Russell sweeps first day of Hungaroring GP3 test

Russell, who is currently sixth in the GP3 drivers’ championship standings after the opening round of the season at Barcelona last month, topped the times with a 1m32.159s, which was set late on during the morning running as he traded fastest times with Dorian Boccolacci.

The day ended up finishing an hour later than scheduled as the teams were forced to wait for the Budapest track’s medical set-up to be operational before the morning session could get underway.

Trident driver and 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup runner-up Boccolacci ended the day second-fastest after improving his best time to 1m32.436s during the afternoon, which was 0.277s slower than Russell – who also topped the second session – had gone during the morning.

Double Barcelona podium finisher Alessio Lorandi finished third overall, ahead of Renault F1 academy member Jack Aitken and Santino Ferrucci.

Spain sprint race winner Arjun Maini, who like Ferrucci is a Haas F1 development driver, finished sixth, ahead of championship leader and Barcelona Race 1 winner, Nirei Fukuzumi.

Campos Racing duo Raoul Hyman and Marcos Siebert were eighth and ninth, with Trident's Kevin Jorg making up the top 10.

Although the delayed morning session passed without incident, the afternoon running was disrupted twice as DAMS driver Bruno Baptista and Campos’ Julien Falchero stopped out on the circuit and brought out the red flags.

The two-day test at the Hungarian Grand Prix venue concludes tomorrow.

Day 1 results

Pos.	Driver	Team	AM	PM
1	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:32.159	1:32.332
2	Dorian Boccolacci	Trident	1:32.680	1:32.436
3	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	1:32.864	1:32.458
4	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:32.654	1:32.547
5	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1:32.811	1:32.696
6	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1:32.765	1:32.724
7	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1:33.056	1:32.728
8	Raoul Hyman	Campos Racing	1:32.913	1:35.680
9	Marcos Siebert	Campos Racing	1:33.014	1:32.997
10	Kevin Jorg	Trident	1:33.384	1:33.019
11	Anthoine Hubert	ART Grand Prix	1:33.273	1:33.025
12	Leonardo Pulcini	Arden International	1:33.694	1:33.075
13	Bruno Baptista	DAMS	1:33.876	1:33.075
14	Ryan Tveter	Trident	1:33.352	1:33.275
15	Steijn Schothorst	Arden International	1:34.388	1:33.301
16	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:33.303	1:33.320
17	Niko Kari	Arden International	1:34.609	1:33.321
18	Julien Falchero	Campos Racing	1:33.721	1:33.462
19	Tatiana Calderon	DAMS	1:34.099	1:33.837