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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