Spa GP3: Luca Ghiotto leads Antonio Fuoco in practice

Ghiotto led the way early along with Trident team-mates Artur Janosz, who had a spin early on at the Bus Stop chicane, and series returnee Beitske Visser.

But as the track conditions continued to improve so did laptimes and they were soon overhauled by the Jenzer Motorsport trio of Pal Varhaug, Ralph Boschung and Matheo Tuscher.

Ghiotto looked ominous though and improved right up until the chequered flag fell, eventually setting a time of 2m06.005s.

Carlin driver Fuoco clinched second place on his final lap, jumping from a lowly 12th to be 0.341 seconds behind.

Boschung, Varhaug and Tuscher had to settle for third, fourth and fifth respectively following their early fight near the top of the times.

Koiranen GP driver Matt Parry was another late improver in sixth as was Status Grand Prix's Alex Fontana, who had a big moment when he ran wide at Blanchimont that sent him into a spin on his way to seventh.

Mitch Gilbert, Janosz and Alex Palou rounded out the top 10.

Nissan protege Jann Mardenborough and Adderly Fong both had huge separate incidents at Eau Rouge.

The pair drifted wide onto the painted sausage kerbs, which ruined the underside of both their cars and sent them briefly airborne.

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