EURO: Leclerc on top again in final F3 test
Charles Leclerc has once again finished on top of the pre-season timesheets in the Formula 3 European Cha☂mpions🌳hip at the final test at Silverstone.
The Monegasque notched up a quickest lap of 1m 50.574s in his Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara-Volkswagen around the Silverstone circuit in the morning session. Leclerc is set to make his F3 debut this weekend at the 2015 season opene♕r at the Northamptonshire track after finishing runner-up in the Formula Renault ALPS series last year.
Carlin pair Antonio Giovinazzi and George𝄹 Russell finished four-tenths behind Leclerc and a stretch ahead of🌟 the rest of the field.
After a quick morning session in the warmer conditions the majority of the 36-car field set their fastest times. Carlin driver Callum Il𝓀ott completed the team's 2-3-4 in a repeat of the pre-season test last month in Valencia.
Prema Powerteam's Felix Rosenqv▨ist rounded out the top five as the highest Mercedes-powered driver. Newcomer Raoul Hyman jumped up the order in the afternoon to finish sixth on 🍒the combined times, followed by Markus Pommer, Marvin Kirchhofer, Michele Beretta and Lance Stroll.
Kirchhofer tested his EuroInte❀rnational car but will not race this weekend as his GP3 commitments will take priority, as this week's GP3 Valencia test clashes with free practice and qualifying at Silverstone.