Louis Sharp quick in FIA F3 testing

Mari Boya continued Campos Racing’s strong form at the FIA F3 Championship Sakhir in-season test at the Bahrain International Circuit, by ending Day 2 of running with the fastest time, leaving it late in the afternoon session to complete a 1:48.640.  The Spaniard was 0.282s clear of Kiwi Louis Sharp in second, the Rodin Motorsport driver showing good pace having also ended with the quickest time in the morning segment.

“I am feeling really confident and feeling good with the team,” said Sharp.  “We’ve worked really hard over the winter and these first few times with the car, and we are both confident with the package we’ve got.”

MORNING

Day 2 was off to a quick start with the fastest time changing hands several times early on, but it was eventually Van Amersfoort Racing’s Santiago Ramos that set the pace on a 1:48.843.

Ramos’ time was over two-and-a-half tenths clear of second-placed James Wharton, but with 20 minutes gone, Campos Racing’s Mari Boya eclipsed the Mexican’s time by 0.107s to go to P1.

As the hour mark approached, Rodin Motorsport’s Louis Sharp rocketed to the top of the timesheets, beating Boya’s lap by just 0.330s, thanks to his 1:48.703.

AFTERNOON

Hitech TGR made their move up the leaderboard in the final hour of the day. Gerrard Xie led the way with a 1:49.416, just 0.017s quicker than Martinius Stenshorne, as Joshua Dufek rounded out the top three.

But there were more changes to come at the top as the day entered into its final 10 minutes. Wharton and Sharp took turns in P1, before Boya put Campos Racing on top with a 1:48.640.

Several drivers were able to improve their times later on, but Boya remained untouched, sealing P1 by 0.282s to Sharp, with Wharton in third for ART.

“Overall, a really good day,” Sharp said. “The team did a really good job, and the car was feeling very strong. It’s my first time in Bahrain, obviously we tested yesterday, so I got a little bit of an understanding.

“Yesterday was pretty tricky with traffic on the new tyres, so I think we had quite a lot of unshown pace. So, to go out today and actually put it together, we really maximised all our new tyre runs. It showed up in the lap time, and the feeling in the car was definitely very good.”

“Obviously, the nature of F3, you don’t get a lot of mileage, not a lot of testing opportunities, but I am really enjoying it. The car is really cool, obviously it’s a new car, but I had a little bit of experience in the old car.”

The drivers will get one final day of in-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit tomorrow, starting at 09:30 local time.

2025 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP – SAKHIR IN-SEASON TEST, DAY 2, MORNING SESSION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Louis Sharp	NZL	Rodin Motorsport	1:48.703	28
2	Tuukka Taponen	FIN	ART Grand Prix	1:48.727	35
3	Mari Boya	ESP	Campos Racing	1:48.736	35
4	Santiago Ramos	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:48.843	35
5	Christian Ho	SGP	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:48.849	26
6	Callum Voisin	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:48.890	29
7	Rafael Câmara	BRA	TRIDENT	1:48.957	20
8	James Wharton	AUS	ART Grand Prix	1:49.027	35
9	Freddie Slater	GBR	AIX Racing	1:49.290	30
10	Roman Bilinski	POL	Rodin Motorsport	1:49.296	27
11	Javier Sagrera	ESP	AIX Racing	1:49.317	29
12	Nikola Tsolov	BGR	Campos Racing	1:49.347	33
13	Ivan Domingues	PRT	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:49.376	38
14	Noah Stromsted	DNK	TRIDENT	1:49.388	17
15	Laurens van Hoepen	NLD	ART Grand Prix	1:49.431	35
16	Théophile Nael	FRA	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:49.448	134
17	Charlie Wurz	AUT	TRIDENT	1:49.564	19
18	Matías Zagazeta	PER	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:49.571	13
19	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	Campos Racing	1:49.773	25
20	Nicola Lacorte	ITA	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:49.789	21
21	Noel León	MEX	PREMA Racing	1:49.817	30
22	Brando Badoer	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:49.833	30
23	Nicola Marinangeli	ITA	AIX Racing	1:50.188.	30
24	Ugo Ugochukwu	USA	PREMA Racing	1:50.228	28
25	Alessandro Giusti	FRA	MP Motorsport	1:51.088	34
26	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Hitech TGR	1:51.848	36
27	Tim Tramnitz	DEU	MP Motorsport	1:51.952	40
28	Bruno del Pino	ESP	MP Motorsport	1:51.986	40
29	Joshua Dufek	AUT	Hitech TGR	1:52.311	20
30	Gerrard Xie	CHN	Hitech TGR	1:52.334	32

2025 FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP – SAKHIR IN-SEASON TEST, DAY 2, AFTERNOON SESSION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Mari Boya	ESP	Campos Racing	1:48.640	33
2	Louis Sharp	NZL	Rodin Motorsport	1:48.922	33
3	James Wharton	AUS	ART Grand Prix	1:48.962	32
4	Freddie Slater	GBR	AIX Racing	1:49.147	31
5	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	Campos Racing	1:49.179	27
6	Tuukka Taponen	FIN	ART Grand Prix	1:49.280	34
7	Nicola Lacorte	ITA	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:49.306	32
8	Nikola Tsolov	BGR	Campos Racing	1:49.414	33
9	Gerrard Xie	CHN	Hitech TGR	1:49.416	25
10	Christian Ho	SGP	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:49.417	16
11	Théophile Nael	FRA	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:49.421	23
12	Brando Badoer	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:49.430	31
13	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Hitech TGR	1:49.433	25
14	Laurens van Hoepen	NLD	ART Grand Prix	1:49.433	34
15	Matías Zagazeta	PER	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:49.474	33
16	Callum Voisin	GBR	Rodin Motorsport	1:49.488	33
17	Santiago Ramos	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:49.515	24
18	Ugo Ugochukwu	USA	PREMA Racing	1:49.521	29
19	Ivan Domingues	PRT	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:49.624	33
20	Alessandro Giusti	FRA	MP Motorsport	1:49.704	30
21	Nicola Marinangeli	ITA	AIX Racing	1:49.708	31
22	Joshua Dufek	AUT	Hitech TGR	1:49.728	28
23	Tim Tramnitz	DEU	MP Motorsport	1:49.827	27
24	Roman Bilinski	POL	Rodin Motorsport	1:49.878	32
25	Noel León	MEX	PREMA Racing	1:49.889	28
26	Javier Sagrera	ESP	AIX Racing	1:50.032	29
27	Charlie Wurz	AUT	TRIDENT	1:50.106	41
28	Bruno del Pino	ESP	MP Motorsport	1:50.326	32
29	Rafael Câmara	BRA	TRIDENT	1:51.236	43
30	Noah Stromsted	DNK	TRIDENT	1:51.520	40