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Macau GP: Felix Rosenqvist fastest in final practice before crash

Felix Rosenqvist topped final free practice on the second day of Macau Grand Prix action with the quickest time of the weekend to date

The Swede had just had two new tyres fitted to his Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes when he moved to the top of the order, only to crash on the next lap at Maternity and cause the only red flag of the session with nine minutes remaining.

Rosenqvist explained that he had found great grip through the opening right-handers on to the mountain section, only to be caught out when the left-hander at Maternity proved more slippery than expected.

Jordan King was second fastest, the Briton looking very fast on the mountain part of the course as he placed his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen quickest of those who remained on old Yokohamas.

Formula 3 European champion Esteban Ocon began to look like a force as he went third fastest in the leading Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes, while Max Verstappen unleashed a lap to go fourth at the very end of the session in his Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara-VW.

Lucas Auer and Antonio Giovinazzi kept towards the sharp end of the field, taking fifth and sixth respectively in their Mucke and Carlin cars, while Nicholas Latifi, Stefano Coletti, Nick Cassidy and Roberto Merhi completed the top 10.

Tom Blomqvist, the overnight polesitter, was 11th fastest, having spent much of the session focusing on race set-up.

Numerous other drivers suffered incidents, including Antonio Fuoco, who hit the barriers at Fishermen's Bend after just two laps.

Briton Sam MacLeod also pitted with damage after contact with the wall on the mountain.

Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 Felix Rosenqvist Kashbet.com by Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 2m11.743s -
2 Jordan King GR Asia with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m12.035s 0.292s
3 Esteban Ocon SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 2m12.200s 0.457s
4 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 2m12.243s 0.500s
5 Lucas Auer KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 2m12.275s 0.532s
6 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m12.281s 0.538s
7 Nicholas Latifi SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 2m12.596s 0.853s
8 Stefano Coletti EuroInternational Dallara/Mercedes 2m12.709s 0.966s
9 Nick Cassidy ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara/NBE 2m12.797s 1.054s
10 Roberto Merhi W66.com Double R Racing Dallara/Mercedes 2m12.813s 1.070s
11 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m13.016s 1.273s
12 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec F3 Dallara/Mercedes 2m13.192s 1.449s
13 William Buller Signature Dallara/Volkswagen 2m13.285s 1.542s
14 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m13.462s 1.719s
15 Alex Palou Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 2m13.697s 1.954s
16 Markus Pommer Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 2m13.703s 1.960s
17 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 2m13.864s 2.121s
18 Martin Cao Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 2m13.911s 2.168s
19 Tatiana Calderon JZR/ Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 2m14.169s 2.426s
20 Santino Ferrucci Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 2m14.262s 2.519s
21 Yu Kanamaru Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 2m14.558s 2.815s
22 Kenta Yamashita TOM'S Dallara/Toyota 2m14.840s 3.097s
23 Richard Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara/NBE 2m15.180s 3.437s
24 Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team Dallara/Toyota 2m15.385s 3.642s
25 Sam MacLeod TOM'S Dallara/Toyota 2m16.169s 4.426s
26 Dan Wells Toda Racing Dallara/Toda 2m16.746s 5.003s
27 Antonio Fuoco SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 2m17.497s 5.754s
28 Andy Chang Team West-Tec F3 Dallara/Mercedes 2m18.218s 6.475s



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