallara-VW 1m15.584s + 2.897s 19. Kotaro Sakurai Hitech Dallara-Mugen 1m16.502s + 3.815s
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