Kean Nakamura-Berta was the fastest driver on the opening day of Formula 3’s post-season test at the Jerez-Ángel Nieto circuit in Spain. In his best lap across the two sessions held on Friday the 20th, the Trident driver registered 1:31.169, after having led the day’s second practice session.
The second place finished in Mattia Colnaghi’s hands, who, in a Campos Racing car, ended just 0.002 seconds behind Nakamura-Berta. Ernesto Rivera, also with Campos Racing, was the third fastest, ahead of Niccolo Maccagnani, fourth with Trident. The group of the five best also included Alessandro Giusti, from Rodin Motorsport.
Taito Kato, the driver who raced with ART Grand Prix, finished sixth, while Enzo Deligny took seventh with Van Amersfoort. Matteo de Palo, from MP Motorsport, ended the day eighth, while Sebastian Wheldon was ninth with Trident. Emanuele Olivieri, from ART Grand Prix, completed the top 10.
The session saw three Brazilians in action. Pedro Clerot ended the day with the 12th fastest combined time behind a Rodin Motorsport car. Miguel Costa, a driver coming from the European Formula Regional and not yet confirmed on the grid, finished 17th with DAMS, while Gabriel Gomez, also from the European Formula Regional, was 27th with LN4.
The first of Formula 3’s two post-season test sessions will be wrapped up this Wednesday, again featuring two sessions.
Here are the results from the first day of Formula 3 testing in Jerez:
1st – Kean Nakamura-Berta – Trident – 1:31.169
2nd – Mattia Colnaghi – Campos Racing – 1:31.171
3rd – Ernesto Rivera – Campos Racing – 1:31.180
4th – Niccolo Maccagnani – Trident – 1:31.213
5th – Alessandro Giusti – Rodin – 1:31.311
6th – Taito Kato – ART Grand Prix – 1:31.373
7th – Enzo Deligny – Van Amersfoort – 1:31.405
8th – Matteo de Palo – MP Motorsport – 1:31.447
9th – Sebastian Wheldon – Trident – 1:31.487
10th – Emanuele Olivieri – ART Grand Prix – 1:31.503
11th – Reza Seewooruthun – Rodin – 1:31.506
12th – Pedro Clerot – Rodin – 1:31.581
13th – Alex Powell – Prema – 1:31.588
14th – Alexander Abkhazava – DAMS – 1:31.604
15th – Keanu Al Azhari – Hitech – 1:31.630
16th – Maciej Gladysz – MP Motorsport – 1:31.640
17th – Miguel Costa – DAMS – 1:31.653
18th – Kanato Le – Hitech – 1:31.663
19th – Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi – DAMS – 1:31.709
20th – Zhenrui Chi – MP Motorsport – 1:31.745
21st – Dion Gowda – LN4 – 1:31.812
22nd – Salim Hanna – Campos Racing – 1:31.840
23rd – Jin Nakamura – Prema – 1:31.902
24th – Rashid Al Dhaheri – Van Amersfoort – 1:31.911
25th – James Egozi – LN4 – 1:31.920
26th – Woohyun Shin – Hitech – 1:31.940
27th – Gabriel Gomez – LN4 – 1:32.307
28th – Francisco Macedo – Van Amersfoort – 1:32.390
29th – Martin Molnar – Prema – 1:32.617
30th – Enzo Yeh – ART Grand Prix – 1:32.756
