Felix Rosenqvist topped final free practice on the second day of Macau Grand Prix action with the quickest time of the weekend to date.

The Swede had just had two new tyres fitted to his Mucke Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes when he moved to the top of the order, only to crash on the next lap at Maternity and cause the only red flag of the session with nine minutes remaining.

Rosenqvist explained that he had found great grip through the opening right-handers on to the mountain section, only to be caught out when the left-hander at Maternity proved more slippery than expected.

Jordan King was second fastest, the Briton looking very fast on the mountain part of the course as he placed his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen quickest of those who remained on old Yokohamas.

Formula 3 European champion Esteban Ocon began to look like a force as he went third fastest in the leading Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes, while Max Verstappen unleashed a lap to go fourth at the very end of the session in his Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara-VW.

Lucas Auer and Antonio Giovinazzi kept towards the sharp end of the field, taking fifth and sixth respectively in their Mucke and Carlin cars, while Nicholas Latifi, Stefano Coletti, Nick Cassidy and Roberto Merhi completed the top 10.

Tom Blomqvist, the overnight polesitter, was 11th fastest, having spent much of the session focusing on race set-up.

Numerous other drivers suffered incidents, including Antonio Fuoco, who hit the barriers at Fishermen’s Bend after just two laps.

Briton Sam MacLeod also pitted with damage after contact with the wall on the mountain.

Marcus Simmons – Autosport.com

Resultats:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 20 Felix ROSENQVIST SWE Kashbet.com by Mücke Motorsport 9 2:17,743
2 17 Jordan KING GBR GR Asia with Carlin 16 2:18,035 + 0,292
3 1 Esteban OCON FRA SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 15 2:18,200 + 0,457
4 5 Max VERSTAPPEN NLD Van Amersfoort Racing 16 2:18,243 + 0,500
5 19 Lucas AUER AUT Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 12 2:18,275 + 0,532
6 15 Antonio GIOVINAZZI ITA Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 13 2:18,281 + 0,538
7 3 Nicholas LATIFI CAN SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 14 2:18,596 + 0,853
8 29 Stefano COLETTI MCO EuroInternational 10 2:18,709 + 0,966
9 27 Nick CASSIDY NZL Three Bond with T-Sport 13 2:18,797 + 1,054
10 28 Roberto MERHI ESP W66.com Double R Racing 14 2:18,813 + 1,070
11 14 Tom BLOMQVIST GBR Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 14 2:19,016 + 1,273
12 23 Félix SERRALLÉS PRI Team West-Tec F3 16 2:19,192 + 1,449
13 31 Will BULLER GBR Signature 14 2:19,285 + 1,542
14 16 Sean GELAEL IDN Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 15 2:19,462 + 1,719
15 11 Alex PALOU ESP Fortec Motorsports 15 2:19,697 + 1,954
16 22 Markus POMMER DEU Motopark 12 2:19,703 + 1,960
17 6 Gustavo MENEZES USA Van Amersfoort Racing 17 2:19,911 + 2,168
18 9 CAO Hongwei, Martin CHN Fortec Motorsports 16 2:20,169 + 2,426
19 21 Tatiana CALDERÓN COL JZR/ Mücke Motorsport 15 2:20,262 + 2,519
20 10 Santino FERRUCCI USA Fortec Motorsports 16 2:20,558 + 2,815
21 18 Yu KANAMARU JPN Carlin 16 2:20,840 + 3,097
22 7 Kenta YAMASHITA JPN Tom’s 14 2:21,180 + 3,437
23 26 Richard GODDARD AUS Three Bond with T-Sport 11 2:21,385 + 3,642
24 12 Mitsunori TAKABOSHI JPN B-Max Racing Team 11 2:22,169 + 4,426
25 8 Sam MACLEOD GBR Tom’s 9 2:22,746 + 5,003
26 30 Dan WELLS GBR Toda Racing 13 2:23,497 + 5,754
27 2 Antonio FUOCO ITA SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 2 2:24,218 + 6,475
28 25 CHANG Wing Chung MAC Team West-Tec F3 4 2:17,743 + 0,000

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