The FIA Formula 3 championship is back for its last in-season test in Barcelona, just five days before the second round of the season in Imola, as Matteo Nannini and David Schumacher joined the two days of testing under the sunny weather.
Morning session:
Unlike the previous in-season test where PREMA Racing dominated the whole weekend in Jerez, the top five was exclusively made for the ART Grand Prix and Trident pairings as Grégoire Saucy top the morning session fastest with a 1:32.247 ahead of Van Amersfoort Racing’s Franco Colapinto in second.
Saucy was only 0.155s faster than Colapinto. While his teammate, Victor Martins, completed the three-hour session in the third-fastest with the Trident duo, Zane Maloney and Roman Stanek, rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth fastest.
MP Motorsport rookie Kush Maini impressively made it to sixth fastest for the first time, ahead of fellow rookies William Alatalo in seventh for Jenzer Motorsport and Campos Racing’s David Vidales.
Alexander Smolyar finished as the second MP Motorsport driver as Matteo Nannini ended the session in tenth fastest in the last ART Grand Prix car.
Afternoon session:
MP Motorsport showed great potential in the afternoon session of Day 1, with all of their drivers inside the top 5, as Alexander Smolyar took the lead from his teammate, Caio Collet, with a 1:33.342, knocking the Brazillian driver to second.
Roman Stanek finished third fastest for Trident ahead of the last MP Motorsport driver Kush Maini, who improved on his best time as he entered the top five with ART’s Gregoire Saucy in fifth.
The rookie sensation Isack Hadjar was sixth fastest for Hitech Grand Prix ahead of both PREMA Racing drivers, Arthur Leclerc and Jak Crawford, in seventh and eighth fastest, respectively.
Trident’s debutant Oliver Rasmussen was in PREMA’s sandwich in ninth as Oliver Bearman ended the session in tenth fastest.
The second day of the Barcelona in-season test will start at 9 AM local times on Saturday.
Morning session results:
| 1 | Grégoire Saucy | 1:32.247 | ART Grand Prix |
| 2 | Franco Colapinto | 1:32.402 | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 3 | Victor Martins | 1:32.491 | ART Grand Prix |
| 4 | Zane Maloney | 1:32.643 | Trident |
| 5 | Roman Stanek | 1:32.678 | Trident |
| 6 | Kush Maini | 1:32.710 | MP Motorsport |
| 7 | William Alatalo | 1:32.759 | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 8 | David Vidales | 1:32.882 | Campos Racing |
| 9 | Alexander Smolyar | 1:32.894 | MP Motorsport |
| 10 | Matteo Nannini | 1:32.896 | ART Grand Prix |
| 11 | Oliver Rasmussen | 1:33.027 | Trident |
| 12 | Kaylen Frederick | 1:33.062 | Hitech Grand Prix |
| 13 | Oliver Bearman | 1:33.083 | PREMA Racing |
| 14 | Arthur Leclerc | 1:33.090 | PREMA Racing |
| 15 | Caio Collet | 1:33.188 | MP Motorsport |
| 16 | Rafael Villagómez | 1:33.226 | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 17 | Isack Hadjar | 1:33.357 | Hitech Grand Prix |
| 18 | Hunter Yeany | 1:33.365 | Campos Racing |
| 19 | Federico Malvestiti | 1:33.385 | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 20 | Jak Crawford | 1:33.454 | PREMA Racing |
| 21 | Brad Benavides | 1:33.642 | Carlin |
| 22 | Francesco Pizzi | 1:33.746 | Charouz Racing System |
| 23 | Josep María Martí | 1:33.758 | Campos Racing |
| 24 | Reece Ushijima | 1:33.819 | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 25 | Zak O’Sullivan | 1:33.823 | Carlin |
| 26 | Enzo Trulli | 1:33.871 | Carlin |
| 27 | Ido Cohen | 1:34.226 | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 28 | Nazim Azman | 1:34.350 | Hitech Grand Prix |
| 29 | László Tóth | 1:35.612 | Charouz Racing System |
| 30 | David Schumacher | 1:35.709 | Charouz Racing System |
Afternoon session results:
| 1 | Alexander Smolyar | 1:33.342 | MP Motorsport |
| 2 | Caio Collet | 1:33.639 | MP Motorsport |
| 3 | Roman Stanek | 1:33.642 | Trident |
| 4 | Kush Maini | 1:33.918 | MP Motorsport |
| 5 | Grégoire Saucy | 1:33.995 | ART Grand Prix |
| 6 | Isack Hadjar | 1:34.050 | Hitech Grand Prix |
| 7 | Arthur Leclerc | 1:34.067 | PREMA Racing |
| 8 | Jak Crawford | 1:34.188 | PREMA Racing |
| 9 | Oliver Rasmussen | 1:34.276 | Trident |
| 10 | Oliver Bearman | 1:34.314 | PREMA Racing |
| 11 | Victor Martins | 1:34.375 | ART Grand Prix |
| 12 | Zak O’Sullivan | 1:34.389 | Carlin |
| 13 | Kaylen Frederick | 1:34.508 | Hitech Grand Prix |
| 14 | Josep María Martí | 1:34.527 | Campos Racing |
| 15 | Matteo Nannini | 1:34.581 | ART Grand Prix |
| 16 | Rafael Villagómez | 1:34.581 | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 17 | David Vidales | 1:34.605 | Campos Racing |
| 18 | David Schumacher | 1:34.649 | Charouz Racing System |
| 19 | Francesco Pizzi | 1:34.671 | Charouz Racing System |
| 20 | Federico Malvestiti | 1:34.761 | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 21 | Zane Maloney | 1:34.786 | Trident |
| 22 | William Alatalo | 1:34.807 | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 23 | Brad Benavides | 1:34.898 | Carlin |
| 24 | Enzo Trulli | 1:34.928 | Carlin |
| 25 | Hunter Yeany | 1:35.259 | Campos Racing |
| 26 | Ido Cohen | 1:35.343 | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 27 | Reece Ushijima | 1:35.537 | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 28 | László Tóth | 1:35.884 | Charouz Racing System |
| 29 | Nazim Azman | 1:35.888 | Hitech Grand Prix |
| 30 | Franco Colapinto | 1:36.623 | Van Amersfoort Racing |
