Estoril GP3 test: Ferrari protege Antonio Fuoco fastest for Carlin
Ferrari protege Antonio Fuoco topped the GP3 Series' first day of 2015 pre-season testing for Carlin at Estoril
The GP3 newcomer, fifth in last year's Formula 3 European Championship, edged out ART's Marvin Kirchhofer and Arden's Emil Bernstorff on the timesheets, the trio split by just 0.023 seconds with laps set during the afternoon session.
Overnight rain led to a slow start to the morning while the circuit dried, with the hour before lunch providing the only meaningful running.
With 10 minutes remaining, Trident's Oscar Tunjo went fastest with a 1m29.061s. It remained the morning's best, ahead of Alex Fontana, Luca Ghiotto, newly-confirmed Carlin recruit Jann Mardenborough, Jimmy Eriksson and Esteban Ocon.
Fuoco was 15th of the 23 runners in the first session, but was the first to break into the 1m29s bracket in the afternoon, and after Mardenborough led the field into the 1m28s, Fuoco set what would ultimately be the day's benchmark, a 1m28.410s midway through the session.
Following a late red flag, the sixth of the day, Kirchhofer pipped Bernstorff for second, while Ghiotto, Mardenborough and Ocon again featured in the top six.
Testing continues on Thursday, ahead of the season opener at Barcelona in May.
MORNING TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oscar Tunjo | Trident | 1m29.061s | - | 19 |
2 | Alex Fontana | Status Grand Prix | 1m29.450s | 0.389s | 13 |
3 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 1m29.577s | 0.516s | 29 |
4 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | 1m29.680s | 0.619s | 14 |
5 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 1m29.798s | 0.737s | 9 |
6 | Esteban Ocon | ART Grand Prix | 1m29.805s | 0.744s | 13 |
7 | Mitch Gilbert | Carlin | 1m29.926s | 0.865s | 11 |
8 | Emil Bernstorff | Arden International | 1m29.959s | 0.898s | 12 |
9 | Ralph Boschung | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m30.000s | 0.939s | 12 |
10 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 1m30.018s | 0.957s | 14 |
11 | Kevin Ceccon | Arden International | 1m30.137s | 1.076s | 12 |
12 | Matt Parry | Koiranen GP | 1m30.400s | 1.339s | 14 |
13 | Alfonso Celis | ART Grand Prix | 1m30.425s | 1.364s | 15 |
14 | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m30.575s | 1.514s | 13 |
15 | Antonio Fuoco | Carlin | 1m30.621s | 1.560s | 14 |
16 | Adderly Fong | Koiranen GP | 1m30.660s | 1.599s | 18 |
17 | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m30.678s | 1.617s | 23 |
18 | Seb Morris | Status Grand Prix | 1m30.742s | 1.681s | 10 |
19 | Alex Palou | Campos Racing | 1m30.967s | 1.906s | 22 |
20 | Artur Janosz | Trident | 1m31.607s | 2.546s | 25 |
21 | Sandy Stuvik | Status Grand Prix | 1m31.769s | 2.708s | 11 |
22 | Zaid Ashkanani | Campos Racing | 1m32.381s | 3.320s | 21 |
23 | Alex Bosak | Arden International | 1m32.787s | 3.726s | 11 |
AFTERNOON TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Antonio Fuoco | Carlin | 1m28.410s | - | 36 |
2 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 1m28.411s | 0.001s | 35 |
3 | Emil Bernstorff | Arden International | 1m28.433s | 0.023s | 30 |
4 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 1m28.516s | 0.106s | 26 |
5 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | 1m28.595s | 0.185s | 35 |
6 | Esteban Ocon | ART Grand Prix | 1m28.626s | 0.216s | 31 |
7 | Ralph Boschung | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m28.638s | 0.228s | 34 |
8 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 1m28.773s | 0.363s | 26 |
9 | Oscar Tunjo | Trident | 1m28.994s | 0.584s | 32 |
10 | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m29.001s | 0.591s | 37 |
11 | Seb Morris | Status Grand Prix | 1m29.015s | 0.605s | 37 |
12 | Mitch Gilbert | Carlin | 1m29.169s | 0.759s | 20 |
13 | Alex Palou | Campos Racing | 1m29.304s | 0.894s | 35 |
14 | Alex Fontana | Status Grand Prix | 1m29.465s | 1.055s | 46 |
15 | Matt Parry | Koiranen GP | 1m29.477s | 1.067s | 31 |
16 | Kevin Ceccon | Arden International | 1m29.599s | 1.189s | 30 |
17 | Alfonso Celis | ART Grand Prix | 1m29.860s | 1.450s | 33 |
18 | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m30.017s | 1.607s | 23 |
19 | Sandy Stuvik | Status Grand Prix | 1m30.207s | 1.797s | 32 |
20 | Artur Janosz | Trident | 1m30.393s | 1.983s | 31 |
21 | Adderly Fong | Koiranen GP | 1m30.448s | 2.038s | 24 |
22 | Zaid Ashkanani | Campos Racing | 1m31.879s | 3.469s | 20 |
23 | Alex Bosak | Arden International | 1m33.201s | 4.791s | 29 |
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