Gregoire Saucy has topped 2021 F3 post-season test in Valencia following three days of running for several regulars and numerous rookies.
Nine of this season’s teams returned for the test alongside newcomers – Van Amersfoort Racing who are replacing HWA Racelab next season, as 16 rookies got to test F3 machinery for the very first time including 2021 GB3 champion – Zak O’Sullivan.
Now, here is a full roundup of all three days of post-season testing along with overall timings for each individual day.
Day One
Teams were met with a wet track on the opening morning of this three-day test but MP Motorsport rookie, Franco Colapinto quickly set the early pace until fellow rookies, Zane Maloney and Gregoire Saucy began scrapping over the top position for Trident and ART GP respectively.
Everyone eventually switched to slicks in the final hour of the morning session with Van Amersfoort Racing’s (VAR) Jack Doohan topping the morning session on 1m 23.349 ahead of Victor Martins and Kaylen Fredericks as the morning session drew to a close.
Conditions continued to improve throughout the break with the afternoon session held in completely dry conditions, as MP Motorsport led the way with Caio Collet heading the order in the early stages of the session.
Times however continues to tumble and it was eventually Doohan who emerged fastest overall on Day One ahead of Martins, Saucy, Maloney and Roman Stanek who rounded out the top five with all fastest times of the opening day set in the afternoon session.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Session |
| 1 | Jack Doohan | VAR | 1m 22.402 | PM |
| 2 | Victor Martins | ART GP | + 0.131 | PM |
| 3 | Gregoire Saucy | ART GP | + 0.282 | PM |
| 4 | Zane Maloney | Trident | + 0.306 | PM |
| 5 | Roman Stanek | Trident | + 0.337 | PM |
| 6 | Lorenzo Colombo | Charouz | + 0.444 | PM |
| 7 | Arthur Leclerc | PREMA | + 0.491 | PM |
| 8 | Jak Crawford | PREMA | + 0.565 | PM |
| 9 | Oliver Rasmussen | Charouz | + 0.669 | PM |
| 10 | Franco Colapinto | MP Motorsport | + 0.670 | PM |
| 11 | Kaylen Frederick | Hitech GP | + 0.679 | PM |
| 12 | Caio Collet | MP Motorsport | + 0.723 | PM |
| 13 | Oliver Bearman | PREMA | + 0.797 | PM |
| 14 | Jonny Edgar | Trident | + 0.826 | PM |
| 15 | Isack Hadjar | Hitech GP | + 0.894 | PM |
| 16 | Johnathan Hoggard | Hitech GP | + 0.946 | PM |
| 17 | Filip Ugran | Jenzer | + 0.969 | PM |
| 18 | Roberto Faria | Jenzer | + 0.993 | PM |
| 19 | Juan Manuel Correa | ART GP | + 1.047 | PM |
| 20 | David Vidales | Campos | + 1.083 | PM |
| 21 | Tijmen Van Der Helm | MP Motorsport | + 1.138 | PM |
| 22 | Zak O’Sullivan | Carlin | + 1.164 | PM |
| 23 | Josep Maria Marti | Campos | + 1.250 | PM |
| 24 | Nazim Azman | Jenzer | + 1.318 | PM |
| 25 | Reece Ushijima | VAR | + 1.384 | PM |
| 26 | Rafael Villagomez | VAR | + 1.549 | PM |
| 27 | Hunter Yeany | Campos | + 1.623 | PM |
| 28 | Ido Cohen | Carlin | + 1.691 | PM |
| 29 | Brad Benavides | Carlin | + 2.276 | PM |
| 30 | Laszlo Toth | Charouz | + 2.607 | PM |
Day Two
Day Two began with several driver changes as Paul Aron replaced Arthur Leclerc at PREMA as the Monegasque dropped onto the sidelines, whilst Oliver Rasmussen moved from Charouz to ART GP.
Logan Sargeant meanwhile replaced Brad Benavides at Carlin as Enzo Trulli and William Alatalo replaced Roberto Faria and Filip Ugran at Jenzer, with Ugran switching to Charouz where Lorenzo Colombo was replaced by Nicola Marinangeli.
Campos’ David Vidales and Trident’s Stanek set the initial pace with 1m 21.723 but was displaced by Saucy who posted 1m 21.447 to go top.
Jak Crawford eventually emerged quickest of the morning session with 1m 21.368 ahead of Saucy and Stanek as Hitech GP’s Johnathan Hoggard caused the first red flag of the test, as the Brit grinded to a halt on track with an issue just after Crawford set his fastest lap.
Several drivers proceeded to spend the afternoon session focused on data gathering but Colapinto and PREMA’s Paul Aron were the only drivers to improve their fastest overall times after lunch, as Crawford ultimately finished day two fastest ahead of Saucy by 0.079 seconds.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Session |
| 1 | Jak Crawford | PREMA | 1m 21.368 | AM |
| 2 | Gregoire Saucy | ART GP | + 0.079 | AM |
| 3 | Roman Stanek | Trident | + 0.085 | AM |
| 4 | Caio Collet | MP Motorsport | + 0.107 | AM |
| 5 | Jack Doohan | VAR | + 0.153 | AM |
| 6 | Ollie Bearman | PREMA | + 0.225 | AM |
| 7 | Zane Maloney | Trident | + 0.298 | AM |
| 8 | David Vidales | Campos | + 0.355 | AM |
| 9 | Franco Colapinto | MP Motorsport | + 0.391 | PM |
| 10 | Kaylen Frederick | Hitech GP | + 0.471 | AM |
| 11 | Paul Aron | PREMA | + 0.489 | PM |
| 12 | Reece Ushijima | VAR | + 0.521 | AM |
| 13 | Juan Manuel Correa | ART GP | + 0.631 | AM |
| 14 | Johnathan Hoggard | Hitech GP | + 0.636 | AM |
| 15 | Oliver Rasmussen | ART GP | + 0.660 | AM |
| 16 | Jonny Edgar | Trident | + 0.731 | AM |
| 17 | Josep Maria Marti | Campos | + 0.838 | AM |
| 18 | Tijmen Van Der Helm | MP Motorsport | + 0.867 | AM |
| 19 | Filip Ugran | Charouz | + 0.905 | AM |
| 20 | Isack Hadjar | Hitech GP | + 1.009 | AM |
| 21 | Rafael Villagomez | VAR | + 1.129 | AM |
| 22 | Enzo Trulli | Jenzer | + 1.188 | AM |
| 23 | William Alatalo | Jenzer | + 1.223 | AM |
| 24 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | + 1.324 | AM |
| 25 | Laszlo Toth | Charouz | + 1.328 | AM |
| 26 | Hunter Yeany | Campos | + 1.347 | AM |
| 27 | Nazim Azman | Jenzer | + 1.405 | AM |
| 28 | Zak O’Sullivan | Carlin | + 1.424 | AM |
| 29 | Ido Cohen | Carlin | + 1.574 | AM |
| 30 | Nicola Marinangeli | Charouz | + 1.856 | AM |
Day Three
The final day of testing saw seven changes as Victor Martins returned to ART GP as he replaced Juan Manuel Correa.
VAR had a double driver change as Aleksandr Smolyar and Filip Ugran replaced Rafael Villagomez and Reece Ushijima, with the latter instead driving for Campos as Villagomez sat the day out.
Brad Benavides returned to Carlin in place of Ido Cohen who switched to Jenzer in place of Nazim Azman, who filled Ugran’s seat at Charouz.
Once the morning session began, everyone quickly headed out with MP Motorsport’s Collet and Colapinto setting the initial pace, until Smolyar caused a red flag after stopping out on track.
When the session resumed, Saucy proceeded to set the fastest time of the day with a 1m 21.300 as Collet ultimately settled for the second quickest time ahead of; Doohan, Stanek and Colapinto who round out the top five.
PREMA’s Oliver Bearman and Campos’ Josep Maria Marti however caused further red flags before everyone shifted focus to data gathering throughout the rest of the morning, which was followed by long run race simulations with Doohan setting the fastest afternoon time.
There however were one last red flag after the lunch break to bring the 2021 running in F3 to a close as Carlin’s Brad Benavides grinded to a stop out on track.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Session |
| 1 | Gregoire Saucy | ART GP | 1m 21.300 | AM |
| 2 | Caio Collet | MP Motorsport | + 0.092 | AM |
| 3 | Jack Doohan | VAR | + 0.101 | AM |
| 4 | Roman Stanek | Trident | + 0.122 | AM |
| 5 | Franco Colapinto | MP Motorsport | + 0.234 | AM |
| 6 | Zane Maloney | Trident | + 0.297 | AM |
| 7 | Kaylen Frederick | Hitech GP | + 0.329 | AM |
| 8 | Jak Crawford | PREMA | + 0.467 | AM |
| 9 | Paul Aron | PREMA | + 0.535 | AM |
| 10 | Victor Martins | ART GP | + 0.573 | AM |
| 11 | Reece Ushijima | Campos | + 0.577 | AM |
| 12 | Jonny Edgar | Trident | + 0.695 | AM |
| 13 | Johnathan Hoggard | Hitech GP | + 0.700 | AM |
| 14 | Oliver Rasmussen | ART GP | + 0.711 | AM |
| 15 | Oliver Bearman | PREMA | + 0.724 | AM |
| 16 | Tijmen Van Der Helm | MP Motorsport | + 0.728 | AM |
| 17 | Isack Hadjar | Hitech GP | + 0.745 | AM |
| 18 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | + 0.802 | AM |
| 19 | Josep Maria Marti | Campos | + 0.981 | AM |
| 20 | Ido Cohen | Jenzer | + 1.127 | AM |
| 21 | Enzo Trulli | Jenzer | + 1.143 | AM |
| 22 | William Alatalo | Jenzer | + 1.170 | AM |
| 23 | Alexander Smolyar | VAR | + 1.191 | AM |
| 24 | Hunter Yeany | Campos | + 1.242 | AM |
| 25 | Filip Ugran | VAR | + 1.386 | AM |
| 26 | Zak O’Sullivan | Carlin | + 1.410 | AM |
| 27 | Nazim Azman | Charouz | + 1.570 | AM |
| 28 | Laszlo Toth | Charouz | + 1.804 | AM |
| 29 | Brad Benavides | Carlin | + 2.020 | PM |
| 30 | Nicola Marinangeli | Charouz | + 2.393 | AM |
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