Novalak keeps Trident on top in Jerez

The final day of FIA Formula 3 testing at the Spanish Jerez Circuit saw Clément Novalak lower the benchmark considerably as Trident leave the test as the fastest team.

The Frenchman’s time of 1:28:677 shaved a full second off his teammate Jack Doohan’s time from the opening day as the Italian team send a message to the rest of the field ahead of round two in France.

He sits third in the standings after a very consistent first round at Barcelona and he continued his fine form, as did Frederik Vesti who was second fastest, albeit a quarter of a second back. The Dane was also a consistent points scorer in Catalunya but would’ve hoped for more being back in seventh.

Enzo Fittipaldi was fighting for the lead of race two before contact with David Schumacher but he was back at the sharp end today, ending third fastest for Charouz who only had two cars on track with the absence of Logan Sargeant.

Doohan was just one thousandth of a second back from the Brazilian in fourth with MP Motorsport’s Alpine academy rookie duo Victor Martins and Caio Collet fifth and sixth.

Jak Crawford was seventh fastest for Hitech GP as the American continued to transition to Formula 3 machinery with ease, as did Jonny Edgar who was tenth for Carlin.

In between the two former ADAC Formula 4 rivals came two ART cars in Aleksandr Smolyar, winner of the first race of the year, and Juan Manuel Correa who scored points on his first weekend back from injury.

PREMA again kept their true pace quiet with championship leader Dennis Hauger the quickest of the trio in 24th. They were also the only team to improve their lap times in the afternoon session, topped by Ayumu Iwasa.

Pos.	Name	Team	Lap Time
1	Clément Novalak	Trident	1:28:677
2	Frederik Vesti	ART	1:28:935
3	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz	1:29:060
4	Jack Doohan	Trident	1:29:061
5	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	1:29:144
6	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	1:29:193
7	Jak Crawford	Hitech GP	1:29:196
8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART	1:29:207
9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART	1:29:215
10	Jonny Edgar	Carlin	1:29:219
11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech GP	1:29:223
12	David Schumacher	Trident	1:29:258
13	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	1:29:333
14	Roman Stanek	Hitech GP	1:29:339
15	Calan Williams	Jenzer	1:29:392
16	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos	1:29:542
17	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin	1:29:586
18	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Jenzer	1:29:619
19	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	1:29:658
20	Rafael Villagomez	HWA Racelab	1:29:662
21	Ido Cohen	Carlin	1:29:697
22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos	1:29:743
23	Reshad De Gerus	Charouz	1:29:959
24	Dennis Hauger	PREMA	1:30:226
25	Olli Caldwell	PREMA	1:30:273
26	Filip Ugran	Jenzer	1:30:404
27	Arthur Leclerc	PREMA	1:30:594
28	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	1:30:629
29	László Tóth	Campos	1:31:144
30	Logan Sargeant	Charouz	NO TIME

Pos.	Name	Team	Lap Time
1	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech GP	1:29:884
2	Dennis Hauger	PREMA	1:30:063
3	Olli Caldwell	PREMA	1:30:218
4	Jak Crawford	Hitech GP	1:30:265
5	Roman Stanek	Hitech GP	1:30:520
6	Jonny Edgar	Carlin	1:30:632
7	Calan Williams	Jenzer	1:30:724
8	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos	1:30:920
9	Jack Doohan	Trident	1:30:947
10	Arthur Leclerc	PREMA	1:30:974
11	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Jenzer	1:31:220
12	Amaury Cordeel	Campos	1:31:280
13	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	1:31:325
14	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	1:31:391
15	Ido Cohen	Carlin	1:31:438
16	Rafael Villagomez	HWA Racelab	1:31:663
17	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin	1:31:736
18	Filip Ugran	Jenzer	1:31:822
19	László Tóth	Campos	1:31:978
20	Clément Novalak	Trident	1:32:545
21	Frederik Vesti	ART	1:32:625
22	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART	1:32:674
23	David Schumacher	Trident	1:32:759
24	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz	1:32:868
25	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	1:32:965
26	Juan Manuel Correa	ART	1:33:002
27	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	1:33:055
28	Reshad De Gerus	Charouz	1:33:308
29	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	1:33:462
30	Logan Sargeant	Charouz	NO TIME