Elite Motorsport’s James Hedley set the fastest lap of testing so far with his effort in Friday’s first session at Silverstone this afternoon.
The 18-year-old’s time of 1m52.304s was over half a second clear of teammate Tom Lebbon at the top of the times, and came five minutes before the end of the session.
Lebbon narrowly pipped JHR’s Matthew Rees to second place, with the pair separated by 0.020s.
McKenzy Cresswell carried over his good form so far this week with the fourth quickest time for Chris Dittmann Racing, and 0.028s ahead of Douglas Motorsport’s Max Esterson.
Championship leader Luke Browning was 0.068s further back and less than a tenth of a second ahead of Arden’s Alex Connor, who made his first appearance of the week after flying back from Dubai yesterday.
John Bennett was eighth for Elite Motorsport, and set exactly the same lap time as Carlin’s Javier Sagrera, with the Spaniard’s teammate Callum Voisin completing the session one top-10.
Roberto Faria (Carlin) and David Morales (Arden) missed the session due to exams and illness respectively.
The final session of the week is scheduled to start at 15.10.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Silverstone Friday session one result:
1. James Hedley, Elite Motorsport, 1m52.304s
2. Tom Lebbon, Elite Motorsport, +0.553s
3. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.573s
4. McKenzy Cresswell, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.959s
5. Max Esterson, Douglas Motorsport, +0.987s
6. Luke Browning, Hitech GP, +1.055s
7. Alex Connor, Arden Motorsport, +1.150s
8. John Bennett, Elite Motorsport, +1.171s
9. Javier Sagrera, Carlin, +1.171s
10. Callum Voisin, Carlin, +1.255s
11. Branden Oxley, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.312s
12. Joel Granfors, Fortec Motorsport, +1.425s
13. Mikkel Grundtvig, Fortec Motorsport, +1.775s
14. Cian Shields, Hitech GP, +1.885s
15. Zak Taylor, Fortec Motorsport, +1.935s
16. Nick Gilkes, Hillspeed, +1.987s
17. Tommy Smith, Douglas Motorsport, +2.042s
18. Bryce Aron, Hitech GP, +2.244s