Hungary F3: Smolyar tops practice ahead of Hauger
Alexander Smolyar topped practice in FIA Formula 3 at the Hungaroring, pipping Dennis Hauger to the top spot by almost two-tenths.
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The ART Grand Prix driver, who took pole here last year, set a 1m33.112s in the only practice session of the weekend, with the Prema Racing driver, who leads the championship standings, in second setting a 1m33.294s.
David Schumacher, who took his maiden win at the Red Bull Ring, was in third for Trident, three-tenths off the pace, with his team-mate Clement Novalak in fourth. The third Trident car, driven by Jack Doohan, finished in 17th.
Olli Caldwell (Prema) finished in fifth after taking two podium finishes during the last round at the Red Bull Ring, with the ART Grand Prix of Frederik Vesti in sixth after taking victory at the feature race last time out.
Jake Hughes, who finished seventh in last year’s drivers’ standings, is driving for Carlin in place of Kaylen Frederick this weekend after the American driver injured his thumb in an incident at the Red Bull Ring, and finished seventh.
15 minutes into the session, Vesti was the driver to beat, having set a 1m35.723s to lead the running.
Hauger quickly went top with a 1m35.270s before he was beaten to the top spot by MP Motorsport’s Caio Collet, with a 1m35.001s.
Caldwell was first to break into the 1m34s with 20 minutes left of the session with a 1m34.958s.
With less than five minutes to go, Vesti went top, before he was beaten by Caldwell and Smolyar, who eventually took the top spot in Hungary.
Campos Racing's Amaury Cordeel was shown the black and white flag for exceeding track limits at Turn 4, with several other drivers including Calan Williams (Jenzer Motorsport) and Juan Manuel Correa of ART Grand Prix also running wide at the same spot.
Qualifying will take place on Friday afternoon to set the grid for Sunday’s feature race, with the top 10 reversed to decide the starting positions for Saturday morning’s first sprint race.
Results
Cla | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexander Smolyar | ART Grand Prix | 18 | 1'33.112 | |
2 | Dennis Hauger | Prema Powerteam | 16 | 1'33.294 | 0.182 |
3 | David Schumacher | Trident | 17 | 1'33.426 | 0.314 |
4 | Clement Novalak | Trident | 15 | 1'33.449 | 0.337 |
5 | Olli Caldwell | Prema Powerteam | 18 | 1'33.609 | 0.497 |
6 | Frederik Vesti | ART Grand Prix | 18 | 1'33.615 | 0.503 |
7 | Jake Hughes | Carlin | 18 | 1'33.691 | 0.579 |
8 | Lorenzo Colombo | Campos Racing | 19 | 1'33.721 | 0.609 |
9 | Ayumu Iwasa | HitechGP | 19 | 1'33.743 | 0.631 |
10 | Matteo Nannini | HWA AG | 16 | 1'33.752 | 0.640 |
11 | Arthur Leclerc | Prema Powerteam | 18 | 1'33.814 | 0.702 |
12 | Jonny Edgar | Carlin | 16 | 1'33.831 | 0.719 |
13 | Oliver Rasmussen | HWA AG | 16 | 1'34.009 | 0.897 |
14 | Johnathan Hoggard | Jenzer Motorsport | 18 | 1'34.015 | 0.903 |
15 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz Racing System | 15 | 1'34.257 | 1.145 |
16 | Juan Manuel Correa | ART Grand Prix | 19 | 1'34.418 | 1.306 |
17 | Jack Doohan | Trident | 16 | 1'34.512 | 1.400 |
18 | Ido Cohen | Carlin | 17 | 1'34.533 | 1.421 |
19 | Jak Crawford | HitechGP | 19 | 1'34.608 | 1.496 |
20 | Roman Staněk | HitechGP | 18 | 1'34.696 | 1.584 |
21 | Amaury Cordeel | Campos Racing | 17 | 1'34.778 | 1.666 |
22 | Caio Collet | MP Motorsport | 18 | 1'34.848 | 1.736 |
23 | Rafael Villagómez | HWA AG | 16 | 1'34.896 | 1.784 |
24 | Reshad de | Charouz Racing System | 20 | 1'35.076 | 1.964 |
25 | László Tóth | Campos Racing | 19 | 1'35.118 | 2.006 |
26 | Filip Ugran | Jenzer Motorsport | 17 | 1'35.318 | 2.206 |
27 | Calan Williams | Jenzer Motorsport | 20 | 1'35.355 | 2.243 |
28 | Victor Martins | MP Motorsport | 15 | 1'35.470 | 2.358 |
29 | Logan Sargeant | Charouz Racing System | 14 | 1'35.636 | 2.524 |
30 | Tijmen van | MP Motorsport | 17 | 1'36.372 | 3.260 |
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