Al-Dhaheri Sets Fastest Times During Collective Testing at the Hungaroring

Rashid Al-Dhaheri set the fastest time in the FREC testing in the first session of the day at the Hungaroring. 

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The Emirati driver set an overall best time of 1:38.335 in the first of two sessions in the day with track temperatures at the Hungarian circuit exceeding 36℃. 

It was Macedo who took the second fastest time throughout the sessions.

In third we saw R-ace GP’s Emanuele Olivieri. Behind Olivieri was ART Grand Prix’s Mattéo Giaccardi and rounding up the top 5 was Reza Seewooruthun for Rodin Motorsport.

1. Rashid Al-Dhaheri, R-ace GP, 1:38.335 

2. Francisco Macedo, Van Amersfoort Racing, +0.085s

3. Emanuele Olivieri, R-ace GP, +0.085s

4. Mattéo Giaccardi, ART Grand Prix, +0.161s 

5. Reza Seewooruthun, Rodin Motorsport, +0.196s

6. Saqer Almaosherji, G4 Racing, +0.206s

7. Yuki Sano, R-ace GP, +0.260s

8. Kean Nakamura-Berta, Prema Racing, +0.283s

9. Sebastian Wheldon, MP Motorsport, +0.287s

10. Alex Ninovic, Rodin Motorsport, +0.320s

Over these sessions, the top-10 were covered by 0.320s by the end of the day and with two free practice sessions on Friday, who will end up at the top of the timesheet?

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