Boya fastest once again on final day of in-season test in Barcelona

18 April 2024

Mari Boya set the fastest time for the second consecutive day at the in-season test in Barcelona. The Campos Racing driver set a time of 1:27.034 in the morning session to lead his teammate Oliver Goethe by a slender margin.

The afternoon session was led by another pair of teammates, on this occasions it was Trident, as Leonardo Fornaroli’s 1:28.444 ended as the leading time ahead of Sami Meguetounif.

MORNING

With rain having hit the track before the day’s play, the first hour included plenty of wet weather running, Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Luke Browning led the way with a time of 1:37.131.

The teams opted to then bolt on the slick tyres, and it was Boya that went quickest. The Campos driver’s time of 1:30.277 meant he topped the timesheets, two-tenths ahead of MP Motorsport’s Alex Dunne.

Then came the PREMA Racing #3 car of Arvid Lindblad, who completed a lap of 1:29.564 to take P1. His teammate Dino Beganovic followed him across the line but settled for second, nearly three-tenths behind.

The times continued to drop as conditions improved and entering the final hour of the session, Max Esterson went fastest after clocking a time of 1:28.174. His Jenzer Motorsport teammate Matías Zagazeta ended up in P2, 0.263s behind.

Goethe was second fastest in the morning behind his teammate Boya

As we approached the last 30 minutes, Boya regained top spot, this time with a lap of 1:27.034, leading his teammate Goethe by just 0.073s.

The Campos pair remained as the top two for the rest of the session with Browning, who was four-tenths behind Boya, rounding out the top three.

AFTERNOON

Long runs were the focus to start the afternoon as Leonardo Fornaroli set the pace for Trident. The Italian’s time of 1:28.444 put him on top of the timesheets by over six-tenths to his teammate Sami Meguetounif in the early stages.

The Trident pair remained at the top of the leaderboard for the rest of the session with the teams opting for high fuel runs for the duration of the afternoon.

The session was then Red Flagged in the closing stages of the session when PHM AIX Racing’s Joshua Dufek came to a stop out on track. This brought an end to the week’s proceedings with Rodin Motorsport’s Callum Voisin rounded out the top three.

That concludes the in-season test in Barcelona with the drivers and teams left to chew over the data they have collected over the three days ahead of Round 3 in Imola which takes place on May 17-19.

Meguetounif was second behind teammate Fornaroli in the afternoon session on the final day

2024 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - BARCELONA IN-SEASON TEST, DAY 3, MORNING SESSION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Mari Boya	ESP	Campos Racing	1:27.034	33
2	Oliver Goethe	DEU	Campos Racing	1:27.107	36
3	Luke Browning	GBR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:27.435	39
4	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	PREMA Racing	1:27.448	40
5	Gabriele Minì	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:27.565	35
6	Alexander Dunne	IRL	MP Motorsport	1:27.579	36
7	Santiago Ramos	MEX	Trident	1:27.624	30
8	Dino Beganovic	SWE	PREMA Racing	1:27.645	40
9	Tim Tramnitz	DEU	MP Motorsport	1:27.665	34
10	Laurens Van Hoepen	NLD	ART Grand Prix	1:27.786	36
11	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:27.844	41
12	Christian Mansell	AUS	ART Grand Prix	1:27.902	35
13	Sebastián Montoya	COL	Campos Racing	1:27.919	31
14	Charlie Wurz	AUT	Jenzer Motorsport	1:27.998	29
15	Sophia Floersch	DEU	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:28.007	34
16	Nikola Tsolov	BGR	ART Grand Prix	1:28.110	39
17	Max Esterson	USA	Jenzer Motorsport	1:28.174	32
18	Matías Zagazeta	PER	Jenzer Motorsport	1:28.319	32
19	Cian Shields	GBR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:28.325	43
20	Kacper Sztuka	POL	MP Motorsport	1:28.374	41
21	Joseph Loake	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:28.448	43
22	Tommy Smith	AUS	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:28.497	35
23	Piotr Wisnicki	POL	Rodin Motorsport	1:28.533	37
24	Nikita Bedrin	ITA	PHM AIX Racing	1:28.570	40
25	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	PHM AIX Racing	1:28.653	40
26	Noel León	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:28.775	35
27	Joshua Dufek	AUT	PHM AIX Racing	1:28.794	37
28	Callum Voisin	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:30.083	38
29	Leonardo Fornaroli	ITA	Trident	1:31.109	25
30	Sami Meguetounif	FRA	Trident	1:31.638	19

2024 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - BARCELONA IN-SEASON TEST, DAY 3, AFTERNOON SESSION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Leonardo Fornaroli	ITA	Trident	1:28.444	14
2	Sami Meguetounif	FRA	Trident	1:29.106	14
3	Callum Voisin	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:29.662	38
4	Santiago Ramos	MEX	Trident	1:29.706	40
5	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	PHM AIX Racing	1:30.158	32
6	Joshua Dufek	AUT	PHM AIX Racing	1:31.025	34
7	Noel León	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:31.396	52
8	Mari Boya	ESP	Campos Racing	1:31.470	52
9	Oliver Goethe	DEU	Campos Racing	1:31.731	58
10	Joseph Loake	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:31.844	48
11	Charlie Wurz	AUT	Jenzer Motorsport	1:31.853	60
12	Piotr Wisnicki	POL	Rodin Motorsport	1:31.910	42
13	Sophia Floersch	DEU	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:31.910	49
14	Luke Browning	GBR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:31.951	47
15	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:32.088	44
16	Sebastián Montoya	COL	Campos Racing	1:32.121	56
17	Max Esterson	USA	Jenzer Motorsport	1:32.144	33
18	Tim Tramnitz	DEU	MP Motorsport	1:32.211	48
19	Christian Mansell	AUS	ART Grand Prix	1:32.231	55
20	Nikita Bedrin	ITA	PHM AIX Racing	1:32.304	56
21	Alexander Dunne	IRE	MP Motorsport	1:32.309	45
22	Nikola Tsolov	BGR	ART Grand Prix	1:32.409	55
23	Gabriele Minì	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:32.464	56
24	Tommy Smith	AUS	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:32.602	49
25	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	PREMA Racing	1:32.606	56
26	Dino Beganovic	SWE	PREMA Racing	1:32.617	57
27	Cian Shields	GBR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:32.718	43
28	Laurens Van Hoepen	NLD	ART Grand Prix	1:32.753	55
29	Kacper Sztuka	POL	MP Motorsport	1:32.865	48
30	Matías Zagazeta	PER	Jenzer Motorsport	1:32.995	48