Fortec’s Championship leader Joel Granfors set the fastest time in a red flag interrupted final session of the day at Donington Park.
The Swedish driver’s best time of 1m24.004s came before the second red flag of the session, and put him half a second of Hitech’s Luke Browning, who had just enough time at the end of the restarted session to squeeze into second place. Browning’s session two effort of 1m23.622s remained the best of the day.
Elite’s John Bennett was third fastest, 0.036s behind Browning, while Carlin’s Callum Voisin made his first appearance of the test after sitting an exam this morning. Voisin was a quarter of a second shy of Bennett and 0.005s ahead of Elite’s Tom Lebbon in fifth.
JHR’s Matthew Rees ended his day with the sixth fastest time, just over a tenth of a second ahead of Arden’s David Morales in seventh.
Session one topper Roberto Faria set the eighth quickest time for Carlin, half a tenth clear of Arden newcomer Nico Christodoulou, who has steadily climbed the order in his first day of GB3 testing.
Douglas Motorsport’s Max Esterson topped the times early on, and completed the top-10, just over a second away from top spot.
Testing at Donington resumes tomorrow morning, with the first session of the day at 11.15, and live timing available on the GB3 website.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Donington Park Thursday test session 3 result:
1. Joel Granfors, Fortec Motorsport, 1m24.004s
2. Luke Browning, Hitech GP, +0.478s
3. John Bennett, Elite Motorsport, +0.514s
4. Callum Voisin, Carlin, +0.738s
5. Tom Lebbon, Elite Motorsport, +0.743s
6. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.836s
7. David Morales, Arden Motorsport, +0.973s
8. Roberto Faria, Carlin, +0.987s
9. Nico Christodoulou, Arden Motorsport, +1.037s
10. Max Esterson, Douglas Motorsport, +1.041s
11. Alex Connor, Arden Motorsport, +1.168s
12. Bryce Aron, Carlin, +1.169s
13. Zak Taylor, Fortec Motorsport, +1.200s
14. McKenzy Cresswell, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.209s
15. Marcos Flack, Douglas Motorsport, +1.488s
16. Nick Gilkes, Hillspeed, +1.568s
17. Branden Oxley, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.626s
18. Javier Sagrera, Carlin, +1.639s
19. Mikkel Grundtvig, Fortec Motorsport, +1.961s
20. Tommy Smith, Douglas Motorsport, +2.412s
21. Cian Shields, Hitech GP, +3.998s
22. James Hedley, Elite Motorsport, +10.095s*
*two laps completed