Frederick fastest for ART GP on first afternoon of FIA F3 test

ART Grand Prix’s Kaylen Frederick was the fastest driver in the afternoon session of the first day of post-season FIA Formula 3 testing at Jerez.

Most drivers completed more laps in the afternoon three-hour session than in the morning session, although the pace was slower at the top of the timesheet.

Van Amersfoort Racing’s Noel Leon first set the tone, with the drivers heading onto the track much sooner than they had when the green light at the end of the pit lane came on for the first times in the morning.

Leon was in the lead for a while, but was eventually relegated to fourth place by Oliver Goethe, who entered the 1m31s with just his third flying lap, and Trident teammates Gabriel Bortoleto and Leonardo Fornaroli.

There was then a red flag stoppage caused by VAR’s Roberto Faria, and Goethe stayed on top for the next hour before the action was halted again when Charouz Racing System’s Emmo Fittipaldi ran into trouble and caused a red flag second period.

Campos Racing’s Pepe Marti and Francesco Pizzi had climbed to third and fourth by then, and the session entered its second half when the green flags were waved again.

Christian Mansell and teammate Pizzi moved up to second and third after the restart, and Goethe was then usurped when Prema’s Zak O’Sullivan set a 1m31.669s with just over an hour and a quarter of the day to go.

His time in first place was extended by another red flag stoppage, this time caused by Carlin’s Hunter Yeany, but O’Sullivan improved when he returned to the track setting a 1m31.509s.

Dino Beganovic scored a double at Prema, then edged his team-mate in the final hour with a lap of 1m31.358s. Paul Aron was third fastest to create a Prema 1-2-3, but soon the ART GP riders were racing fast.

Frederick went third first, then Gregoire Saucy moved up to second and VAR’s Rafael Villagomez jumped to third before Frederick’s fastest lap came with 15 minutes left. No one had a chance to beat him in the final minutes as Alessandro Famularo of Charouz forced another save which ended just before the checkered flag was waved.

MP Motorsport’s Jonny Edgar covered the most kilometres, completing 51 laps in the afternoon.

Results of the afternoon session

Pos	Driver	Crew	Time	Gaps	Towers
1	Frederick Kaylen	Grand Prix of the Arts	1m31.275s		37
2	Dino Beganovic	Prema	1m31.358s	+0.083s	34
3	Gregoire Saucy	Grand Prix of the Arts	1m31.378s	+0.103s	36
4	Raphael Villagomez	Van Amersfoort race	1m31.400s	+0.125s	37
5	Gabriel Bortoletto	Trident	1m31.499s	+0.224s	37
6	Zak O’Sullivan	Prema	1m31.509s	+0.234s	33
seven	Olivier Goethe	Trident	1m31.670s	+0.395s	30
8	Paul Aron	Prema	1m31.675s	+0.400s	32
9	Reece Ushijima	Hitech GP	1m31.694s	+0.419s	39
ten	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	1m31.744s	+0.469s	30
11	Pepe Martin	Campos Race	1m31.763s	+0.488s	33
12	Leonard Fornaroli	Trident	1m31.839s	+0.564s	26
13	Christian Mansell	Campos race	1m31.859s	+0.584s	37
14	Francesco Pizza	Campos race	1m31.922s	+0.647s	28
15	Nikita Bedrine	Jenzer Motorsport	1m31.985s	+0.710s	30
16	Nikola Tsolov	Grand Prix of the Arts	1m32.142s	+0.867s	43
17	Alessandro Famularo	Charouz race system	1m32.148s	+0.873s	30
18	Joel Granfors	Fortec Motorsports	1m32.176s	+0.901s	32
19	Noel Leon	Van Amersfoort race	1m32.268s	+0.993s	44
20	Hunter Yeany	Pug	1m32.547s	+1.272s	19
21	Arias Deukmedjian	Pug	1m32.751s	+1.476s	33
22	Roberto Faria	Van Amersfoort Race	1m32.981s	+1.706s	38
23	Nicolas Marinangeli	Charouz race system	1m33.186s	+1.911s	28
24	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	1m33.427s	+2.152s	47
25	Sebastien Montoya	Hitech GP	1m33.522s	+2.247s	17
26	Gabriel Mini	Hitech GP	1m33.577s	+2.302s	19
27	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	1m33.622s	+2.347s	47
28	Emmo Fittipaldi	Charouz race system	1m33.634s	+2.359s	21
29	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	1m33.709s	+2.434s	51
30	Alex Garcia	Jenzer Motorsport	1m33.754s	+2.479s	26