Sport news Van Amersfoort Racing finished first on their Formula 3 testing debut as 2021 vice-champion Jack Doohan took them to the top of timesheets in Valencia with a lap of 1:22.402, beating ART Grand Prix duo Victor Martins and Grégoire Saucy. Brought in to help the Dutch team get up to speed in F3, Doohan showed his qualities to finish fastest in both sessions, beating Martins in both the morning and the afternoon. MORNING Action on Day 1 began in wet conditions with the field forced to head out on wet tyres, but the downpour was only brief, and the skies swiftly switched to blue, as rookie Franco Colapinto set the early pace with MP Motorsport, lapping at 1:35.044, ahead of teammate Caio Collet. Rookie duo Zane Maloney and Grégoire Saucy switched P1 between them before Jonny Edgar took the time below 1m 31s for the lead at the halfway point, followed by Johnathan Hoggard and Roman Stanek. A switch to slicks with an hour to go produced some more representative laptimes, with rookies Josep Maria Marti, Nazim Azman and David Vidales all enjoying stints in first, the time creeping below 1m 26s. Caio Collet broke the 1m 24s barrier with 15 minutes on the clock, before Doohan put Van Amersfoort Racing in first place, leading ART Grand Prix’s Martins with a tour of 1:23.349. Kaylen Frederick climbed to third with Hitech Grand Prix at the chequered flag, just under two tenths off the pace. He finished ahead of Trident’s Stanek and PREMA Racing’s Jak Crawford in an experienced top five. Oliver Rasmussen, Arthur Leclerc and Collet continued the trend in sixth, seventh and eighth. With 47 laps, Colapinto completed the most running and also finished as the highest placed rookie, sitting ninth ahead of Maloney. Formula Regional European champion Saucy finished as the highest placed rookie, in P3 AFTERNOON Action resumed in much warmer conditions in the afternoon as MP Motorsport once again set the pace in Valencia, with Collet leading Colapinto thanks to a laptime of 1:23.125. Kaylen Frederick briefly replaced Colapinto in P2 before Collet’s 2021 MP teammate Martins dove into first, becoming the first driver to break the 1m 23s barrier. With less than an hour to go, Doohan broke into the top two but remained a hundredth off Martin’s best time. The 2021 vice-champion was able to better the Alpine junior’s time in the final stages of the session, leapfrogging him with a tour of 1:22.402. Saucy and Maloney led the rookies in the afternoon stint, climbing up to third and fourth in the final minutes, ahead of Roman Stanek, the duo just 0.282s and 0.306s off Doohan’s quickest time. Lorenzo Colombo put himself and Charouz in sixth, followed by Leclerc and Crawford. Rasmussen finished ninth, while also punching in the most laps of the afternoon stint, completing 60 tours. Despite spending large parts of the session in second, Colapinto had been knocked down to 10th by the chequered flag. Day 2 of post-season testing will begin at 9am on Tuesday. 2021 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP – VALENCIA POST-SEASON TESTS, DAY 1, MORNING SESSION DRIVER TEAM LAPTIME LAPS 1 Jack Doohan Van Amersfoort Racing 01:23.349 29 2 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 01:23.541 38 3 Kaylen Frederick Hitech Grand Prix 01:23.546 30 4 Roman Stanek Trident 01:23.580 31 5 Jak Crawford PREMA Racing 01:23.668 38 6 Oliver Rasmussen Charouz Racing System 01:23.747 19 7 Arthur Leclerc PREMA Racing 01:23.765 38 8 Caio Collet MP Motorsport 01:23.838 42 9 Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 01:23.847 47 10 Zane Maloney Trident 01:23.863 33 11 Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix 01:23.883 38 12 Filip Ugran Jenzer Motorsport 01:23.886 31 13 Lorenzo Colombo Charouz Racing System 01:23.961 21 14 Jonny Edgar Trident 01:23.964 30 15 David Vidales Campos Racing 01:24.088 32 16 Juan Manuel Correa ART Grand Prix 01:24.124 37 17 Oliver Bearman PREMA Racing 01:24.205 37 18 Josep Maria Marti Campos Racing 01:24.461 44 19 Rafael Villagomez Van Amersfoort Racing 01:24.481 32 20 Johnathan Hoggard Hitech Grand Prix 01:24.483 37 21 Tijmen van der Helm MP Motorsport 01:24.504 39 22 Roberto Faria Jenzer Motorsport 01:24.606 42 23 Brad Benavides Carlin Buzz Racing 01:24.876 34 24 Ido Cohen Carlin Buzz Racing 01:24.892 42 25 Zak O'Sullivan Carlin Buzz Racing 01:24.998 34 26 Hunter Yeany Campos Racing 01:25.091 40 27 Reece Ushijima Van Amersfoort Racing 01:25.114 28 28 László Tóth Charouz Racing System 01:25.805 20 29 Nazim Azman Jenzer Motorsport 01:26.077 42 2021 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP – VALENCIA POST-SEASON TESTS, DAY 1, AFTERNOON SESSION DRIVER TEAM LAPTIME LAPS 1 Jack Doohan Van Amersfoort Racing 01:22.402 44 2 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 01:22.533 53 3 Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix 01:22.684 56 4 Zane Maloney Trident 01:22.708 42 5 Roman Stanek Trident 01:22.739 47 6 Lorenzo Colombo Charouz Racing System 01:22.846 51 7 Arthur Leclerc PREMA Racing 01:22.893 51 8 Jak Crawford PREMA Racing 01:22.967 49 9 Oliver Rasmussen Charouz Racing System 01:23.071 60 10 Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 01:23.072 41 11 Kaylen Frederick Hitech Grand Prix 01:23.081 26 12 Caio Collet MP Motorsport 01:23.125 48 13 Oliver Bearman PREMA Racing 01:23.199 48 14 Jonny Edgar Trident 01:23.228 29 15 Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix 01:23.296 33 16 Johnathan Hoggard Hitech Grand Prix 01:23.348 35 17 Filip Ugran Jenzer Motorsport 01:23.371 52 18 Roberto Faria Jenzer Motorsport 01:23.395 50 19 Juan Manuel Correa ART Grand Prix 01:23.449 54 20 David Vidales Campos Racing 01:23.485 43 21 Tijmen van der Helm MP Motorsport 01:23.540 43 22 Zak O'Sullivan Carlin Buzz Racing 01:23.566 32 23 Josep Maria Marti Campos Racing 01:23.652 40 24 Nazim Azman Jenzer Motorsport 01:23.720 49 25 Reece Ushijima Van Amersfoort Racing 01:23.786 43 26 Rafael Villagomez Van Amersfoort Racing 01:23.951 45 27 Hunter Yeany Campos Racing 01:24.025 42 28 Ido Cohen Carlin Buzz Racing 01:24.093 44 29 Brad Benavides Carlin Buzz Racing 01:24.678 45 30 László Tóth Charouz Racing System 01:25.009 52 FIA Formula 3 Championship Formula 3 F3 SEASON 2021 Sport Circuit 1SportFIA Formula 3 ChampionshipCircuitF3SEASON 2021Formula 300 Monday, November 1, 2021 - 6:06pm Monday, November 1, 2021 - 6:06pm
