F3: Beckmann tops second day of test

By RACER Staff | June 30, 2016 8:01 PM ET

Teenager David Beckmann led the way on the second day of Formula 3 European championship testing at Hockenheim on Thursday.

The 16-year-old Mucke Motorsport driver set the day’s benchmark of 1m31.9s early in the morning session, with Callum Ilott his closest challenger 0.278s down.

Sergio Sette Camara, who will drive for Toro Rosso in the upcoming post-British Grand Prix Formula 1 test, was third, as every driver in the top 10 set his best time in the morning.

Camara reported that his car felt “strange,” suspecting that it could still be suffering from damage sustained in incidents at the previous Norisring round.

Mikkel Jensen and new BMW junior recruit Joel Eriksson completed the top five, while afternoon pacesetter Alessio Lorandi, the highest-placed runner to go quicker in the afternoon, ended the day 11th overall.

The 21 drivers in action were covered by less than one second, with Ralf Aron propping up the timesheets just 0.974s off the pace set by Beckmann.

MORNING TIMES

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Gap	Laps
1	David Beckmann	kfzteile Mucke Motorsport	Dallara/Mercedes	1m31.920s	45
2	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara/Mercedes	0.278s	40
3	Sergio Sette Camara	Motopark	Dallara/Volkswagen	0.283s	43
4	Mikkel Jensen	kfzteile Mucke Motorsport	Dallara/Mercedes	0.307s	36
5	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	Dallara/Volkswagen	0.361s	40
6	Weiron Tan	Carlin	Dallara/Volkswagen	0.375s	39
7	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Dallara/Mercedes	0.380s	39
8	George Russell	HitechGP	Dallara/Mercedes	0.381s	39
9	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara/Mercedes	0.419s	31
10	Harrison Newey	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara/Mercedes	0.455s	49
11	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara/Mercedes	0.556s	42
12	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	Dallara/Mercedes	0.569s	53
13	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	Dallara/Volkswagen	0.579s	22
14	William Buller	Carlin	Dallara/Volkswagen	0.610s	22
15	Nikita Mazepin	HitechGP	Dallara/Mercedes	0.650s	40
16	Guan Yu Zhou	Motopark	Dallara/Volkswagen	0.683s	27
17	Niko Kari	Motopark	Dallara/Volkswagen	0.699s	34
18	Ryan Tveter	Carlin	Dallara/Volkswagen	0.711s	51
19	Ben Barnicoat	HitechGP	Dallara/Mercedes	0.713s	40
20	Maximilian Gunther	Prema Powerteam	Dallara/Mercedes	0.879s	36
21	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	Dallara/Mercedes	1.102s	40

AFTERNOON TIMES

Pos	Driver	Gap	Laps
1	Alessio Lorandi	1m32.381s	47
2	Maximilian Gunther	0.032s	46
3	Callum Ilott	0.065s	27
4	Nick Cassidy	0.120s	48
5	Anthoine Hubert	0.204s	27
6	Lance Stroll	0.257s	43
7	David Beckmann	0.268s	37
8	Joel Eriksson	0.299s	21
9	Pedro Piquet	0.299s	41
10	Niko Kari	0.303s	43
11	Weiron Tan	0.306s	45
12	Harrison Newey	0.336s	44
13	Sergio Sette Camara	0.370s	29
14	Mikkel Jensen	0.415s	34
15	George Russell	0.436s	25
16	Ryan Tveter	0.478s	43
17	Ralf Aron	0.513s	34
18	Guan Yu Zhou	0.674s	42
19	Nikita Mazepin	0.692s	24
20	Ben Barnicoat	0.750s	28