F3 - Doohan tops both sessions on Day 1 of testing in Jerez

Sport news Trident’s Jack Doohan carried over his form from the opening round of the season, leading both the morning and the afternoon stint on the opening day of testing in Jerez. It was the Trident racer’s morning tour that finished at the top of the timesheets, with a time of 1:29.625 enough to beat out teammate Clement Novalak and ART Grand Prix’s Frederik Vesti. MORNING Making the trip from the Northeast of Spain to the Southwest, the F3 field followed up the opening round of the campaign in Barcelona with a two-day test in Jerez two days later, giving them a chance to build on what they’d learned. Heading out at the first opportunity under the Spanish sun, MP Motorsport were amongst the busiest in the opening half an hour, with Tijmen Van der Helm the first man to top the leaderboard, before Caio Collet got the fast laps underway, setting the standard at 1:31.304. The Alpine junior continued in a similar vein throughout the session, eventually finishing in P8. Juan Manuel Correa scored his first point in F3 during Race 2 at Barcelona and followed this up with a table-topping time on the opening morning in Jerez, setting a 1:30.754 to beat out ART Grand Prix teammate Vesti. Though Correa later dropped down the order and out of the top 10, Vesti was able to take P3 at the chequered flag. Jonny Edgar and Calan Williams were the first drivers to break the 1m 30s barrier, doing so within seconds of each other, but it was the Carlin Buzz driver who went quickest, lapping at 1:29.991. The duo had fallen to fourth and seventh by the end of the session. Setting the fastest time at the post-season tests in Jerez last October, Doohan put himself back at the top of the order with the quickest of the morning runs, lapping at 1:29.625, ahead of Trident teammate Novalak. Alex Smolyar completed the top five ahead of Ayumu Iwasa. Pierre-Louis Chovet and Jak Crawford took the final two top 10 spots, finishing ninth and 10th. AFTERNOON Current Championship leader, Dennis Hauger, flexed his muscles at the start of the afternoon session, setting the pace at 1:31.405 ahead of Doohan and his PREMA teammate, Arthur Leclerc. There was plenty of time to still be found around Jerez though, and Roman Stanek was the first to find it, overtaking the PREMA with a tour of 1:31.332, before his teammate, Iwasa leapt above him with the first sub-1m 31s time of the afternoon. But it was the familiar name of Doohan who ended the session on top, following up his successful morning stint with the quickest time of the afternoon as well, lapping at 1:30.605 to drop Iwasa to P2. It was an all-Red Bull academy top four as Jak Crawford claimed third ahead of Hauger, with Doohan’s teammate, Novalak, completing the top five. Edgar ensured that all of the Red Bull Juniors had a spot in the top 10, as he took P6 ahead of Leclerc and Collet. Stanek had dropped to P9 by the time the session concluded, while Amaury Cordeel took the final place in the top 10. 2021 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - JEREZ TEST, DAY 1, MORNING SESSION**   DRIVER TEAM LAPTIME LAPS 1 Jack Doohan Trident 1:29.625 18 2 Clément Novalak Trident 1:29.676 13 3 Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix 1:29.700 28 4 Jonny Edgar Carlin Buzz Racing 1:29.911 31 5 Alexander Smolyar ART Grand Prix 1:29.927 28 6 Ayumu Iwasa Hitech Grand Prix 1:29.944 29 7 Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.967 23 8 Caio Collet MP Motorsport 1:30.044 26 9 Pierre Louis Chovet Jenzer Motorsport 1:30.064 29 10 Jak Crawford Hitech Grand Prix 1:30.097 30 11 Oliver Rasmussen HWA RACELAB 1:30.181 30 12 Kaylen Frederick Carlin Buzz Racing 1:30.228 32 13 Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System 1:30.324 25 14 David Schumacher Trident 1:30.429 13 15 Ido Cohen Carlin Buzz Racing 1:30.438 30 16 Matteo Nannini HWA RACELAB 1:30.511 21 17 Juan Manuel Correa ART Grand Prix 1:30.551 29 18 Arthur Leclerc PREMA Racing 1:30.604 32 19 Olli Caldwell PREMA Racing 1:30.664 33 20 Rafael Villagomez HWA RACELAB 1:30.762 29 21 Roman Stanek Hitech Grand Prix 1:31.090 30 22 Tijmen van der Helm MP Motorsport 1:31.192 26 23 Filip Ugran Jenzer Motorsport 1:31.203 28 24 Amaury Cordeel Campos Racing 1:31.554 32 25 Reshad de Gerus Charouz Racing System 1:31.704 22 26 Lorenzo Colombo Campos Racing 1:31.788 29 27 László Tóth Campos Racing 1:32.044 37 28 Victor Martins MP Motorsport 1:32.153 11 29 Dennis Hauger PREMA Racing 1:32.383 25 2021 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - JEREZ TEST, DAY 1, AFTERNOON SESSION**   DRIVER TEAM LAPTIME LAPS 1 Jack Doohan Trident 1:30.605 22 2 Ayumu Iwasa Hitech Grand Prix 1:30.616 25 3 Jak Crawford Hitech Grand Prix 1:30.665 30 4 Dennis Hauger PREMA Racing 1:30.720 29 5 Clément Novalak Trident 1:30.781 29 6 Jonny Edgar Carlin Buzz Racing 1:30.795 46 7 Arthur Leclerc PREMA Racing 1:30.867 30 8 Caio Collet MP Motorsport 1:30.882 38 9 Roman Stanek Hitech Grand Prix 1:30.919 29 10 Amaury Cordeel Campos Racing 1:30.956 27 11 Alexander Smoylar ART Grand Prix 1:30.958 36 12 Juan Manuel Correa ART Grand Prix 1:30.996 36 13 Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport 1:31.049 41 14 Olli Caldwell PREMA Racing 1:31.094 30 15 Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System 1:31.192 24 16 David Schumacher Trident 1:31.196 25 17 Kaylen Frederick Carlin Buzz Racing 1:31.198 34 18 Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix 1:31.205 36 19 Lorenzo Colombo Campos Racing 1:31.315 31 20 Victor Martins MP Motorsport 1:31.463 46 21 Ido Cohen Carlin Buzz Racing 1:31.560 47 22 Oliver Rasmussen HWA RACELAB 1:31.620 57 23 Pierre Louis Chovet Jenzer Motorsport 1:31.741 37 24 Rafael Villagomez HWA RACELAB 1:31.823 56 25 Reshad de Gerus Charouz Racing System 1:31.907 35 26 Tijmen van der Helm MP Motorsport 1:32.184 28 27 Filip Ugran Jenzer Motorsport 1:32.210 41 28 László Tóth Campos Racing 1:32.550 42 29 Matteo Nannini HWA RACELAB 1:33.421 55 FIA Formula 3 Championship Formula 3 F3 SEASON 2021 Sport Circuit 1SportFIA Formula 3 ChampionshipCircuitF3SEASON 2021Formula 300 Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 7:55pm Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 7:55pm