Christian Lundgaard Quickest on Final Day of F3 Testing

Renault Sport Academy driver Christian Lundgaard set the fastest time on the second day of the first FIA Formula 3 Championship pre-season testing at Circuit Paul Ricard.

The Dane set his time in the morning session, to set the fastest time of the two-day test.

Jenzer Motorsport‘s Yuki Tsunoda was fastest in the afternoon session.

The test got underway at 9am local time, with the three ART Grand Prix drivers heading onto the track led by Max Fewtrell.

It was David Beckmann though who set the pace in the early stages.

Jehan Daruvala jumped to the top ahead of Richard Verschoor and Lundgaard, but the Dane soon improved his time to claim the top spot.

Despite his pace, Lundgaard brought out the first red flag of the day out after stopping in the pit entry.

At the restart, PREMA Racing‘s Robert Shwartzman claimed the fastest time, whilst Fewtrell set the second best time.

Sebastian Fernandez was the cause of the second stoppage having come to a halt on the Mistral straight.

The session restarted with Leonardo Pulcini becoming the first man to dip under the 1m49s.

With ten minutes remaining on the clock Marcus Armstrong went quickest but Lundgaard improved on the Ferrari Driver Academy driver’s time to top the session.

Pulcini claimed the third fastest time ahead of Shwartzman, Ye Yifei, Verschoor, Fewtrell, Liam Lawson, Jake Hughes and Felipe Drugovich.

After the hour lunch break, Verschoor set the pace early on.

The third red flag of the day was brought out one hour into running after Tsunoda stopped at Turn 15.

Just before the two hour mark there was another stoppage after Verschoor stopped at Turn 2.

At the restart Hughes went fastest but Niko Kari improved on the Briton’s time.

Beckmann parked his car at Turn 2 to bring out the third red flag of the afternoon session.

With thirty minutes left on the clock, the track was cleared for running to resume.

In the dying moments Tsunoda claimed the top honours ahead of Kari, Pedro Piquet, Hughes, Verschoor, Alex Peroni, Pulcini, Bent Viscaal, Lawson and Fernandez.

With the first test of the year completed, the next test takes place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona on 9-10 April.

FIA Formula 3 Le Castellet Test – Day 2: Morning Session Results 

POS	DRIVER	NAT	TEAM	TIME
1	Christian Lungaard	DNK	ART Grand Prix	1m48.786
2	Marcus Armstrong	NZL	PREMA Racing	1m48.800
3	Leonardo Pulcini	ITA	Hitech Grand Prix	1m48.904
4	Robert Shwartzman	RUS	PREMA Racing	1m48.975
5	Ye Yifei	FRA	Hitech Grand Prix	1m48.997
6	Richard Verschoor	NLD	MP Motorsport	1m49.118
7	Max Fewtrell	GBR	ART Grand Prix	1m49.133
8	Liam Lawson	NZL	MP Motorsport	1m49.176
9	Jake Hughes	GBR	HWA RACELAB	1m49.206
10	Felipe Drugovich	BRA	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m49.240
11	Alex Peroni	AUS	Campos Racing	1m49.251
12	Jehan Daruvala	IND	PREMA Racing	1m49.254
13	David Beckmann	DEU	ART Grand Prix	1m49.339
14	Jüri Vips	EST	Hitech Grand Prix	1m49.349
15	Pedro Piquet	BRA	Trident	1m49.428
16	Simo Laaksonen	FIN	MP Motorsport	1m49.479
17	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Jenzer Motorsport	1m49.528
18	Bent Viscaal	NLD	HWA RACELAB	1m49.606
19	Sebastian Fernandez	ESP	Campos Racing	1m49.623
20	Andreas Estner	DEU	Jenzer Motorsport	1m49.623
21	Raoul Hyman	GBR	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1m49.654
22	Logan Sargeant	USA	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m49.654
23	Artem Petrov	RUS	Jenzer Motorsport	1m49.660
24	Teppei Natori	JPN	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m49.880
25	Niko Kari	FIN	Trident	1m49.881
26	Fabio Scherer	CHE	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1m50.179
27	Devlin DeFrancesco	CAN	Trident	1m50.453
28	Lirim Zendeli	DEU	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1m50.633
29	Keyvan Andres	IRN	HWA RACELAB	1m50.773
30	Alessio Deledda	ITA	Campos Racing	1m51.091

FIA Formula 3 Le Castellet Test – Day 2: Afternoon Session Results

POS	DRIVER	NAT	TEAM	TIME
1	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Jenzer Motorsport	1m49.301
2	Niko Kari	FIN	Trident	1m49.372
3	Pedro Piquet	BRA	Trident	1m49.487
4	Jake Hughes	GBR	HWA RACELAB	1m49.572
5	Richard Verschoor	NLD	MP Motorsport	1m49.582
6	Alex Peroni	AUS	Campos Racing	1m49.712
7	Leonardo Pulcini	ITA	Hitech Grand Prix	1m49.742
8	Bent Viscaal	NLD	HWA RACELAB	1m49.931
9	Liam Lawson	NZL	MP Motorsport	1m50.000
10	Sebastian Fernandez	ESP	Campos Racing	1m50.007
11	Felipe Drugovich	BRA	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m50.015
12	Devlin DeFrancesco	CAN	Trident	1m50.034
13	Lirim Zendeli	DEU	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1m50.111
14	Jüri Vips	EST	Hitech Grand Prix	1m50.121
15	Andreas Estner	DEU	Jenzer Motorsport	1m50.149
16	Fabio Scherer	CHE	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1m50.156
17	Artem Petrov	RUS	Jenzer Motorsport	1m50.173
18	David Beckmann	DEU	ART Grand Prix	1m50.373
19	Logan Sargeant	USA	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m50.428
20	Christian Lundgaard	DNK	ART Grand Prix	1m50.719
21	Teppei Natori	JPN	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m50.764
22	Max Fewtrell	GBR	ART Grand Prix	1m50.867
23	Raoul Hyman	GBR	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1m50.886
24	Alessio Deledda	ITA	Campos Racing	1m50.914
25	Jehan Daruvala	IND	PREMA Racing	1m51.013
26	Keyvan Andres	IRN	HWA RACELAB	1m51.410
27	Ye Yifei	FRA	Hitech Grand Prix	1m51.962
28	Marcus Armstrong	NZL	PREMA Racing	1m52.023
29	Robert Shwartzman	RUS	PREMA Racing	1m52.043
30	Simo Laaksonen	FIN	MP Motorsport	1m52.207