Trident’s Dorian Boccolacci has topped the timesheets in GP3 practice at Spa-Francorchamps in a session where the grid largely focused on race performance.
The Frenchman set a lap time of 2m06.163s to lead Sauber Formula 1 development driver Tatiana Calderon by 0.405 seconds.
His team-mate Kevin Joerg finished third ahead of Arden’s Leonardo Pulcini and DAMS’ Matthieu Vaxiviere.
Ryan Tveter was the fastest driver in the 2m07s bracket, lapping quicker than Campos duo Marcos Siebert and Raoul Hyman.
Juan Manuel Correa put in a credible performance on his series debut in ninth as the leading Jenzer driver following his move from Italian Formula 4.
Alessio Lorandi completed the top-10, 1.174s adrift of Boccolacci.
Renault academy racer Jack Aitken was 13th, ahead of Mercedes protégé George Russell, and Honda junior Nirei Fukuzumi.
Haas development driver Arjun Maini completed the session in 17th above Ferrari academy prospect Giuliano Alesi.
Red Bull junior Niko Kari was last, 3.177s slower than the best time.
