Hungary GP3: Mercedes junior Esteban Ocon tops free practice

The ART Grand Prix driver set the pace after the session was red flagged, as a result of Nissan protege Jann Mardenborough's stricken Carlin entry stopping at the final corner.

On the restart, the Frenchman set some blistering lap-times and was more than a second clear of the rest of the field with less than 10 minutes remaining.

Trident's Ghiotto, however, closed the gap to Ocon to just 0.038 seconds on his penultimate lap but couldn't knock him off top spot.

Arden International driver Emil Bernstorff followed the pair in third, ahead of Silverstone race winners Marvin Kirchhofer and Kevin Ceccon.

Pal Varhaug and Mitch Gilbert both spent time at the top of the timesheets early in the session but fell down the order late on, and the pair finished sixth and seventh respectively.

Lotus Formula 1 team test driver Adderly Fong was eighth ahead of Ferrari junior Antonio Fuoco and Trident's Arthur Janosz, who rounded out the top 10.

Following his issues, Mardenborough, who had been on the pace early on, finished the session last, almost four seconds off Ocon.

PRACTICE RESULTS:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Esteban Ocon	ART Grand Prix	1m34.546s	-	16
2	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1m34.584s	0.038s	17
3	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	1m34.688s	0.142s	19
4	Marvin Kirchhofer	ART Grand Prix	1m34.896s	0.350s	17
5	Kevin Ceccon	Arden International	1m34.898s	0.352s	18
6	Pal Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	1m35.131s	0.585s	17
7	Mitch Gilbert	Carlin	1m35.315s	0.769s	18
8	Adderly Fong	Koiranen GP	1m35.377s	0.831s	15
9	Antonio Fuoco	Carlin	1m35.557s	1.011s	18
10	Artur Janosz	Trident	1m35.655s	1.109s	19
11	Alfonso Celis	ART Grand Prix	1m35.670s	1.124s	18
12	Seb Morris	Status Grand Prix	1m35.943s	1.397s	17
13	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	1m36.292s	1.746s	18
14	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	1m36.319s	1.773s	17
15	Matheo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	1m36.364s	1.818s	16
16	Ralph Boschung	Jenzer Motorsport	1m36.434s	1.888s	17
17	Alex Fontana	Status Grand Prix	1m36.974s	2.428s	19
18	Sandy Stuvik	Status Grand Prix	1m36.982s	2.436s	18
19	Alex Bosak	Arden International	1m37.171s	2.625s	18
20	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1m37.207s	2.661s	13
21	Zaid Ashkanani	Campos Racing	1m37.707s	3.161s	17
22	Samin Gomez	Campos Racing	1m37.933s	3.387s	16
23	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	1m38.292s	3.746s	6