Holmqvist topped pre-season testing for the second day in a row - this time in the hands of Tumo Kinnumen - but the Finn was only just quicker than a scintillating lap from Olen Inman. Like Hoskins yesterday, Kinnumen was on the super softs for his table topping time, though his lap was around a tenth slower than the one set by his team mate. Meanwhile Inman lapped withing 40 thousandths of a second of the Finn in his first run in the JF-06, albeit on the mediums, sparking serious concerns in the paddock about the pace of the Franklin.
Allar Kangur was third quickest on the softs for DS Mathershaw, just over a tenth and a half clear of Klaas van Snelheid in the Downton on the same tyres - who stopped on track twice with suspected gearbox problems - while Jean Mattson was a further quarter of a second back in fifth on the supers for Ingram. Felix Beyer and AMR were sixth fastest but half a second shy of the next best time, while Jules Simon also surprised with a lap just 1.3 seconds off of the overall pace, yet on the medium tyres. He just shaded the hard tyre-shod Ryota Yoshida by six thousandths of a second, the Japanese rookie showing Ocelot really have some impressive pace. Sergio Alvarez was ninth quickest on the softs for Phoenix who continue their impressive pre-season form for a new team, while Karl Beckenbauer rounded out the top ten on hards for Westwood. Felix Perez finally got FIRST off the bottom of the time sheets with a 1:17.014 on the mediums, and was replaced by Viktor Ostberg for Lopez on the hard tyres. In between them was Gabriele Garcia on the supers who endured a nightmare of a day for North Star. He first had to wait four hours to get on track due to an engine problem and subsequent change, and when he eventually did, his suspension failed at high speed after just four flying laps and pitched him into the pit wall. It was the second of the three red flags and lasted for around half an hour as the mess was cleared up. See below for full times from day three of pre-season testing:
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