Ricciardo leads Brands testing
Championship leader Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time during official British Formula 3 testing at Brands Hatch this week
The Red Bull-backed Australian lapped the Grand Prix loop in a 1m18.124s best on his 27th tour in the first session and the Carlin driver remained unbeaten for the rest of the day.
Title rival Walter Grubmuller went second fastest for his family-owned Hitech Racing outfit, 0.186s shy of Ricciardo.
Brazilian Adriano Buzaid set the third quickest time for T-Sport. He was fastest of all through the second sector, bu his best lap was just under four tenths adrift of the pace and came in a later session.
Snetterton winners Renger van der Zande (Hitech) and Riki Christodoulou (Fortec) went fourth and sixth quickest respectively, sandwiching Ricciardo's Carlin team-mate Henry Arundel.
Formula 2 racer Tom Gladdis and Formula Master driver Kelvin Snoeks both completed the test to learn the circuit ahead of their respective series visiting Brands next weekend.
Pos Driver Team Car Time 1. Daniel Ricciardo Carlin D/V 1m18.124s 2. Walter Grubmuller Hitech D/M 1m18.310s 3. Adriano Buzaid T-Sport D/V 1m18.501s 4. Renger van der Zande Hitech D/M 1m18.682s 5. Henry Arundel Carlin D/V 1m18.816s 6. Riki Christodoulou Fortec D/M 1m18.834s 7. Max Chilton Carlin D/V 1m18.865s 8. Wayne Boyd T-Sport D/V 1m18.913s 9. Gabriel Dias T-Sport D/H 1m19.763s 10. Carlos Huertas Double R D/M 1m19.804s 11. Daniel McKenzie Fortec D/H 1m19.823s 12. Daisuke Nakajima Double R D/M 1m20.004s 13. Jay Bridger Litespeed M/H 1m20.039s 14. Victor Garcia Fortec D/M 1m20.330s 15. Philip Major Carlin D/V 1m20.438s 16. Stephane Richelmi Barazi Epsilon D/M 1m21.430s 17. Hywel Lloyd CF D/H 1m21.671s 18. Kelvin Snoeks JTR M/M 1m21.828s 19. Victor Correa Litespeed S/H 1m22.302s 20. Max Snegirev West-Tec D/H 1m22.332s 21. Tom Gladdis West-Tec D/H 1m23.188s 22. Aaron Steele Litespeed S/H 1m23.583s
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