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Lawson 10th in wet opening Formula 3 practice

by Zane Shackleton
July 3, 2020
in Formula 3, International, News
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Liam Lawson was met with tricky wet conditions in his first FIA Formula 3 practice session as the 30-strong grid gingerly slid their way around the Red Bull Ring in Austria with the Kiwi ending the session in tenth.  

A last gasp effort by Trident’s David Beckmann would see the German pip Australian racer Oscar Piastri for the fastest time as the track began to dry in the session’s final stages.

The Kiwi was immediately on the pace, setting a 1.32.700 despite a scare at the final corner to head the timesheets as the drivers set about completing their first flying laps.

Lawson suffered an armful of opposite lock on his first timed lap, overheating his Pirelli Wet tyres and was compelled to forfeit his next time.

But as the field began to etch out a drying line around the 4.3km Spielberg circuit, lap times began to tumble with Jake Hughes holding the fastest lap after 15-minutes.

Interestingly, several drivers were spied to be using DRS despite the wet conditions with F3 regulations stipulating the system shuts off when drivers lift off the throttle and not under braking.

In his first race since his horrific accident at Monza, Australian racer Alex Peroni was on fire in the early stages, nestled within the Top 5 at the half-way mark as several teams began to whistle their drivers in for a switch to slick tyres.

Ex-Toyota Racing Series driver Calan Williams was one of the last to return to pitlane and duly set a competitive lap time to leapfrog himself to third as the clock ticked over into its final 15-minutes.

David Schumacher was the first man to venture out on slick tyres with onboard replays suggesting there may be a fair amount of standing water on the circuit at Turn 3.

HiTech GP opted to hold Lawson in the pitlane while several key rivals made the most of the little dry running offered to them.

Previous lap times were immediately annihilated with many drivers sharing brief moments at the top of the timesheets.

Reigning TRS champion Igor Fraga had a wild ride through the gravel at turn 4, narrowly missing the Armco barrier as the young Brazilian pushed his Charouz Racing System machine beyond its limits.

But despite Fraga’s off-track excursion, the 45-minute session stayed green for its entirety.

Ultimately ­­­Beckmann’s final time of a 1.20.434 set after the chequered flag provde to be unmatchable. A late lap by Lawson was strong enough to secure a top 10 finish in his first return to action since pre-season testing.

The F3 field will now have a 30-minute qualifying session slated for 12.05 am NZT to set the grid for the weekend’s opening race.

PosDriverGap
1David Beckmann1m20.434s
2Oscar Piastri+0.079s
3Roman Stanek+0.529s
4David Schumacher+0.619s
5Richard Verschoor+0.695s
6Frederik Vesti+0.773s
7Jake Hughes+0.777s
8Igor Fraga+0.784s
9Sebastian Fernandez+0.801s
10Liam Lawson+0.847s
11Alexander Smolyar+1.008s
12Logan Sargeant+1.017s
13Theo Pourchaire+1.148s
14Clement Novalak+1.204s
15Lirim Zendeli+1.264s
16Calan Williams+1.309s
17Alex Peroni+1.314s
18Sophia Floersch+1.378s
19Matteo Nannini+1.475s
20Cameron Das+1.620s
21Lukas Dunner+1.624s
22Max Fewtrell+1.801s
23Jack Doohan+1.808s
24Dennis Hauger+2.070s
25Enaam Ahmed+2.143s
26Bent Viscaal+2.392s
27Olli Caldwell+2.600s
28Federico Malvestiti+2.904s
29Enzo Fittipaldi+2.826s
30Alessio Deledda+3.060s

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