Argenti with Prema's Reza Seewooruthun smashed the official GB3 lap record in the opening Friday practice session at Zandvoort.
The British driver, gearing up for his second GB3 event, registered a 1m29.649s on his thirteenth lap of the circuit, beating the official lap record by almost four tenths of a second. His lap was over a second and a half quicker than any GB3 lap time achieved at Zandvoort last year.
Seewooruthun was 0.198s clear of Rodin Motorsport's Alex Ninovic in the 30 minute session, With Ninovic just 0.029s ahead of Xcel Motorsport's Patrick Heuzenroeder, the two Australian drivers maintaining their positions from yesterday's hour and a half session.
Hitech's Nikita Johnson and Elite's Will Macintyre also retained their positions from yesterday's test, with Johnson 0.046s away from Heuzenroeder.
Seven thousandths of a second behind Macintyre was Heuzenroeder's teammate Jack Sherwood, while Hitech's Deagen Fairclough was just 0.002s further back having led the session at the mid point.
Fairclough's teammate Keanu Al Azhari was next up in eighth, a quarter of a second in arrears with Rodin's Gianmarco Pradel and Argenti with Prema's Yuanpu Cui completing the top-10, which was covered by 0.764s.
The top-15 drivers were separated by less than a second, with two more sessions still to come on Friday.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Zandvoort Friday session one result:
1. Reza Seewooruthun, Argenti with Prema, 1m29.649s
2. Alex Ninovic, Rodin Motorsport, +0.198s
3. Patrick Heuzenroeder, Xcel Motorsport, +0.227s
4. Nikita Johnson, Hitech TGR, +0.273s
5. Will Macintyre, Elite Motorsport, +0.493s
6. Jack Sherwood, Xcel Motorsport, +0.500s
7. Deagen Fairclough, Hitech TGR, +0.502s
8. Keanu Al Azhari, Hitech TGR, +0.525s
9. Gianmarco Pradel, Rodin Motorsport, +0.663s
10. Yuanpu Cui, Argenti with Prema, +0.764s
11. Hugo Schwarze, VRD Racing, +0.772s
12. Lucas Fluxa, Argenti with Prema, +0.845s
13. Noah Lisle, JHR Developments, +0.859s
14. Kai Daryanani, JHR Developments, +0.949s
15. Abbi Pulling, Rodin Motorsport, +0.978s
16. Flynn Jackes, Elite Motorsport, +1.549s
17. Stefan Bostandjiev, Fortec Motorsports, +1.763s
18. Bianca Bustamante, Elite Motorsport, +2.284s
19. Divy Nandan, JHR Developments, +3.222s