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McLaren junior Norris tops first Hungary F3 test day

McLaren junior Lando Norris set the pace on the opening day of European Formula 3 pre-season testing at the Hungaroring, closely followed by fellow rookie Joey Mawson.

Lando Norris, Carlin Dallara F312 – Volkswagen

Lando Norris, Carlin Dallara F312 – Volkswagen

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Norris's top time of 1m34.893s was recorded during the morning session, which was dominated by his Carlin team.

The Briton, whose advantage was over three tenths, was followed by teammates Jake Dennis - who has been drafted in for this test in the as-yet unfilled fourth Carlin car - and Jehan Daruvala.

Van Amersfoort newcomer Mawson topped the afternoon test, becoming the second driver of the day to go below the 1m35s barrier.

His time fell 0.060s short of the benchmark set by Norris in the morning, but he surpassed the other Carlin drivers to take second overall.

Dennis wound up third, followed by Motopark's Joel Eriksson and VAR's Pedro Piquet, who set an identical time to the Swede. Harrison Newey was sixth-fastest in the third of the VAR cars.

Daruvala, just like Norris, didn't improve on his morning time, and the Force India junior ended up seventh.

The Prema trio of Maximilian Gunther, Callum Ilott and Guan Yu Zhou took eighth, ninth and 10th respectively, all three drivers separated by less than a tenth.

Mick Schumacher in the fourth Prema car was only 14th overall.

Day 1 testing times:

Pos.Driver TeamMorning timeAfternoon time
 Lando Norris Carlin 1'34.893 1'35.323
 Joey Mawson Van Amersfoort Racing 1'35.827 1'34.952
 Jake Dennis Carlin 1'35.226  1'35.010
 Joel Eriksson Motopark 1'35.319  1'35.055
 Pedro Piquet Van Amersfoort Racing 1'35.923  1'35.055
 6   Harrison Newey Van Amersfoort Racing 1'35.468 1'35.162
 7   Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1'35.247  1'35.648
 Maximilian Gunther Prema Powerteam 1'35.757  1'35.292
 Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam 1'35.870  1'35.316
10   Guan Yu Zhou Prema Powerteam 1'35.590  1'35.366
11   Nikita Mazepin Hitech GP 1'35.860  1'35.376
12   Ferdinand Habsburg Carlin 1'35.390  1'35.398
13   David Beckmann Van Amersfoort Racing 1'36.166  1'35.488
14   Mick Schumacher Prema Powerteam 1'36.162  1'35.521
15   Jake Hughes Hitech GP 1'36.022  1'35.802
16   Tadasuke Makino Hitech GP 1'36.440  1'35.842
17   Keyvan Soori Motopark 1'37.012  1'35.849
18   Ralf Aron Hitech GP 1'35.979  1'35.966
19   Marino Sato Motopark 1'37.420  1'37.471

 

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