Mercedes F1 protege George Russell leads GP3 testing at Hungaroring
Mercedes Formula 1 junior driver George Russell topped the first day of the in-season GP3 test at the Hungaroring for ART Grand Prix


Russell, who is currently sixth in the GP3 drivers' championship standings after the opening round of the season at Barcelona last month, topped the times with a 1m32.159s, which was set late on during the morning running as he traded fastest times with Dorian Boccolacci.
The day ended up finishing an hour later than scheduled as the teams were forced to wait for the Budapest track's medical set-up to be operational before the morning session could get underway.
Trident driver and 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup runner-up Boccolacci ended the day second fastest after improving his best time to 1m32.436s during the afternoon.
That was 0.277s slower than Russell - who also topped the second session - had gone during the morning.

Double Barcelona podium finisher Alessio Lorandi finished third fastest overall, ahead of Renault F1 academy member Jack Aitken and Santino Ferrucci.
Spain sprint race winner Arjun Maini, who like Ferrucci is a Haas F1 development driver, finished sixth, ahead of championship leader and Barcelona race one winner, Nirei Fukuzumi.
Raoul Hyman was eighth fastest, while Marcos Siebert and Kevin Jorg rounded out the top 10 for Campos Racing and Trident respectively.
Although the delayed morning session passed without incident, the afternoon running was disrupted twice as DAMS driver Bruno Baptista and Campos's Julien Falchero stopped out on the circuit and brought out the red flags.
The two-day test at the Hungarian Grand Prix venue concludes on Wednesday.
MORNING TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Russell | ART Grand Prix | 1m32.159s | - | 31 |
2 | Jack Aitken | ART Grand Prix | 1m32.654s | 0.495s | 28 |
3 | Dorian Boccolacci | Trident | 1m32.680s | 0.521s | 22 |
4 | Arjun Maini | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m32.765s | 0.606s | 30 |
5 | Santino Ferrucci | DAMS | 1m32.811s | 0.652s | 34 |
6 | Alessio Lorandi | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m32.864s | 0.705s | 32 |
7 | Raoul Hyman | Campos Racing | 1m32.913s | 0.754s | 31 |
8 | Marcos Siebert | Campos Racing | 1m33.014s | 0.855s | 33 |
9 | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | 1m33.056s | 0.897s | 20 |
10 | Anthoine Hubert | ART Grand Prix | 1m33.273s | 1.114s | 30 |
11 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1m33.303s | 1.144s | 26 |
12 | Ryan Tveter | Trident | 1m33.352s | 1.193s | 24 |
13 | Kevin Jorg | Trident | 1m33.384s | 1.225s | 32 |
14 | Leonardo Pulcini | Arden International | 1m33.694s | 1.535s | 24 |
15 | Julien Falchero | Campos Racing | 1m33.721s | 1.562s | 32 |
16 | Bruno Baptista | DAMS | 1m33.876s | 1.717s | 26 |
17 | Tatiana Calderon | DAMS | 1m34.099s | 1.940s | 32 |
18 | Steijn Schothorst | Arden International | 1m34.388s | 2.229s | 22 |
19 | Niko Kari | Arden International | 1m34.609s | 2.450s | 20 |
AFTERNOON TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Russell | ART Grand Prix | 1m32.332s | - | 46 |
2 | Dorian Boccolacci | Trident | 1m32.436s | 0.104s | 50 |
3 | Alessio Lorandi | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m32.459s | 0.127s | 40 |
4 | Jack Aitken | ART Grand Prix | 1m32.547s | 0.215s | 46 |
5 | Santino Ferrucci | DAMS | 1m32.696s | 0.364s | 38 |
6 | Arjun Maini | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m32.724s | 0.392s | 37 |
7 | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | 1m32.728s | 0.396s | 45 |
8 | Marcos Siebert | Campos Racing | 1m32.997s | 0.665s | 37 |
9 | Kevin Jorg | Trident | 1m33.019s | 0.687s | 38 |
10 | Anthoine Hubert | ART Grand Prix | 1m33.s | 0.s | 49 |
11 | Leonardo Pulcini | Arden International | 1m33.075s | 0.743s | 34 |
12 | Bruno Baptista | DAMS | 1m33.075s | 0.743s | 31 |
13 | Ryan Tveter | Trident | 1m33.275s | 0.943s | 41 |
14 | Steijn Schothorst | Arden International | 1m33.301s | 0.969s | 37 |
15 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1m33.320s | 0.988s | 37 |
16 | Niko Kari | Arden International | 1m33.321s | 0.989s | 37 |
17 | Julien Falchero | Campos Racing | 1m33.462s | 1.130s | 34 |
18 | Tatiana Calderon | DAMS | 1m33.837s | 1.505s | 33 |
19 | Raoul Hyman | Campos Racing | 1m35.680s | 3.348s | 23 |

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