Championship leader Luke Browning set the fastest time in the final GB3 test of the day at Silverstone this afternoon (Friday).
The test started 75 minutes behind schedule owing to an incident in a previous track session, and when it did get underway, it was over a shortened 25 minute duration.
The Hitech GP driver’s time of 1m53.554s was 0.282s faster than Arden’s Nico Christodoulou in a shortened final test, though Fortec’s Joel Granfors’ time from earlier today proved to be the quickest overall.
Canadian Christodoulou was just 0.030s faster than Carlin’s Callum Voisin, who had his teammate Roberto Faria only just behind in fourth, as the Brazilian enjoyed his best session of the week.
Douglas Motorsport’s Marcos Flack was 0.151s back in fifth, and 0.043s clear of JHR’s Matthew Rees, with Hitech’s Bryce Aron just 0.017s further back in seventh.
Douglas Motorsport’s Max Esterson was eighth, 0.056s clear of Chris Dittmann Racing’s McKenzy Cresswell, while Hitech’s Cian Shields completed the final session top-10, which was covered by 0.854s.
Once more, the top-18 drivers were separated by less than 1.5 seconds heading into qualifying at 10.20 tomorrow morning.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Friday session three result:
1. Luke Browning, Hitech GP, 1m53.554s
2. Nico Christodoulou, Arden Motorsport, +0.282s
3. Callum Voisin, Carlin, +0.312s
4. Roberto Faria, Carlin, +0.356s
5. Marcos Flack, Douglas Motorsport, +0.507s
6. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.550s
7. Bryce Aron, Hitech GP, +0.567s
8. Max Esterson, Douglas Motorsport, +0.794s
9. McKenzy Cresswell, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.850s
10. Cian Shields, Hitech GP, +0.854s
11. John Bennett, Elite Motorsport, +0.904s
12. Javier Sagrera, Carlin, +1.016s
13. Alex Connor, Arden Motorsport, +1.017s
14. Joel Granfors, Fortec Motorsport, +1.297s
15. James Hedley, JHR Developments, +1.307s
16. David Morales, Arden Motorsport, +1.404s
17. Zak Taylor, Fortec Motorsport, +1.423s
18. Branden Oxley, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.461s
19. Nick Gilkes, Hillspeed, +1.564s
20. Tommy Smith, Douglas Motorsport, +1.690s
21. Tom Lebbon, Elite Motorsport, +2.156s
22. Mikkel Grundtvig, Fortec Motorsport, +2.322s
23. Ayrton Ori, Chris Dittmann Racing, +4.051s