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Leclerc tops two-day FIA F3 test at Jerez

Leclerc tops two-day FIA F3 test at Jerez

The Ferrari academy driver, brother of Formula 1 driver Charles, topped the timesheets with a 1m29.366s set on Wednesday afternoon at the Spanish circuit.

Leclerc also led the morning session, and topped Tuesday morning’s rain-hampered running with a 1m40.202s, half a second clear of second placed Roman Stanek (Trident).

Championship leader Victor Martins finished the test second quickest for ART Grand Prix, just over 0.01s behind Leclerc, with Bahrain sprint race winner Isack Hadjar in third for Hitech GP.

Bahrain polesitter Franco Colapinto finished in fourth for series newcomers Van Amersfoort Racing, while Oliver Rasmussen finished fifth in his first F3 outing of the year.

The Dane has replaced Jonny Edgar at Trident for his second campaign in the series after the Briton was forced to withdraw from the championship after being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease.

All the fastest times of the test were set on Wednesday afternoon, which saw the best conditions of the two-day…

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