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 |
Be part of the Autosport community
Join the conversationShare Or Save This Story
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments