Misano day 1: Klien sets the pace

The opening day of the second official test for the new Formula 3 Euroseries at Misano in Italy had a new face at the top of the times, as Formula Renault graduate Christian Klien set the pace in his Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes

Feb 24, 2003, 5:45 PM

Consistent Australian Ryan Briscoe was next up in his Prema Dallara-Opel, a couple of tenths behind Klien, with Bernhard Auinger getting on the pace with his Toyota-powered TME Racing entry to make it two Austrians in the top three.

Robert Kubica was next up for Prema, with Adria pacesetter Olivier Pla (ASM Dallara-Merc) and Andreas Zuber (Team Rosberg) rounding out the top six in his Dallara-Opel.

Testing continues tomorrow.

1 Christian Klien (Mucke Motorsport) Dallara-Mercedes 1m23.555s
2 Ryan Briscoe (Prema Powerteam) Dallara-Opel 1m23.761s
3 Bernhard Auinger (Superfund TME Racing) Dallara-Toyota 1m23.768s
4 Robert Kubica (Prema Powerteam) Dallara-Opel 1m24.023s
5 Olivier Pla (ASM) Dallara-Mercedes 1m24.203s
6 Andreas Zuber (Team Rosberg) Dallara-Opel 1m24.269s
7 Alexander Margeritis (Margeritis) Dallara-Opel 1m24.294s
8 Richard Lietz (HBR Motorsport) Dallara-Opel 1m24.294s
9 Jan Heylen (Team Kolles) Dallara-Mercedes 1m24.348s
10 Alexandre Premat (ASM) Dallara-Mercedes 1m24.354s