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Hockenheim European F3: Champion Felix Rosenqvist leads practice

Newly crowned champion Felix Rosenqvist kept up his domination of the end of the Formula 3 European Championship season by topping free practice for the Hockenheim finale

The Swede took his Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes around the chilly Baden-Wurttemberg track 0.405 seconds clear of rookie team-mate and Ferrari protege Lance Stroll.

Conditions were slippery in the wake of a soggy Thursday when the field emerged on slicks, with Red Bull junior Callum Ilott stamping in a late time at the end of the first session in his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen to pip the Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara-VW of Charles Leclerc to first position.

The second-session pace was three seconds quicker.

"It was still a bit damp in sector two," said Rosenqvist, "but I just tried to drive the best I could - no dramas."

Leclerc was in the frame again in the second session and ended up third fastest from another Prema driver, Briton Jake Dennis.

Mikkel Jensen was quickest of the depleted three-car Mucke Motorsport contingent to end up in fifth place, narrowly edging out former team-mate Maximilian Gunther, who has moved across to Prema for the finale and made it all four of the Italian squad's cars in the top six.

Carlin's George Russell was seventh ahead of Alexander Sims, representing the Hitech Grand Prix team as it continues its warm-up for a full 2016 campaign with its second outing.

The Signature car of Alexander Albon was ninth, with Ilott completing the top 10.

Antonio Giovinazzi, who is defending a slender runner-up advantage in the championship this weekend, was fourth fastest in session one but dropped it on an out-lap midway through the second session, ending up in the gravel at the Sachskurve and causing a red flag.

The Carlin team elected not to send him out for the rest of the session as a precautionary measure, choosing instead to make sure all the gravel is removed from the car instead of risking the engine.

In a further change to the entry, Indian backmarker Mahaveer Raghunathan has stood down from his Motopark drive (he contested the recent Euroformula Open round at Monza) and has been replaced by Thailand's Euroformula frontrunner Tanart Sathienthirakul.

PRACTICE ONE TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap Laps
1 Callum Ilott Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m35.106s - 23
2 Charles Leclerc Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m35.149s 0.043s 22
3 Sergio Sette Camara Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m35.259s 0.153s 20
4 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m35.262s 0.156s 22
5 Markus Pommer Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m35.348s 0.242s 20
6 Dorian Boccolacci Signature Dallara/Volkswagen 1m35.571s 0.465s 20
7 Alexander Sims Hitech GP Dallara/Mercedes 1m35.604s 0.498s 19
8 Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m35.689s 0.583s 21
9 Pietro Fittipaldi Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m35.884s 0.778s 20
10 Maximilian Guenther Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m36.022s 0.916s 22
11 Mikkel Jensen KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m36.144s 1.038s 20
12 Tatiana Calderon Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m36.172s 1.066s 23
13 Gustavo Menezes Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m36.390s 1.284s 21
14 Jake Dennis Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m36.630s 1.524s 21
15 Michele Beretta KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m36.728s 1.622s 20
16 Felix Rosenqvist Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m36.868s 1.762s 19
17 Nicolas Pohler Double R Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m37.002s 1.896s 22
18 Arjun Maini Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m37.053s 1.947s 13
19 Alexander Albon Signature Dallara/Volkswagen 1m37.160s 2.054s 19
20 Nabil Jeffri Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m37.172s 2.066s 19
21 Julio Moreno ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara/NBE 1m37.203s 2.097s 22
22 George Russell Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m37.213s 2.107s 22
23 Alessio Lorandi Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m37.215s 2.109s 20
24 Ryan Tveter Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m37.471s 2.365s 21
25 Matt Solomon Double R Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m37.878s 2.772s 22
26 Matt Rao Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m38.379s 3.273s 21
27 Raoul Hyman Team West-Tec F3 Dallara/Mercedes 1m38.446s 3.340s 21
28 Zhi Cong Li Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m38.723s 3.617s 20
29 Andy Chang Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m38.808s 3.702s 22
30 Tanart Sathienthirakul Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m39.222s 4.116s 19
31 Marvin Dienst ArtLine Engineering ARTTech/NBE 1m39.807s 4.701s 14
32 Harald Schlegelmilch ArtLine Engineering ARTTech/NBE 1m40.482s 5.376s 12
33 Santino Ferrucci KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m41.404s 6.298s 7

PRACTICE TWO TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap Laps
1 Felix Rosenqvist Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.241s - 17
2 Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.646s 0.405s 17
3 Charles Leclerc Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m32.669s 0.428s 18
4 Jake Dennis Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.775s 0.534s 17
5 Mikkel Jensen KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.787s 0.546s 16
6 Maximilian Guenther Prema Powerteam Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.810s 0.569s 17
7 George Russell Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m32.866s 0.625s 19
8 Alexander Sims Hitech GP Dallara/Mercedes 1m32.893s 0.652s 17
9 Alexander Albon Signature Dallara/Volkswagen 1m32.898s 0.657s 19
10 Callum Ilott Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.064s 0.823s 17
11 Gustavo Menezes Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.253s 1.012s 15
12 Alessio Lorandi Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.289s 1.048s 20
13 Markus Pommer Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.313s 1.072s 17
14 Arjun Maini Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.334s 1.093s 19
15 Dorian Boccolacci Signature Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.438s 1.197s 16
16 Sergio Sette Camara Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.543s 1.302s 14
17 Nabil Jeffri Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.635s 1.394s 15
18 Ryan Tveter Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.715s 1.474s 17
19 Raoul Hyman Team West-Tec F3 Dallara/Mercedes 1m33.762s 1.521s 19
20 Pietro Fittipaldi Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m33.800s 1.559s 17
21 Tatiana Calderon Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m33.824s 1.583s 16
22 Santino Ferrucci KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m33.909s 1.668s 10
23 Matt Rao Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m33.949s 1.708s 17
24 Michele Beretta KFZTeile24 Mucke Motorsport Dallara/Mercedes 1m33.987s 1.746s 15
25 Zhi Cong Li Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m34.251s 2.010s 17
26 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara/Volkswagen 1m34.355s 2.114s 7
27 Julio Moreno ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara/NBE 1m34.414s 2.173s 16
28 Andy Chang Fortec Motorsports Dallara/Mercedes 1m34.468s 2.227s 17
29 Matt Solomon Double R Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m34.727s 2.486s 17
30 Nicolas Pohler Double R Racing Dallara/Mercedes 1m34.991s 2.750s 17
31 Tanart Sathienthirakul Motopark Dallara/Volkswagen 1m35.004s 2.763s 15
32 Harald Schlegelmilch ArtLine Engineering ARTTech/NBE 1m35.588s 3.347s 12
33 Marvin Dienst ArtLine Engineering ARTTech/NBE 1m37.619s 5.378s 11


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