Eriksson heads Motopark 1-2-3-4 in European F3 test at Vallelunga

And while rain, which commenced during the first session of four, left little opportunity for any of the drivers to improve on their early laps, Motopark's frontrunning pace remained a constant throughout the day as the German team topped three of the four sessions.

In the morning, on a dry track, Eriksson was less than two tenths up on Red Bull protege Niko Kari, with Ferrari junior Guan Yu Zhou and another Red Bull prospect Sergio Sette Camara locking out the top four.

In worse track conditions, Kari then headed Van Amersfoort Racing duo Pedro Piquet and Callum Ilott in session two, and topped session three as well, followed by Carlin's Alessio Lorandi and Zhou.

The circuit would dry significantly in the fourth session, with Prema's newcomer Nick Cassidy taking the lead late on ahead of Carlin duo Ryan Tveter and Raoul Hyman. 

Cassidy's laptime, however, would still end up around a second short of Eriksson's morning benchmark.

The F3 drivers shared the Vallelunga track with the World Touring Car Championship today, but will have the circuit all to themselves tomorrow, running two sessions for a combined total of seven hours.

Combined testing results

Pos.	Driver	Team	S1	S2	S3	S4
1	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	1:28.488	1:41.640	1:40.378	1:39.112
2	Niko Kari	Motopark	1:28.642	1:37.046	1:38.489	1:42.626
3	Guan Yu Zhou	Motopark	1:28.723	1:40.871	1:38.940	1:43.040
4	Sergio Sette Camara	Motopark	1:28.773	1:41.386	1:39.790	1:40.836
5	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	1:28.956	1:41.577	1:38.927	1:30.440
6	Ryan Tveter	Carlin	1:28.981	1:42.213	1:40.088	1:29.656
7	Maximilian Gunther	Prema	1:29.120	1:42.898	1:46.703
8	Raoul Hyman	Carlin	1:29.223	1:40.636	1:40.183	1:29.886
9	Lance Stroll	Prema	1:29.256	1:41.846	1:43.159
10	Nick Cassidy	Prema	2:00.888	1:43.083	1:43.015	1:29.440
11	Mikkel Jensen	Mucke	1:29.718	1:42.725	1:40.193	1:30.056
12	Callum Ilott	VAR	1:29.803	1:39.622	1:40.031
13	Harrison Newey	VAR	1:30.740	1:42.071		1:29.959
14	Peter Li Zhi Cong	Carlin	1:30.011	1:43.736	1:41.069	1:39.664
15	Arjun Maini	T-Sport	1:30.016		1:41.511	1:30.355
16	Pedro Piquet	VAR	1:33.879	1:39.457		1:30.072
17	Anthoine Hubert	VAR	1:31.034	1:42.003	1:40.797	1:30.221
18	Ben Barnicoat	Hitech	1:30.411	1:41.868
19	Ralf Aron	Prema	1:30.497	1:42.747	1:47.850
20	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech	1:30.860	1:42.391
21	George Russell	Hitech	1:32.263	1:41.989