Fairclough Sets Fastest Times On Opening Day of Testing at the Hungaroring

Deagan Fairclough set the fastest time in GB3 testing in the first session of the day at the Hungaroring, lapping over a second faster than the rest of the grid.

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The Brit set an overall best time of 1:36.244 in the first of three sessions in the day with track temperatures at the Hungarian circuit exceeding 36℃. 

It was home hero Molnár who took the fastest time in the second session but the combined classification saw him finishing with the third fastest time.

This meant that current championship leader - Nikita Bedrin set the second fastest lap time. Behind Molnár was Elite Motorsports’ Kyuho Lee and rounding up the top 5 was Dante Vinci for Hillspeed.

1. Deagan Fairclough, Hitech, 1:36.244s

2. Nikita Bedrin, VRD Racing, +0.418s

3. Martin Molnár, Rodin Motorsport, +0.534s

4. Kyuho Lee, Elite Motorsport, +0.720s

5. Dante Vinci, Hillspeed, +0.779s

6. Jacob Micallef, Hitech, +0.971s

7. Peter Bouzinelos, Hillspeed, +1.027s

8. Aurelia Nobels, Hillspeed, +1.202s

9. Abbi Pulling, Rodin Motorsport, +1.205s

10. Lucas Fluxa, Xcel Motorsport, +1.211s

Over these sessions, the top-10 were covered by 1.211s by the end of the day and with three free practice sessions on Friday, who will end up at the top of the timesheet?

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