A last gasp lap from JHR Developments’ John Bennett ensured the British driver recorded the fastest lap of the day so far in Friday’s second GB3 Championship test session at Spa Francorchamps.
Despite a rain shower just as the session went green, times were soon faster than in session one, with Rodin’s Ugo Ugochukwu on course to top the times heading into the final few minutes. But right at the end, Bennett went over six tenths faster than the American with a 2m27.277s to knock him off top spot.
Behind the top two came the second Rodin of championship leader Louis Sharp, and teammate Arthur Rogeon, who was a couple of tenths further back.
Noah Ping enjoyed his best session for VRD Racing by Arden to register the sixth quickest lap ahead of Elite Motorsport’s McKenzy Cresswell.
Edward Pearson was the lead Fortec runner in seventh, a tenth clear of Cresswell’s teammate Jarrod Waberski, with Hitech Pulse Eight’s Gerrard Xie and the second Fortec of Colin Queen completing the top-10, the pair separated by less than half a tenth.
The final test session of the week is due to start at 15.44 local time, with qualifying following at 17.15.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Spa-Francorchamps, Friday session two result:
1. John Bennett, JHR Developments, 2m27.277s
2. Ugo Ugochukwu, Rodin Motorsport, +0.629s
3. Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport, +1.131s
4. Arthur Rogeon, Rodin Motorsport, +1.301s
5. Noah Ping, VRD Racing by Arden, +1.545s
6. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +1.787s
7. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +1.894s
8. Jarrod Waberski, Elite Motorsport, +1.996s
9. Gerrard Xie, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +2.137s
10. Colin Queen, Fortec Motorsport, +2.174s
11. Seb Murray, Chris Dittmann Racing, +2.208s
12. Patrick Heuzenroeder, JHR Developments, +2.340s
13. Nikita Johnson, VRD Racing by Arden, +2.598s
14. Kanato Le, Chris Dittmann Racing, +2.683s
15. Aditya Kulkarni, Hillspeed, +2.744s
16. Shawn Rashid, VRD Racing by Arden, +2.759s
17. Flynn Jackes, Chris Dittmann Racing, +2.885s
18. Josh Irfan, JHR Developments, +3.511s
19. Hugo Schwarze, Elite Motorsport, +3.711s
20. Marcus Luzio, Hillspeed, +4.696s
21. Will Macintyre, Hitech Pulse-Eight, no time set
22. Tymek Kucharczyk, Hitech Pulse-Eight, no time set