Fuoco dominates Day 3 as Estoril testing concludes
Trident's Antonio Fuoco beat the GP3 field by half a second in the final day of testing at Estoril.
After topping both sessions yesterday, Fuoco proved to be unbeatable in the final day as well as he lowered the overall best time by seven tenths.
In the morning, he stole the lead from top rookie Jake Dennis at the two-hour mark before bringing out the safety car.
The field failed to match his effort afterwards with Dennis becoming the best of the rest, 0.482s behind.
Alexander Albon edged out sophomore driver Sandy Stuvik and ART teammate Nyck de Vries for third, while Renault juniors Jack Aitken and Kevin Jorg completed the top seven.
Although Trident's Artur Janosz led most of the afternoon running, it was Fuoco jumping into the lead in the dying minutes.
Janosz completed a dominant Trident 1-2 as Alex Palou and Oscar Tunjo were more than six tenths adrift in third and fourth respectively.
Koiranen's Matt Parry took fifth with Jenzer's sole confirmed driver Akash Nandy becoming the top rookie in sixth.
Alongside Nandy and Tunjo, the Swiss team added Formula Renault 2.0 Alps graduate Hongli Ye to its testing lineup, the Chinese driver taking 10th in the second practice.
Day 3 results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | AM | PM |
| 1. |  Antonio Fuoco |
Trident | 1:27.293 | 1:28.292 |
| 2. |  Jake Dennis |
Arden International | 1:27.775 | 1:29.826 |
| 3. |  Alexander Albon |
ART Grand Prix | 1:28.051 | 1:32.502 |
| 4. | Sandy Stuvik |
Trident | 1:28.065 | 1:30.798 |
| 5. |  Nyck de Vries |
ART Grand Prix | 1:28.173 | 1:32.103 |
| 6. |  Kevin Jorg |
DAMS | 1:28.231 | 1:29.958 |
| 7. | Jack Aitken |
Arden International | 1:28.247 | 1:31.079 |
| 8. |  Tatiana Calderon |
Arden International | 1:28.323 | No Time |
| 9. |  Matevos Isaakyan |
Koiranen GP | 1:28.366 | 1:31.717 |
| 10. |  Santino Ferrucci |
DAMS | 1:28.399 | 1:31.555 |
| 11. | Ralph Boschung |
Koiranen GP | 1:28.408 | 1:32.123 |
| 12. |  Charles Leclerc |
ART Grand Prix | 1:28.428 | 1:32.206 |
| 13. | Jake Hughes |
DAMS | 1:28.442 | 1:29.867 |
| 14. |  Nirei Fukuzumi |
ART Grand Prix | 1:28.599 | 1:32.007 |
| 15. |  Artur Janosz |
Trident | 1:28.649 | 1:28.551 |
| 16. |  Alex Palou |
Campos Racing | 1:28.663 | 1:28.906 |
| 17. | Matt Parry |
Koiranen GP | 1:28.765 | 1:29.203 |
| 18. | Konstantin Tereshchenko |
Campos Racing | 1:28.947 | 1:31.424 |
| 19. | Steijn Schothorst |
Campos Racing | 1:28.992 | 1:30.603 |
| 20. |  Akash Nandy |
Jenzer Motorsport | 1:29.052 | 1:29.323 |
| 21. | Oscar Tunjo |
Jenzer Motorsport | 1:29.129 | 1:28.975 |
| 22. |  Giuliano Alesi |
Trident | 1:29.143 | 1:30.315 |
| 23. |  Mahaveer Raghunathan |
Koiranen GP | 1:30.183 | 1:31.807 |
| 24. |  Hongli Ye |
Jenzer Motorsport | 1:30.785 | 1:30.105 |
Share Or Save This Story
Honda reveals 2020 World Superbike challenger
Redding: Bautista cost himself 2019 WSBK crown
Espargaro: Aprilia showed podium pace at Sepang
Ferrari to hit Mugello test track with SF-25 this week
Antonio Fuoco drove “angry” overcoming penalties for stirring last-lap GTD-winning pass
All nine F1 rookies taking part in Mexico GP FP1
New F3 champion Rafael Camara on path to emulate Charles Leclerc at Ferrari
The five key stages in Bortoleto's 2023 Formula 3 title charge
The Alonso protege emulating his mentor by stunning F3
Felix Rosenqvist hopes Long Beach pole kickstarts IndyCar season turnaround
2026 IndyCar Long Beach starting lineup: Felix Rosenqvist beats Pato O’Ward to pole
NASCAR red flags race as Carson Kvapil flips wildly in violent Kansas crash
Acura wins Long Beach IMSA race for first time since 2009
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments