The pilot of the Campos Racing Mari Boya – fresh from a contract with the team for the next F3 season – got the lap faster on the last day of test post-season on the Barcelona circuit. In the afternoon session it was instead Martinius Stenshorne to dictate the pace.
Mari Boya the fastest of the morning
A busy morning for the 30 drivers who took part in the final day of post-season F3 testing on Spanish soil. When the green light was turned on, all the cars took to the track to be able to make the most of every moment. He is the fastest driver in the first day of testing, Nikola Tsolov, to mark a first time in 1:28.313.
The Bulgarian was soon ousted from the top of the standings when the rookies Rafael Câmara and Noah Stromsted they crossed the finish line, placing first and second respectively. On the next flying lap, however, Tsolov gets the again first half, detaching by 0.136s from the Brazilian of Trident.
At the end of the first hour on the track Tsolov is eclipsed by his teammate Campos: Mary Boya stops the clock at 1:27.209. There were no further changes to the timetable, but the session was briefly interrupted by a Red flag after that Noel León has stopped with his Prema-branded single-seater at turn 13.
Post-season F3 testing concludes in Barcelona
In the final afternoon session of 2024, many teams focused on the long run with high fuel load. After pushing for a single lap, Stenshorne achieved the best time in 1:28.337. The Norwegian from the Hitech team thus took a one and a half second lead over Joshua Dufek.
I more engaged of all were the Prema team trio composed of Ugo Ugochukwu, Brando Badoer and Noel León. The three completed 58 laps in the afternoon session before the final checkered flag of the season was waved. The F3 say hello so 2024 and thecurrent generation of single-seaters which will be replaced starting next year.
Boya's enthusiasm at the end of the day
At the end of the day of testing, the Campos team rider Mary Boya he admitted to being very soddisfatto of the work done in these two days. "I'm very happy. We've done a lot of laps here in the past, but the track always changes considering the temperatures we had. But, we always managed to be in front, I'm really happy to have finished in P1 on the last day of this car and this era".
He then continued by saying: “I'm really satisfied with the team and now we're just waiting to find out a little more about the new car for next year." The Spaniard briefly told the program carried out in the two sessions: “In the morning, we tried to start at our best. We did several laps, each with fresh rubber. Then we had to do some tests to try and develop some things. This afternoon we did long run only, a completely opposite approach to the morning one".
