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Macau F3: Felix Rosenqvist to the top in Friday practice

Felix Rosenqvist went fastest in free practice on the second day of the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix meeting as he continues to look a major contender for victory

The anticipated heavy rain held off, and it also appears as though it will be dry for qualifying, meaning that teams concentrated on finding dry-weather set-ups for both qualifying and the races.

Rosenqvist, Daniel Juncadella and Antonio Felix da Costa were covered by just 0.037 seconds, although the Swede's Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes was fastest for most of the session.

"We did a good time in the beginning and then we were only trying different things with the downforce," said Rosenqvist. "We did four stints, and I got a good feeling for how the car is when the tyres start to get old. Everything feels relaxed for me."

Read more about all the Formula 3 and World Touring Car action in our rolling Macau GP news blog.

Juncadella and the Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes team, and overnight polesitter da Costa and his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen squad, also worked on set-ups.

Da Costa twice had completed personal best middle sectors before being called into the pits, and his theoretical best lap over the three sectors would have put him fastest.

The big surprise was Kevin Korjus, who in his first serious F3 event was fourth fastest in the lead Double R Racing Dallara-Mercedes. The Estonian also has the benefit of more fresh rubber than his rivals due to only using one set all day on Thursday after going off early in the first free practice session.

The flamboyant Carlos Sainz Jr put his Carlin car fifth, with Mucke's Pascal Wehrlein sixth.

Down in 10th was Felipe Nasr, who found his Carlin machine bottoming too much after making an experimental change on set-up and brushed the wall at Moorish Hill.

Once again there were crashes, with Luis Sa Silva making his first acquaintance with the Macau walls when he dropped it at Police in the closing stages. Yuichi Nakayama had his second shunt of the weekend when he dropped it at San Francisco Bend right at the end of the session.

Neither of them caused a red flag, although there was a stoppage at the start of the session, caused by a problem with one of the fences around the circuit.

Meanwhile, mechanical problems hampered Tom Blomqvist, whose EuroInternational Dallara-VW had a broken gearshift cable after just six laps. After repairs, he went out later on to find that the fix had worked.

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                       Time       Gap
 1.  Felix Rosenqvist        Mucke Dallara-Mercedes         2m13.958s
 2.  Daniel Juncadella       Prema Dallara-Mercedes         2m13.981s  + 0.023s
 3.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Carlin Dallara-VW              2m13.995s  + 0.037s
 4.  Kevin Korjus            Double R Dallara-Mercedes      2m14.137s  + 0.179s
 5.  Carlos Sainz Jr         Carlin Dallara-VW              2m14.150s  + 0.192s
 6.  Pascal Wehrlein         Mucke Dallara-Mercedes         2m14.381s  + 0.423s
 7.  Felix Serralles         Fortec Dallara-Mercedes        2m14.401s  + 0.443s
 8.  Alexander Sims          T-Sport Dallara-Nissan         2m14.441s  + 0.483s
 9.  Daniel Abt              Carlin Dallara-VW              2m14.454s  + 0.496s
10.  Felipe Nasr             Carlin Dallara-VW              2m14.470s  + 0.512s
11.  Harry Tincknell         Fortec Dallara-Mercedes        2m14.665s  + 0.707s
12.  Alex Lynn               Fortec Dallara-Mercedes        2m14.782s  + 0.824s
13.  Raffaele Marciello      Prema Dallara-Mercedes         2m14.846s  + 0.888s
14.  Jack Harvey             Carlin Dallara-VW              2m14.938s  + 0.980s
15.  Hannes Vanasseldonk     Prema Dallara-Mercedes         2m15.013s  + 1.055s
16.  Pipo Derani             Fortec Dallara-Mercedes        2m15.080s  + 1.122s
17.  Will Buller             Carlin Dallara-VW              2m15.302s  + 1.344s
18.  Hideki Yamauchi         B-Max Dallara-Toyota           2m15.363s  + 1.405s
19.  Sven Muller             Prema Dallara-Mercedes         2m15.434s  + 1.476s
20.  Tom Blomqvist           Euro International Dallara-VW  2m15.445s  + 1.487s
21.  Jimmy Eriksson          Double R Dallara-Mercedes      2m15.680s  + 1.722s
22.  Jazeman Jaafar          TOM'S Dallara-Toyota           2m16.075s  + 2.117s
23.  Mitchell Gilbert        Mucke Dallara-Mercedes         2m16.449s  + 2.491s
24.  Lucas Wolf              URD Dallara-Mercedes           2m16.582s  + 2.624s
25.  Dennis van de Laar      Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW      2m16.789s  + 2.831s
26.  Lucas Auer              Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW      2m16.800s  + 2.842s
27.  Yuichi Nakayama         TOM'S Dallara-Toyota           2m17.106s  + 3.148s
28.  Luis Sa Silva           Angola Dallara-Mercedes        2m17.382s  + 3.424s
29.  Andrea Roda             Jo Zeller Dallara-Mercedes     2m18.152s  + 4.194s
30.  Ryo Hirakawa            RSS Dallara-Toyota             2m18.218s  + 4.260s

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