Tag: Clement Novalak

Jerez, 13 May 2021: Clément Novalak put Trident at the top of the timesheet for the second day in a row at Jerez, finishing as the fastest man overall in the final test before the end of the season.

Beating out ART Grand Prix’s Frederik Vesti and Charouz Racing System’s Enzo Fittipaldi, Novalak broke the Formula 3 track record in Jerez, setting 1:28.677.

MORNING

The sun was shining on the final morning of pre-season testing, providing ideal conditions for a Qualifying simulation around the Circuito de Jerez. Carrying over their form from Day 1, Trident took their now customary place at the top of the order, with Novalak leading teammate Jack Doohan.

Lapping at 1:28.677, Novalak was the first driver to post a sub-1m 29s time in Jerez, breaking the previous F3 track record of 1:29.041, which had been set in cooler conditions by Doohan at the post-season test in October last year.

Novalak retained his place at the top of the order, but Doohan began to drop down, falling to fourth by the end of the morning. Vesti was the first to overtake him, with the Mercedes prodigy breaking the 1m 28s barrier as well, running 0.258s off Novalak.

Also splitting the Trident duo was Fittipaldi, whose tour of 1:29.060 proved enough for P3. MP Motorsport and Alpine Academy duo Victor Martins and Caio Collet took fifth and sixth ahead of Hitech Grand Prix’s Red Bull junior Jak Crawford.

ART duo Alex Smolyar and Juan Manuel Correa took eight and ninth, while Carlin Buzz racer Jonny Edgar completed the top 10.

AFTERNOON

The majority of the field were focused on race runs and data gathering as they headed out for the final afternoon of testing before the end of the season. Hitech’s Ayumu Iwasa leapt to the top of the leaderboard within the opening half an hour.

Setting 1:29.884 in the opening stages, the Hitech racer remained on top for the duration and was the only driver to break the 1m 30s barrier in the afternoon.

Clambering into second and third was PREMA duo Dennis Hauger and Olli Caldwell, who were 0.179s and 0.335s off the leading pace.

Iwasa’s Hitech teammates Crawford and Stanek completed the top five ahead of Edgar and Calan Williams.

Lorenzo Colombo made the top 10 for the first time in Jerez, beating out the quickest man from Day 1, Doohan. The final PREMA of Arthur Leclerc completed the top 10, ahead of Pierre-Louis Chovet, who ran an impressive 56 laps in the final stint.

The field will now depart Spain with just over a month to work on the cars before the second round of the season at Le Castellet, on June 25-27.

2021 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP – JEREZ TEST, DAY 2, MORNING SESSION

	DRIVER	TEAM	LAPTIME	LAPS
1	Clément Novalak	Trident	1:28.677	29
2	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	1:28.935	35
3	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	1:29.060	25
4	Jack Doohan	Trident	1:29.061	35
5	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	1:29.144	44
6	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	1:29.193	46
7	Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	1:29.196	39
8	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	1:29.207	30
9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	1:29.215	29
10	Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing	1:29.219	35
11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	1:29.223	35
12	David Schumacher	Trident	1:29.258	28
13	Matteo Nannini	HWA RACELAB	1:29.333	43
14	Roman Stanek	Hitech Grand Prix	1:29.339	38
15	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	1:29.392	17
16	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	1:29.542	35
17	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	1:29.586	36
18	Pierre Louis Chovet	Jenzer Motorsport	1:29.619	25
19	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA RACELAB	1:29.658	43
20	Rafael Villagomez	HWA RACELAB	1:29.662	42
21	Ido Choen	Charouz Racing System	1:29.697	33
22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	1:29.743	32
23	Reshad de Gerus	Charouz Racing System	1:29.959	23
24	Dennis Hauger	PREMA Racing	1:30.226	31
25	Olli Caldwell	PREMA Racing	1:30.273	31
26	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	1:30.404	31
27	Arthur Leclerc	PREMA Racing	1:30.594	31
28	Tijmen Van der Helm	MP Motorsport	1:30.629	46
29	László Tóth	Campos Racing	1:31.144	15

2021 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP – JEREZ TEST, DAY 2, AFTERNOON SESSION

DRIVER	TEAM	LAPTIME	LAPS
Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	1:29.884	35
Dennis Hauger	PREMA Racing	1:30.063	39
Olli Caldwell	PREMA Racing	1:30.218	36
Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	1:30.265	38
Roman Stanek	Hitech Grand Prix	1:30.520	29
Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing	1:30.632	32
Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	1:30.724	22
Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	1:30.920	35
Jack Doohan	Trident	1:30.947	33
Arthur Leclerc	PREMA Racing	1:30.974	38
Pierre Louis Chovet	Jenzer Motorsport	1:31.220	56
Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	1:31.280	34
Oliver Rasmussen	HWA RACELAB	1:31.325	37
Matteo Nannini	HWA RACELAB	1:31.391	37
Ido Cohen	Carlin Buzz Racing	1:31.438	34
Rafael Villagomez	HWA RACELAB	1:31.663	36
Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	1:31.736	33
Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	1:31.822	53
László Tóth	Campos Racing	1:31.978	23
Clément Novalak	Trident	1:32.545	51
Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	1:32.625	49
Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	1:32.674	47
David Schumacher	Trident	1:32.759	25
Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	1:32.868	50
Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	1:32.965	51
Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	1:33.002	48
Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	1:33.055	48
Reshad de Gerus	Charouz Racing System	1:33.308	47
Tijmen Van der Helm	MP Motorsport	1:33.462	47