Charles Leclerc continued his leading streak in the pre-season tests by topping both sessions at Silverstone today, ahead of the Carlin trio of Giovinazzi, Russell and Ilott.
Times for all of the top 10 were split by no more than 1.5 seconds, with 0.5 seconds separating Leclerc and Giovinazzi. With a dry and relatively warm track, this year’s rookies were just as quick as those continuing/returning to the series, backing up the speed with the mileage as race 1 edges ever closer.
Felix Rosenqvist posted the fifth fasted time of the day for reigning team champions Prema Powerteam, 0.03 seconds ahead of South African rookie Raoul Hyman. Next followed Germans Pommer and Kirchhöfer, Michele Beretta, all within 0.04 seconds of each other. Ferrari junior Lance Stroll was the final driver under 1:52:000.
| Pos. | No | Driver | Laps | Gap |
| 1 | 7 | Charles Leclerc / MON Van Amersfoort Racing |
51 | 1:50.574 |
| 2 | 3 | Antonio Giovinazzi / ITA Jagonya Ayam with Carlin |
32 | 1:51.041 |
| 3 | 10 | George Russell / GBR Carlin |
37 | 1:51.054 |
| 4 | 30 | Callum Ilott / GBR Carlin |
43 | 1:51.439 |
| 5 | 1 | Felix Rosenqvist / SWE Prema Powerteam |
38 | 1:51.634 |
| 6 | 38 | Raoul Hyman / ZAF Team West-Tec F3 |
28 | 1:51.667 |
| 7 | 34 | Markus Pommer / GER Motopark |
37 | 1:51.860 |
| 8 | 16 | Marvin Kirchhöfer / GER Eurointernational |
55 | 1:51.893 |
| 9 | 6 | Michele Beretta / ITA kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport |
43 | 1:51.898 |
| 10 | 25 | Lance Stroll / CAN Prema Powerteam |
38 | 1:51.953 |
Results from tests in both Valencia and Silverstone show that, once more, we’re in for a season of closely fought, passionate racing, with numerous drivers seemingly in the title fight.
The 2015 FIA F3 European Championship kicks off properly this Friday (10th April) at Silverstone with free practice and qualifying, with the first race of the year taking place at 10:20 GMT on Saturday 11th April.
