The 2021 Formula 3 season ended today with the last day of the 3-day test in Valencia and a long-awaited driver left his mark on Spanish soil: Gregoire Saucy.
The 2021 champion of the Formula Regional European Championship obtained the absolute best time of this 3 days at the end of the morning session, stopping the clock at the reference of 1’21”300 and thus filing the time set by Jak Crawford by 68 thousandths.
Saucy, who has always stood out in these tests, has thus shown that he has all the credentials to perform well also in the third category after dominating the season in Formula Regional.
Only 92 thousandths separated Caio Collet from the top of the standings and the Brazilian was just 30 thousandths ahead of a Roman Stanek who, at the wheel of a Trident team car, proved he could be part of the good lap.
The “cannibal” of the first day of testing, Jack Doohan, closed with the fourth reference in 1’21 ” 436 and his contribution proved very useful to Van Amersfoort Racing to understand the Dallara of the third series that he will manage from the start from next season.
Franco Colapinto, MP Motorsport
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The first taste of Formula 3 was also positive for Franco Colapinto. The Argentine seemed to have already taken measurements on the new car and today he closed the session with the fifth time obtained in the morning in 1’21”534.
Zane Maloney also did well, who seemed to have found the ideal environment in Trident and today obtained the sixth reference by paying a gap of 3 tenths from the top, while behind the Barbados rider Kaylen Frederick, Jack Crawford, Paul completed the top 10. Aron and Victor Martins.
In the afternoon it was Jack Doohan who wrote his name at the top of the time list. The 2021 vice-champion stopped the clock at 1’22”354, finishing ahead of Reece Ushijima and Jonny Edgar.
Out of the top 3 closed Alexander Smolyar. The Russian, who rode today with a Van Amersfoort Racin car, set a time of 1’22 ” 794, ahead of Filip Ugran by just 7 thousandths, while Caio Collet set the sixth time in 1’22 ” 811.
Hunter Yeany signed the seventh time, but paid half a second behind Doohan, while the top 10 was completed with Zak O’Sullivan in eighth position ahead of Sargeant – first not to go under the wall of 1’23 ” – and to the rookie of the year in Formula Regional Isack Hadjar.
VALENCIA POST-SEASON TESTS, DAY 3, MORNING
PILOT | TEAM | WEATHER | TURNS | |
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1 | Grégoire Saucy | ART Grand Prix | 01: 21.300 | 54 |
2 | Gaius Collet | MP Motorsport | 01: 21.392 | 40 |
3 | Jack Doohan | Van Amersfoort Racing | 01: 21.401 | 64 |
4 | Roman Stanek | Trident | 01: 21.422 | 44 |
5 | Franco Colapinto | MP Motorsport | 01: 21.534 | 55 |
6 | Zane Maloney | Trident | 01: 21.597 | 43 |
7 | Kaylen Frederick | Hitech Grand Prix | 01: 21.629 | 45 |
8 | Jak Crawford | PREMA Racing | 01: 21.767 | 52 |
9 | Paul Aron | PREMA Racing | 01: 21.835 | 52 |
10 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 01: 21.873 | 51 |
11 | Reece Ushijima | Campos Racing | 01: 21.877 | 44 |
12 | Jonny Edgar | Trident | 01: 21.995 | 42 |
13 | Johnathan Hoggard | Hitech Grand Prix | 01: 22,000 | 37 |
14 | Oliver Rasmussen | ART Grand Prix | 01: 22.011 | 55 |
15 | Oliver Bearman | PREMA Racing | 01: 22.024 | 38 |
16 | Tijmen van der Helm | MP Motorsport | 01: 22.028 | 27 |
17 | Isack Hadjar | Hitech Grand Prix | 01: 22.045 | 46 |
18 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin Buzz Racing | 01: 22.102 | 52 |
19 | Josep Maria Marti | Campos Racing | 01: 22.281 | 29 |
20 | Ido Cohen | Jenzer Motorsport | 01: 22.427 | 49 |
21 | Enzo Trulli | Jenzer Motorsport | 01: 22.443 | 53 |
22 | William Alatalo | Jenzer Motorsport | 01: 22.470 | 47 |
23 | Alexander Smolyar | Van Amersfoort Racing | 01: 22.491 | 42 |
24 | Hunter Yeany | Campos Racing | 01: 22.542 | 35 |
25 | Filip Ugran | Van Amersfoort Racing | 01: 22.686 | 55 |
26 | Zak O’Sullivan | Carlin Buzz Racing | 01: 22.710 | 49 |
27 | Nazim Azman | Charouz Racing System | 01: 22.870 | 59 |
28 | László Tóth | Charouz Racing System | 01: 23.104 | 47 |
29 | Brad Benavides | Carlin Buzz Racing | 01: 23.506 | 53 |
30 | Nicola Marinangeli | Charouz Racing System | 01: 23.693 | 42 |
VALENCIA POST-SEASON TESTS, DAY 3, AFTERNOON
PILOT | TEAM | WEATHER | TURNS | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Doohan | Van Amersfoort Racing | 01: 22.354 | 29 |
2 | Reece Ushijima | Campos Racing | 01: 22.545 | 34 |
3 | Jonny Edgar | Trident | 01: 22.658 | 64 |
4 | Alexander Smolyar | Van Amersfoort Racing | 01: 22.794 | 48 |
5 | Filip Ugran | Van Amersfoort Racing | 01: 22.801 | 57 |
6 | Gaius Collet | MP Motorsport | 01: 22.811 | 66 |
7 | Hunter Yeany | Campos Racing | 01: 22.884 | 30 |
8 | Zak O’Sullivan | Carlin Buzz Racing | 01: 22.940 | 43 |
9 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin Buzz Racing | 01: 23.006 | 43 |
10 | Isack Hadjar | Hitech Grand Prix | 01: 23.011 | 17 |
11 | Enzo Trulli | Jenzer Motorsport | 01: 23.252 | 45 |
12 | William Alatalo | Jenzer Motorsport | 01: 23.298 | 39 |
13 | Brad Benavides | Carlin Buzz Racing | 01: 23.320 | 61 |
14 | Nazim Azman | Charouz Racing System | 01: 23.345 | 55 |
15 | Tijmen van der Helm | MP Motorsport | 01: 23.421 | 53 |
16 | Ido Cohen | Jenzer Motorsport | 01: 23.434 | 42 |
17 | Josep Maria Marti | Campos Racing | 01: 23.522 | 15 |
18 | Roman Stanek | Trident | 01: 23.702 | 39 |
19 | Nicola Marinangeli | Charouz Racing System | 01: 23.840 | 53 |
20 | Paul Aron | PREMA Racing | 01: 23.945 | 40 |
21 | Franco Colapinto | MP Motorsport | 01: 23.984 | 53 |
22 | Grégoire Saucy | ART Grand Prix | 01: 24.060 | 46 |
23 | Jak Crawford | PREMA Racing | 01: 24.118 | 42 |
24 | Oliver Bearman | PREMA Racing | 01: 24.169 | 41 |
25 | Oliver Rasmussen | ART Grand Prix | 01: 24.364 | 45 |
26 | Zane Maloney | Trident | 01: 24.428 | 38 |
27 | Kaylen Frederick | Hitech Grand Prix | 01: 24.497 | 47 |
28 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 01: 24.632 | 33 |
29 | Johnathan Hoggard | Hitech Grand Prix | 01: 24.845 | 49 |
30 | László Tóth | Charouz Racing System | 01: 25.888 | 56 |
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