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Calado fastest in Spa practice

Carlin's James Calado set the pace during today's practice for the British Formula 3 Championship's visit to Spa this weekend

Calado had been quickest in the wetter morning session by 0.7 seconds, but as the track dried in second practice almost everyone went quicker than his 2m36.769s morning best.

Several drivers topped the timesheets during the session and improvements came thick and fast in the closing moments. Calado was not the last to complete a flying lap, but he was the quickest, recording 2m17.020s. That beat his team-mate and championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne by 0.7s.

Hitech's William Buller, who had traded fastest times with Calado and Carlin's Rupert Svendsen-Cook earlier in the session, was third.

Alexander Sims was fastest of the visiting F3 Euro Series runners, recording 2m18.526s for fourth in his ART Dallara.

Championship contender Oliver Webb was sixth for Fortec, 1.7s behind Calado, while Svendsen-Cook ultimately slipped to seventh.

Visiting Prema driver Nicolas Marroc, who was sixth in the morning session, ended up eighth.

Pos  Driver                Team                 Car  Time       Gap
 1.  James Calado          Carlin               D/V  2m17.020s
 2.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Carlin               D/V  2m17.749s  + 0.729s
 3.  William Buller        Hitech               D/V  2m17.788s  + 0.768s
 4.  Alexander Sims        ART                  D/M  2m18.526s  + 1.506s
 5.  Lucas Foresti         Carlin               D/V  2m18.554s  + 1.534s
 6.  Oli Webb              Fortec               D/M  2m18.715s  + 1.695s
 7.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook  Carlin               D/V  2m19.669s  + 2.649s
 8.  Nicolas Marroc        Prema                D/M  2m19.879s  + 2.859s
 9.  Adriano Buzaid        Carlin               D/V  2m20.257s  + 3.237s
10.  Felipe Nasr           Raikkonen Robertson  D/M  2m20.355s  + 3.335s
11.  Jazeman Jaafar        Carlin               D/V  2m20.464s  + 3.444s
12.  Gabriel Dias          Hitech               D/V  2m20.506s  + 3.486s
13.  Daniel Juncadella     Prema                D/M  2m20.703s  + 3.683s
14.  Carlos Huertas        Raikkonen Robertson  D/M  2m20.824s  + 3.804s
15.  Hywel Lloyd           CF/Manor             D/M  2m21.419s  + 4.399s
16.  Alex Brundle          T-Sport              D/V  2m21.429s  + 4.409s
17.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec               D/M  2m22.149s  + 5.129s
18.  Adderly Fong          Sino Vision          D/M  2m22.508s  + 5.488s
19.  Daisuke Nakajima      Raikkonen Robertson  D/M  2m22.880s  + 5.860s
20.  Nathanael Berthon     ART                  D/M  2m23.556s  + 6.536s
21.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed            D/M  2m24.259s  + 7.239s
22.  Jim Pla               ART                  D/M  2m24.682s  + 7.662s
23.  Carlos Munoz          Mucke                D/M  2m25.060s  + 8.040s
24.  Menasheh Idafar       T-Sport              D/H  2m25.590s  + 8.570s
25.  Maxim Snegirev        Fortec               D/M  2m36.047s  + 19.027s

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