Dorian Boccolacci has carried over his Barcelona form to the new pre-season GP3 Series test at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, setting the fastest time of the first day in the morning session with a time of 1:21.191 to lead the way ahead of Jack Aitken and George Russell, who topped the afternoon session with a late lap of 1:21.814 ahead of Alessio Lorandi and Boccolacci.
GP3 – Boccolacci tops first day in Valencia
The final pre-season test session opened under warm and sunny conditions at the Spanish circuit, with the first hour set aside for installation runs and preparing the cars: Arjun Maini, Santino Ferrucci Russell and Lorandi all topped the first session before a late rush for the honours with 15 minutes remaining. Anthoine Hubert and Jack Aitken briefly grabbed P1, but with just minutes remaining Boccolacci claimed it by a tenth, leaving no time for his rivals to push harder.
Temperatures increased for the afternoon session, which saw Niko Kari lead the way early on before Raoul Hyman grabbed the top spot just after the halfway mark in a session which was briefly delayed with red flags, for Giuliano Alesi and the South African. Russell saw his chance just after the session restarted for the second time, pinching P1 with just ten minutes remaining, with Lorandi and Boccolacci filling the top 3 just moments later.
The teams will return to the circuit for the final day of the test tomorrow morning at 9.00 local time.
Day 1 Morning results
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Laptime
|
Laps
|
|
|
1.
|
Dorian Boccolacci
|
Trident
|
1:21.191
|
31
|
|
2.
|
Jack Aitken
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:21.292
|
39
|
|
3.
|
George Russell
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:21.317
|
41
|
|
4.
|
Anthoine Hubert
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:21.454
|
40
|
|
5.
|
Ryan Tveter
|
Trident
|
1:21.495
|
32
|
|
6.
|
Marcos Siebert
|
Campos Racing
|
1:21.500
|
35
|
|
7.
|
Alessio Lorandi
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:21.577
|
29
|
|
8.
|
Arjun Maini
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:21.627
|
41
|
|
9.
|
Santino Ferrucci
|
DAMS
|
1:21.636
|
36
|
|
10.
|
Nirei Fukuzumi
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:21.683
|
38
|
|
11.
|
Giuliano Alesi
|
Trident
|
1:21.711
|
24
|
|
12.
|
Steijn Schothorst
|
Arden International
|
1:21.715
|
25
|
|
13.
|
Leonardo Pulcini
|
Arden International
|
1:21.781
|
21
|
|
14.
|
Julien Falchero
|
Campos Racing
|
1:21.874
|
35
|
|
15.
|
Raoul Hyman
|
Campos Racing
|
1:21.918
|
34
|
|
16.
|
Kevin Jörg
|
Trident
|
1:22.054
|
27
|
|
17.
|
Niko Kari
|
Arden International
|
1:22.076
|
22
|
|
18.
|
Tatiana Calderon
|
DAMS
|
1:22.204
|
34
|
|
19.
|
Bruno Baptista
|
DAMS
|
1:22.384
|
38
|
Day 1 Afternoon results
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Laptime
|
Laps
|
|
|
1.
|
George Russell
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:21.814
|
54
|
|
2.
|
Alessio Lorandi
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:21.816
|
22
|
|
3.
|
Dorian Boccolacci
|
Trident
|
1:21.834
|
47
|
|
4.
|
Raoul Hyman
|
Campos Racing
|
1:21.897
|
28
|
|
5.
|
Jack Aitken
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:21.946
|
53
|
|
6.
|
Leonardo Pulcini
|
Arden International
|
1:21.951
|
47
|
|
7.
|
Nirei Fukuzumi
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:22.036
|
51
|
|
8.
|
Niko Kari
|
Arden International
|
1:22.206
|
53
|
|
9.
|
Steijn Schothorst
|
Arden International
|
1:22.286
|
45
|
|
10.
|
Arjun Maini
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:22.312
|
24
|
|
11.
|
Marcos Siebert
|
Campos Racing
|
1:22.352
|
37
|
|
12.
|
Anthoine Hubert
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:22.450
|
53
|
|
13.
|
Giuliano Alesi
|
Trident
|
1:22.498
|
44
|
|
14.
|
Santino Ferrucci
|
DAMS
|
1:22.536
|
27
|
|
15.
|
Julien Falchero
|
Campos Racing
|
1:22.568
|
46
|
|
16.
|
Kevin Jörg
|
Trident
|
1:22.608
|
43
|
|
17.
|
Bruno Baptista
|
DAMS
|
1:22.989
|
41
|
|
18.
|
Tatiana Calderon
|
DAMS
|
1:23.627
|
39
|
|
19.
|
Ryan Tveter
|
Trident
|
1:24.592
|
48
|
