Adria day 1: Briscoe heads first Euro test
The first official test of the new Formula 3 Euroseries was dominated by the Italian Prema Powerteam squad at the Adria circuit in Italy
Toyota Formula 1 protégé Ryan Briscoe topped the times in his Prema Dallara-Opel, a tenth clear of Frenchman Nicolas Lapierre's Signature-run Dallara-Renault. German pre-season favourite Timo Glock was third fastest in his KMS Dallara-Opel, with Briscoe's Prema team-mates Katsuyuki Hirinaka and Roberto Kubica rounding out the top five.
The first Mercedes-powered car was that of Olivier Pla, whose ASM-run Dallara was sixth quickest. Other fancied runners included Markus Winkelhock (eighth for Mucke Motorsport) and Nico Rosberg (12th in his Team Rosberg Dallara-Opel). Marlboro Masters winner Fabio Carbone, in Signature's second entry, was only 13th fastest.
1 Ryan Briscoe (Prema Powerteam) Dallara-Opel 1m10.305s
2 Nicolas Lapierre (Signature) Dallara-Renault 1m10.480s
3 Timo Glock (Opel Team KMS) Dallara-Opel 1m10.509s
4 Katsuyuki Hirinaka (Prema Powerteam) Dallara-Opel 1m10.546s
5 Roberto Kubica (Prema Powerteam) Dallara-Opel 1m10.556s
6 Olivier Pla (ASM) Dallara-Mercedes 1m10.561s
7 Alexandre Premat (ASM) Dallara-Mercedes: 1m10.576s
8 Markus Winkelhock (Mucke Motorsport) Dallara-Mercedes 1m10.651s
9 Bruno Spengler (ASM) Dallara-Mercedes 1m10.659s
10 Simon Abadie (Saulnier Racing) Dallara-Renault 1m10.667s
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