Jerez, 12, May 2021: Trident’s Jack Doohan carried over his form from the opening round of the season, leading both the morning and the afternoon stint on the opening day of testing in Jerez.

It was the Trident racer’s morning tour that finished at the top of the timesheets, with a time of 1:29.625 enough to beat out teammate Clement Novalak and ART Grand Prix’s Frederik Vesti.

MORNING

Making the trip from the Northeast of Spain to the Southwest, the F3 field followed up the opening round of the campaign in Barcelona with a two-day test in Jerez two days later, giving them a chance to build on what they’d learned.

Heading out at the first opportunity under the Spanish sun, MP Motorsport were amongst the busiest in the opening half an hour, with Tijmen Van der Helm the first man to top the leaderboard, before Caio Collet got the fast laps underway, setting the standard at 1:31.304. The Alpine junior continued in a similar vein throughout the session, eventually finishing in P8.

Juan Manuel Correa scored his first point in F3 during Race 2 at Barcelona and followed this up with a table-topping time on the opening morning in Jerez, setting a 1:30.754 to beat out ART Grand Prix teammate Vesti. Though Correa later dropped down the order and out of the top 10, Vesti was able to take P3 at the chequered flag.

Jonny Edgar and Calan Williams were the first drivers to break the 1m 30s barrier, doing so within seconds of each other, but it was the Carlin Buzz driver who went quickest, lapping at 1:29.991. The duo had fallen to fourth and seventh by the end of the session.

Setting the fastest time at the post-season tests in Jerez last October, Doohan put himself back at the top of the order with the quickest of the morning runs, lapping at 1:29.625, ahead of Trident teammate Novalak.

Alex Smolyar completed the top five ahead of Ayumu Iwasa. Pierre-Louis Chovet and Jak Crawford took the final two top 10 spots, finishing ninth and 10th.

AFTERNOON

Current Championship leader, Dennis Hauger, flexed his muscles at the start of the afternoon session, setting the pace at 1:31.405 ahead of Doohan and his PREMA teammate, Arthur Leclerc.

There was plenty of time to still be found around Jerez though, and Roman Stanek was the first to find it, overtaking the PREMA with a tour of 1:31.332, before his teammate, Iwasa leapt above him with the first sub-1m 31s time of the afternoon.

But it was the familiar name of Doohan who ended the session on top, following up his successful morning stint with the quickest time of the afternoon as well, lapping at 1:30.605 to drop Iwasa to P2.

Novalak finished second fastest on Day 1 of testing in Jerez. A Getty Images photo

It was an all-Red Bull academy top four as Jak Crawford claimed third ahead of Hauger, with Doohan’s teammate, Novalak, completing the top five. Edgar ensured that all of the Red Bull Juniors had a spot in the top 10, as he took P6 ahead of Leclerc and Collet.

Stanek had dropped to P9 by the time the session concluded, while Amaury Cordeel took the final place in the top 10.

2021 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - JEREZ TEST, DAY 1, MORNING SESSION**

DRIVERTEAMLAPTIMELAPS1Jack DoohanTrident1:29.625182Clément NovalakTrident1:29.676133Frederik VestiART Grand Prix1:29.700284Jonny EdgarCarlin Buzz Racing1:29.911315Alexander SmolyarART Grand Prix1:29.927286Ayumu IwasaHitech Grand Prix1:29.944297Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport1:29.967238Caio ColletMP Motorsport1:30.044269Pierre Louis ChovetJenzer Motorsport1:30.0642910Jak CrawfordHitech Grand Prix1:30.0973011Oliver RasmussenHWA RACELAB1:30.1813012Kaylen FrederickCarlin Buzz Racing1:30.2283213Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System1:30.3242514David SchumacherTrident1:30.4291315Ido CohenCarlin Buzz Racing1:30.4383016Matteo NanniniHWA RACELAB1:30.5112117Juan Manuel CorreaART Grand Prix1:30.5512918Arthur LeclercPREMA Racing1:30.6043219Olli CaldwellPREMA Racing1:30.6643320Rafael VillagomezHWA RACELAB1:30.7622921Roman StanekHitech Grand Prix1:31.0903022Tijmen van der HelmMP Motorsport1:31.1922623Filip UgranJenzer Motorsport1:31.2032824Amaury CordeelCampos Racing1:31.5543225Reshad de GerusCharouz Racing System1:31.7042226Lorenzo ColomboCampos Racing1:31.7882927László TóthCampos Racing1:32.0443728Victor MartinsMP Motorsport1:32.1531129Dennis HaugerPREMA Racing1:32.38325

2021 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - JEREZ TEST, DAY 1, AFTERNOON SESSION**

DRIVERTEAMLAPTIMELAPS1Jack DoohanTrident1:30.605222Ayumu IwasaHitech Grand Prix1:30.616253Jak CrawfordHitech Grand Prix1:30.665304Dennis HaugerPREMA Racing1:30.720295Clément NovalakTrident1:30.781296Jonny EdgarCarlin Buzz Racing1:30.795467Arthur LeclercPREMA Racing1:30.867308Caio ColletMP Motorsport1:30.882389Roman StanekHitech Grand Prix1:30.9192910Amaury CordeelCampos Racing1:30.9562711Alexander SmoylarART Grand Prix1:30.9583612Juan Manuel CorreaART Grand Prix1:30.9963613Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport1:31.0494114Olli CaldwellPREMA Racing1:31.0943015Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System1:31.1922416David SchumacherTrident1:31.1962517Kaylen FrederickCarlin Buzz Racing1:31.1983418Frederik VestiART Grand Prix1:31.2053619Lorenzo ColomboCampos Racing1:31.3153120Victor MartinsMP Motorsport1:31.4634621Ido CohenCarlin Buzz Racing1:31.5604722Oliver RasmussenHWA RACELAB1:31.6205723Pierre Louis ChovetJenzer Motorsport1:31.7413724Rafael VillagomezHWA RACELAB1:31.8235625Reshad de GerusCharouz Racing System1:31.9073526Tijmen van der HelmMP Motorsport1:32.1842827Filip UgranJenzer Motorsport1:32.2104128László TóthCampos Racing1:32.5504229Matteo NanniniHWA RACELAB1:33.42155

Logan Sargeant (Charouz Racing System) did not take part in today’s sessions due to previous commitments