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Spa European F3: Max Verstappen blitzes free practice

Max Verstappen outpaced his Formula 3 European Championship rivals by three quarters of a second as he blitzed the second free practice session for this weekend's round at Spa

The 16-year-old Dutchman's Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara-Volkswagen headed Prema Powerteam duo Esteban Ocon and Antonio Fuoco as the trio of F3 rookies once again showed their class.

The fastest non-rookie was Felix Rosenqvist, over a second adrift of Verstappen's pace in fourth.

The Mucke Motorsport-run Swede had topped the opening 40-minute session, despite a lairy spin at Pouhon, but was eclipsed as the newcomers got into their stride in the second 40-minute period.

Verstappen's VAR team-mate Gustavo Menezes showed that the Dutch squad is on strong form at the Ardennes circuit, the American taking fifth place from another surprise showing, Felipe Guimaraes in the solo Double R Racing car.

Antonio Giovinazzi was the best of the Carlin runners, taking seventh, but his stablemate on the Jagonya Ayam scheme, current championship runner-up Tom Blomqvist, was down in 12th

Felix Serralles, Alexander Toril and Jordan King completed the top 10, the last-named going second in the earlier session, while Jake Dennis was 11th.

Mucke Motorsport pairing Lucas Auer and Roy Nissany both completed just one lap in the first session before returning to the pits. Both emerged for the second session, but Austrian Auer could only take 19th place.

Practice one:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                        Time       Gap
 1.  Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Merc              2m11.896s
 2.  Jordan King          Carlin Dallara-VW               2m12.268s  +0.372s
 3.  Antonio Fuoco        Prema Dallara-Merc              2m12.325s  +0.429s
 4.  Max Verstappen       Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       2m12.355s  +0.459s
 5.  Jake Dennis          Carlin Dallara-VW               2m12.379s  +0.483s
 6.  Nicholas Latifi      Prema Dallara-Merc              2m12.449s  +0.553s
 7.  Felix Serralles      West-Tec Dallara-Merc           2m12.534s  +0.638s
 8.  Tom Blomqvist        Carlin Dallara-VW               2m12.609s  +0.713s
 9.  Spike Goddard        T-Sport Dallara-NBE             2m12.682s  +0.786s
10.  Antonio Giovinazzi   Carlin Dallara-VW               2m12.772s  +0.876s
11.  Gustavo Menezes      Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       2m12.796s  +0.900s
12.  Esteban Ocon         Prema Dallara-Merc              2m12.914s  +1.018s
13.  Felipe Guimaraes     Double R Dallara-Merc           2m12.973s  +1.077s
14.  Santino Ferrucci     Eurointernational Dallara-Merc  2m13.005s  +1.109s
15.  Alexander Toril      T-Sport Dallara-NBE             2m13.191s  +1.295s
16.  Mitchell Gilbert     Fortec Dallara-Merc             2m13.295s  +1.399s
17.  Dennis van de Laar   Prema Dallara-Merc              2m13.498s  +1.602s
18.  Jules Szymkowiak     Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       2m13.634s  +1.738s
19.  Sandro Zeller        Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc          2m13.710s  +1.814s
20.  Sean Gelael          Carlin Dallara-VW               2m13.723s  +1.827s
21.  John Bryant-Meisner  Fortec Dallara-Merc             2m13.845s  +1.949s
22.  Tatiana Calderon     Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc          2m14.205s  +2.309s
23.  Michele Beretta      Eurointernational Dallara-Merc  2m14.518s  +2.622s
24.  Hector Hurst         West-Tec Dallara-Merc           2m15.120s  +3.224s

Practice two:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                        Time       Gap
 1.  Max Verstappen       Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       2m10.232s
 2.  Esteban Ocon         Prema Dallara-Merc              2m10.986s  +0.754s
 3.  Antonio Fuoco        Prema Dallara-Merc              2m11.096s  +0.864s
 4.  Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Merc              2m11.325s  +1.093s
 5.  Gustavo Menezes      Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       2m11.375s  +1.143s
 6.  Felipe Guimaraes     Double R Dallara-Merc           2m11.584s  +1.352s
 7.  Antonio Giovinazzi   Carlin Dallara-VW               2m11.728s  +1.496s
 8.  Felix Serralles      West-Tec Dallara-Merc           2m11.782s  +1.550s
 9.  Alexander Toril      T-Sport Dallara-NBE             2m11.855s  +1.623s
10.  Jordan King          Carlin Dallara-VW               2m11.976s  +1.744s
11.  Jake Dennis          Carlin Dallara-VW               2m12.111s  +1.879s
12.  Tom Blomqvist        Carlin Dallara-VW               2m12.369s  +2.137s
13.  Santino Ferrucci     Eurointernational Dallara-Merc  2m12.506s  +2.274s
14.  Sean Gelael          Carlin Dallara-VW               2m12.533s  +2.301s
15.  Nicholas Latifi      Prema Dallara-Merc              2m12.543s  +2.311s
16.  Spike Goddard        T-Sport Dallara-NBE             2m12.664s  +2.432s
17.  John Bryant-Meisner  Fortec Dallara-Merc             2m12.823s  +2.591s
18.  Dennis van de Laar   Prema Dallara-Merc              2m13.009s  +2.777s
19.  Lucas Auer           Mucke Dallara-Merc              2m13.206s  +2.974s
20.  Hector Hurst         West-Tec Dallara-Merc           2m13.228s  +2.996s
21.  Mitchell Gilbert     Fortec Dallara-Merc             2m13.368s  +3.136s
22.  Jules Szymkowiak     Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW       2m13.383s  +3.151s
23.  Michele Beretta      Eurointernational Dallara-Merc  2m13.574s  +3.342s
24.  Roy Nissany          Mucke Dallara-Merc              2m13.612s  +3.380s
25.  Tatiana Calderon     Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc          2m13.623s  +3.391s
26.  Sandro Zeller        Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc          2m14.115s  +3.883s

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