The track activity of Formula 3 in 2022 officially began today with the inauguration of the test pre-seasonalstaged in Bahrain together with his Formula 2 ‘colleagues’ on the Sakhir track. The first of the three overall days ended with the excellent performance of Zane Maloney, leading the combined ranking. The 18-year-old from Barbados, a rookie in the category at the wheel of the Tridentin fact, he finished in front of everyone by stopping the stopwatch on1: 47.614managing to get the better of even a surprising competition William Alatalo: the Finn, standard bearer of Jenzer Motorsport, has in fact been close to the absolute best time, finishing just over a tenth behind Maloney, with both drivers registering such results during the afternoon.
During the morningin fact, the unfavorable conditions of the track did not allow the participants to be able to carry out their respective programs at their best pace, with the session that nevertheless rewarded Arthur Leclerc as a pilot faster of the first half of the day. The Monegasque driver from Prema set the best time, with Maloney missing today’s ‘double’ on the scoreboard by just 13 thousandths of a second behind the brother of Ferrari driver Charles. In any case, most of the activity on the track was concentrated in the last hour before the lunch break, thanks to a progressive improvement of the track. Not surprisingly, also thanks to the presence of the F2s – which contributed to making the circuit more rubberized – most of the laps completed by each driver were completed in the afternoon – despite two red flags – with Gaius Collet which established the highest number of km traveled with 63 laps completed. Among Italians the performance of Francesco Pizziarrived in 14th position overall, and the absolute debut of Enzo Trulli: the Abruzzese, made official yesterday in Carlin, nevertheless carried out the tests only during the morning, finishing at 24th place.
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