Formula 3 championship runner-up, Freddie Slater was the fastest driver in the only free practice session for the seventh round of the 2026 season. In the session held at the Hungaroring circuit in Hungary, the Trident driver recorded a time of 1min33s947 on his best lap, not being surpassed by his rivals.
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Second position went to Brando Badoer, a Rodin Motorsport driver who was surpassed by Slater by 0s135. Pedro Clerot, the Brazilian who is Badoer’s teammate, was third, followed by Jin Nakamura, fourth with Hitech. The list of the top five was completed by Theóphile Nael, fifth with Campos Racing.
Enzo Deligny, with a Van Amersfoort car, was the sixth fastest, ahead of Nicola Lacorte, seventh with DAMS. Ugo Ugochukwu, championship leader and Campos Racing driver, set the eighth fastest time of the session, with Mattia Colnaghi, from MP Motorsport, finishing ninth. Maciej Gladysz, from ART Grand Prix, was tenth. Fernando Barrichello, from AIX Racing, was 29th.
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From 10 am, qualifying will be held to determine the starting positions for the two races of the weekend. The Sprint is scheduled for 5:05 am on Saturday, while the main race starts at 3:40 am.
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