Mick Schumacher quickest in Red Bull Ring European F3 test
Mick Schumacher emerged with the fastest time from a two-day Formula 3 European Championship pre-season test at the Red Bull Ring, just as he did last week at the Hungaroring
The 19-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher set the quickest time on the second morning of the Austrian test in his Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes.
That was enough to see off Ferdinand Habsburg, who lapped his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen 0.100 seconds adrift of Schumacher in the same session.
Schumacher's best was three tenths quicker than the circuit's F3 pole position lap record, set by Lance Stroll in 2016.
The Monday running was headed by McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner, Macau Grand Prix victor and Red Bull Junior Dan Ticktum, as the Motopark team hit form following a low-profile Hungaroring.
Ticktum headed Schumacher by just 0.001s during the Monday afternoon test, after Hitech GP runner Alex Palou had led the order during the morning.
All but three of the runners set their Tuesday bests in the morning, thanks to snow falling upon the Styrian mountain location during the lunchbreak.
That left conditions slippery during the afternoon session, although they dried out sufficiently for Habsburg to set the quickest lap in the closing stages, just a tenth slower than his earlier best.
Hard on his heels was Carlin team-mate Sacha Fenestraz, the reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion's lap elevating him to third overall on the day.
An eye-opening performance from Venezuelan F3 rookie Sebastian Fernandez - a multiple race winner in Italian Formula 4 last season - put him third in the session and fourth on the day.
Fernandez headed a very tight group covered by 0.129s - he was followed by reigning BRDC British F3 champion Enaam Ahmed (Hitech), Ferrari junior and Toyota Racing Series title winner Robert Shwartzman (Prema), Palou, Prema's Ferrari protege and reigning Italian F4 champion Marcus Armstrong, Force India prospect Jehan Daruvala (Carlin) and Ticktum.
Morning times
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mick Schumacher | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m22.828s | - | 44 |
2 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m22.928s | 0.100s | 41 |
3 | Sebastian Fernandez | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.120s | 0.292s | 40 |
4 | Enaam Ahmed | Hitech Grand Prix | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.130s | 0.302s | 56 |
5 | Robert Shwartzman | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.173s | 0.345s | 59 |
6 | Alex Palou | Hitech Grand Prix | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.189s | 0.361s | 55 |
7 | Marcus Armstrong | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.204s | 0.376s | 47 |
8 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.243s | 0.415s | 40 |
9 | Dan Ticktum | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.249s | 0.421s | 44 |
10 | Guanyu Zhou | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.260s | 0.432s | 62 |
11 | Juri Vips | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.296s | 0.468s | 55 |
12 | Jonathan Aberdein | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.312s | 0.484s | 44 |
13 | Ralf Aron | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.313s | 0.485s | 60 |
14 | Marino Sato | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.368s | 0.540s | 38 |
15 | Sacha Fenestraz | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.494s | 0.666s | 41 |
16 | Fabio Scherer | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.711s | 0.883s | 37 |
17 | Devlin Defrancesco | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.744s | 0.916s | 42 |
18 | Keyvan Andres | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.790s | 0.962s | 52 |
19 | Ameya Vaidyanathan | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.811s | 0.983s | 40 |
20 | Nikita Troitskiy | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.888s | 1.060s | 37 |
21 | Artem Petrov | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.913s | 1.085s | 39 |
22 | Sophia Florsch | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m24.217s | 1.389s | 42 |
23 | Ben Hingeley | Hitech Grand Prix | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m24.411s | 1.583s | 28 |
24 | Julian Hanses | ma-con | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m25.704s | 2.876s | 23 |
Afternoon times
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.052s | - | 40 |
2 | Sacha Fenestraz | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.078s | 0.026s | 40 |
3 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.306s | 0.254s | 40 |
4 | Juri Vips | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.496s | 0.444s | 33 |
5 | Robert Shwartzman | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.518s | 0.466s | 26 |
6 | Sebastian Fernandez | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.534s | 0.482s | 33 |
7 | Dan Ticktum | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.536s | 0.484s | 31 |
8 | Marcus Armstrong | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.605s | 0.553s | 25 |
9 | Marino Sato | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.608s | 0.556s | 28 |
10 | Devlin Defrancesco | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.706s | 0.654s | 42 |
11 | Alex Palou | Hitech Grand Prix | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.870s | 0.818s | 41 |
12 | Artem Petrov | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m23.933s | 0.881s | 40 |
13 | Nikita Troitskiy | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.938s | 0.886s | 41 |
14 | Fabio Scherer | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m23.948s | 0.896s | 40 |
15 | Ameya Vaidyanathan | Carlin | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m24.110s | 1.058s | 42 |
16 | Guanyu Zhou | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m24.122s | 1.070s | 11 |
17 | Ralf Aron | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m24.285s | 1.233s | 20 |
18 | Sophia Florsch | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m24.543s | 1.491s | 37 |
19 | Keyvan Andres | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m24.636s | 1.584s | 32 |
20 | Julian Hanses | ma-con | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m24.715s | 1.663s | 37 |
21 | Enaam Ahmed | Hitech Grand Prix | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m24.878s | 1.826s | 14 |
22 | Ben Hingeley | Hitech Grand Prix | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m25.091s | 2.039s | 25 |
23 | Mick Schumacher | PREMA Theodore Racing | Dallara/Mercedes | 1m27.933s | 4.881s | 7 |
24 | Jonathan Aberdein | Motopark | Dallara/Volkswagen | 1m34.069s | 11.017s | 5 |
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