Carlin's Jean-Eric Vergne was today once again the quickest of the Cooper Tires British Formula 3 testers, the Frenchman one of a handful of drivers to sneak beneath the unofficial lap record at Oulton Park. The Cheshire circuit - venue for the championship's opening rounds at Easter (3-5 April) - provided a chilly but ever-quickening venue for the 21 drivers taking part today, with Vergne setting the best time of the day which, at 1m 27.444s, was 1.4s better than Max Chilton's 2008 pole position time. Jean-Eric was quickest last week also in the Rockingham official tests.

Raikkonen Robertson Racing's Carlos Huertas was on top in the morning session, and the Colombian improved his pace after lunch to 1m 27.797s to run Vergne closest. Brazilian Adriano Buzaid was third fastest overall. Knutsford's Oli Webb wound up fifth fastest on his home circuit, just behind the quickest of the Brits, Carlin's James Calado.

In the keenly fought National class, Menasheh Idafar was again the pace-setter; the London-based driver lapped in 1m 28.776s, a second quicker than his T-Sport team-mate James Cole, and was an impressive 10th fastest overall on the day.

Silverstone is the next venue for official pre-season F3 testing, with a day-and-half scheduled at the Northamptonshire circuit for 23/24 March. http://www.girlracer.co.uk

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