Tsolov ends Jerez test on top for Campos Racing

Nikola Tsolov was the quickest driver across the post-season test in Jerez, setting a 1:29.758 in the morning session, the best effort of the week.

In the afternoon, Nicola Lacorte went quickest of all in a rain-affected session to close out the Jerez test.

MORNING

It was a busy track right away at the green light with everyone eager to make the most of the track conditions. Charlie Wurz was the first below the two-minute mark, but it was Freddie Slater that set the early pace with a 1:31.450 for Rodin Motorsport.

Nikola Tsolov broke into the 1:30s on his next effort to take over in P1 for Campos Racing, a 1:30.496 leaving him almost four-tenths quicker than anyone else. Roman Bilinski improved to go second-fastest ahead of Martinius Stenshorne, as he too lowered his personal best time with 15 minutes gone.

Freddie Slater and John Bennett rounded out the top five after the first flurry of action for Rodin and Van Amersfoort Racing respectively.

After having the track to himself, Noah Stromsted then went quicker still to take over at the top, setting a 1:30.072 for Trident to go 0.4s clear.

With the majority back out on track after half an hour of running, Mari Boya broke the 1:30s barrier with a 1:29.881, the fastest lap of the test to that point. Tsolov improved once again to make it a Campos Racing 1-2, 0.051s down on the Spaniard’s effort.

The first Red Flag of the test arrived with 40 minutes run, as Brando Badoer went off track at Turn 10 and was left stuck in the gravel.

With the #2 PREMA Racing car recovered, running got back underway with just over two hours to go of the morning session.

Tsolov returned to the top of the timing screens with a 1:29.858 to pip Boya by 0.023s. The Bulgarian then improved on his personal best to lower the benchmark time to a 1:29.758.

After a flurry of fast laps, longer runs became the focus up until the lunch break, with Stromsted and Joshua Dufek the busiest of all, logging 48 laps each.

AFTERNOON

Nicolas Lacorte was out of the pitlane at the green light to kick off the afternoon session. He laid down a 1:31.584 in the #17 Jenzer Motorsport car as the early time to beat in the opening 15 minutes.

As the session rolled on, rain began to fall, and the second Red Flag came with just over two hours to go. Jesse Carrasquedo spun into the gravel at Turn 1 to bring the session to a halt temporarily.

After his car was recovered, the afternoon running resumed, but rain continued to intensify, with the track conditions far from ideal for slick running.

While some teams opted to complete some wet weather runs heading into the final hour of the test, there were no major changes to the order for the remainder of the afternoon.

2024 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP – JEREZ POST-SEASON TEST, DAY 2, MORNING SESSION

2024 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP – JEREZ POST-SEASON TEST, DAY 2, AFTERNOON SESSION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Nicola Lacorte	ITA	Jenzer Motorsport	1:31.584	30
2	John Bennett	GBR	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:32.031	35
3	Jose Garfias	MEX	AIX Racing	1:32.250	37
4	Ivan Domingues	PRT	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:32.622	32
5	Mari Boya	ESP	Campos Racing	1:32.903	24
6	Noah Stromsted	DNK	Trident	1:32.955	35
7	Nikola Tsolov	BUL	Campos Racing	1:33.034	33
8	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	Campos Racing	1:33.299	32
9	Jesse Carrasquedo	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:33.520	25
10	Charlie Wurz	AUT	Trident	1:33.656	40
11	Freddie Slater	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:33.698	28
12	Joshua Dufek	AUT	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:33.792	22
13	Ugo Ugochukwu	USA	PREMA Racing	1:33.796	45
14	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:33.871	32
15	Roman Bilinski	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:33.900	40
16	Laurens van Hoepen	NLD	ART Grand Prix	1:33.984	33
17	Brando Badoer	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:33.992	35
18	James Wharton	AUS	ART Grand Prix	1:34.076	34
19	Noel León	MEX	PREMA Racing	1:34.095	48
20	Louis Sharp	NZL	Rodin Motorsport	1:34.095	40
21	Christian Ho	SGP	Jenzer Motorsport	1:34.279	47
22	Matías Zagazeta	PRY	Jenzer Motorsport	1:34.339	37
23	Tuukka Taponen	FIN	ART Grand Prix	1:34.539	40
24	Tim Tramnitz	DEU	MP Motorsport	1:34.726	19
25	Alessandro Giusti	FRA	MP Motorsport	1:34.853	25
26	Bruno Del Pino	ESP	MP Motorsport	1:34.867	24
27	Javier Sagrera	ESP	AIX Racing	1:36.231	32
28	Niels Koolen	NLD	AIX Racing	1:36.375	28
29	Gerrard Xie	CHN	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:44.647	15
30	Rafael Camara	BRA	Trident	1:45.381	16

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