Boya fastest in Barcelona as Campos sweep Day 2 of in-season test

17 April 2024

Mari Boya ended the second day of the Barcelona in-season test with the fastest lap in the field. The Campos Racing driver’s 1:26.646 meant he narrowly ended up ahead of Trident’s Leonardo Fornaroli and Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Luke Browning in the morning session.

His teammate Oliver Goethe was the lead driver in the afternoon after completing a late lap of 1:28.213, narrowly beating MP Motorsport’s Tim Tramnitz to the top spot.

MORNING

There was a flurry of activity to start the day as Fornaroli’s lap of 1:28.544 put him on top early as he set the pace in the first 20 minutes. Hitech rival Luke Browning followed the Trident driver, a tenth behind in second.

The Italian continued his good form on the second run of the day and became the first driver to dip into the 1:26s this week. Browning was once again proving to be the closest challenger as he later went just 0.013s off the leading time.

Approaching the final 90 minutes of the morning, Campos’ Boya set a time of 1:26.646, which meant he eclipsed Fornaroli at the top of the timesheets by just 0.033s.

With long runs the focus for the rest of the session, the Spaniards time remained unbeaten as Browning rounded out a top three that was covered by just 0.046s.

Fornaroli was second fastest in the morning session on Day 2

AFTERNOON

Long runs were the order of the day to start the second session as Van Amersfoort Racing’s Sophia Floersch’s time of 1:31.957 put her a tenth clear of her teammates Noel León and Tommy Smith out in front.

As the second hour began, Campos brought their trio out onto an empty track with Goethe going to the top thanks to a lap of 1:30.160, as only 0.1s separated him from his teammate Boya in second.

But they were quickly beaten by MP Motorsport’s Alex Dunne, whose time of 1:29.131 put him in top spot, as his teammates Tim Tramnitz and Kacper Sztuka slotted in behind him.

As the day headed into the final 45 minutes, Tramnitz took P1 from his teammate thanks to his latest effort of 1:28.275, while Hitech’s Martinius Stenshorne followed him across the line to go second.

However, in the final moments of the session, Goethe made it a Campos clean sweep, completing a lap of 1:28.213 to top the leaderboard ahead of his compatriot.

The final day of in-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya kicks off at 09:00 local time on Thursday as the teams look to prepare as best as possible before heading to Imola for Round 3.

Goethe finished fastest in the afternoon session on Day 2

2024 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - BARCELONA IN-SEASON TEST, DAY 2, MORNING SESSION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Mari Boya	ESP	Campos Racing	1:26.646	21
2	Leonardo Fornaroli	ITA	Trident	1:26.679	36
3	Luke Browning	GBR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:26.692	39
4	Oliver Goethe	DEU	Campos Racing	1:26.908	23
5	Sami Meguetounif	FRA	Trident	1:27.011	45
6	Noel León	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:27.053	32
7	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:27.061	39
8	Max Esterson	USA	Jenzer Motorsport	1:27.151	43
9	Gabriele Minì	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:27.177	36
10	Sebastián Montoya	COL	Campos Racing	1:27.336	23
11	Joseph Loake	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:27.354	40
12	Christian Mansell	AUS	ART Grand Prix	1:27.412	41
13	Nikita Bedrin	ITA	PHM AIX Racing	1:27.476	24
14	Laurens Van Hoepen	NLD	ART Grand Prix	1:27.478	42
15	Dino Beganovic	SWE	PREMA Racing	1:27.501	41
16	Tim Tramnitz	DEU	MP Motorsport	1:27.508	48
17	Nikola Tsolov	BGR	ART Grand Prix	1:27.560	40
18	Charlie Wurz	AUT	Jenzer Motorsport	1:27.570	41
19	Tommy Smith	AUS	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:27.612	34
20	Callum Voisin	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:27.653	39
21	Alexander Dunne	IRE	MP Motorsport	1:27.669	49
22	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	PREMA Racing	1:27.687	41
23	Matías Zagazeta	PER	Jenzer Motorsport	1:27.718	41
24	Santiago Ramos	MEX	Trident	1:27.724	25
25	Cian Shields	GBR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:27.728	40
26	Piotr Wisnicki	POL	Rodin Motorsport	1:27.846	35
27	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	PHM AIX Racing	1:27.875	24
28	Joshua Dufek	AUT	PHM AIX Racing	1:27.876	28
29	Sophia Floersch	DEU	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:27.892	34
30	Kacper Sztuka	POL	MP Motorsport	1:27.987	47

2024 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - BARCELONA IN-SEASON TEST, DAY 2, AFTERNOON SESSION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Oliver Goethe	DEU	Campos Racing	1:28.213	24
2	Tim Tramnitz	DEU	MP Motorsport	1:28.275	24
3	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:28:409	40
4	Luke Browning	GBR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:28.463	40
5	Alexander Dunne	IRE	MP Motorsport	1:28.612	24
6	Sami Meguetounif	FRA	Trident	1:28.667	34
7	Mari Boya	ESP	Campos Racing	1:28.706	25
8	Cian Shields	GBR	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:28.725	38
9	Noel León	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:28.759	39
10	Christian Mansell	AUS	ART Grand Prix	1:28.764	39
11	Kacper Sztuka	POL	MP Motorsport	1:28.795	25
12	Laurens Van Hoepen	NLD	ART Grand Prix	1:28.923	25
13	Sebastián Montoya	COL	Campos Racing	1:29.046	22
14	Charlie Wurz	AUT	Jenzer Motorsport	1:29.210	40
15	Max Esterson	USA	Jenzer Motorsport	1:29.458	39
16	Joseph Loake	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:29.494	36
17	Tommy Smith	AUS	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:29.519	39
18	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	PREMA Racing	1:29.537	36
19	Dino Beganovic	SWE	PREMA Racing	1:29.588	34
20	Nikola Tsolov	BGR	ART Grand Prix	1:29.810	39
21	Sophia Floersch	DEU	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:29.948	42
22	Callum Voisin	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:29.973	37
23	Piotr Wisnicki	POL	Rodin Motorsport	1:30.077	40
24	Gabriele Minì	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:30.265	32
25	Matías Zagazeta	PER	Jenzer Motorsport	1:30.451	40
26	Santiago Ramos	MEX	Trident	1:32.399	42
27	Leonardo Fornaroli	ITA	Trident	1:32.459	24
28	Nikita Bedrin	ITA	PHM AIX Racing	1:32.543	52
29	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	PHM AIX Racing	1:32.582	54
30	Joshua Dufek	AUT	PHM AIX Racing	1:32.848	37