VRD Racing's title favourite Nikita Bedrin set the fastest time of the week so far in the first free practice session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday morning.
The 20-year-old registered a 1m32.674s, over three tenths of a second faster than yesterday's fastest time, with a lap inside the final couple of minutes of the 30-minute session.
That was enough to put him a scant 0.029s ahead of yesterday's pace-setter Rowan Campbell-Pilling, who held top spot for Xcel Motorsport heading into the final five minutes.
Bedrin's teammate Patricio Gonzalez was third fastest, 0.157s further back and 0.019s ahead of 2025 GB4 champion Ary Bansal, who went one better than his position from yesterday as he gears up for his GB3 debut with series newcomers TJ Speed.
Rodin duo Martin Molnar and Abbi Pulling were next up and split by 0.083s, with Kyuho Lee the lead Elite Motorsport runner in seventh.
The third Rodin of Maxim Rehm was eighth, and set exactly the same time as JHR Developments' GB4 graduate Thomas Ingram Hill, who popped into the top-10.
Rodrigo Gonzalez (VRD) completed the top-10, which was covered by 0.697s, with another newcomer, JHR's Lewis Wherrell missing out on a top-10 spot by only 0.041s.
The lead 15 drivers in the session were within a second of Bedrin's outright pace. The next session will start at 14.20 local time.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya, Free Practice One result:
1. Nikita Bedrin, VRD Racing, 1m32.674s
2. Rowan Campbell-Pilling, Xcel Motorsport, +0.029s
3. Patricio Gonzalez, VRD Racing, +0.186s
4. Ary Bansal, TJ Speed Motorsports, +0.205s
5. Martin Molnar, Rodin Motorsport, +0.373s
6. Abbi Pulling, Rodin Motorsport, +0.456s
7. Kyuho Lee, Elite Motorsport, +0.672s
8. Maxim Rehm, Rodin Motorsport, +0.675s
9. Thomas Ingram Hill, JHR Developments, +0.675s
10. Rodrigo Gonzalez, VRD Racing, +0.697s
11. Lewis Wherrell, JHR Developments, +0.738s
12. Theo Palmer, Hitech, +0.857s
13. Deagen Fairclough, Hitech, +0.901s
14. Lucas Fluxa, Xcel Motorsport, +0.939s
15. Dante Vinci, Hillspeed, +0.990s
16. Flynn Jackes, Elite Motorsport, +1.236s
17. Peter Bouzinelos, Hillspeed, +1.269s
18. Arjen Kraling, TJ Speed Motorsports, +1.294s
19. Aurelia Nobels, Hillspeed, +1.419s
20. Ricardo Baptista, Xcel Motorsport, +1.598s
21. Jason Pribyl, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, +1.712s
22. Yuhao Fu, Hitech, +1.835s
23. Leon Wilson, Arden Motorsport, +2.233s
24. Fred Green, Elite Motorsport, +2.589s
25. Matan Achituv, Arden Motorsport, +6.044s
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