F3 drivers impress the Scuderia on final day at Jerez
The final day of testing featuring young hopefuls at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, saw the top three finishers in the Italian Formula 3 Championship taking turns at the wheel of the F60, brought to the track by Scuderia Ferrari.
The first of the three to be Ferrari drivers for a day and to slide into the cockpit was Marco Zipoli from Genoa, who set the third best time with a 1.21.725, while the second best performance in this mini-classification came from Rome’s Daniel Zampieri, in 1.21.279. Quickest was the young Mexican, Pablo Sanchez Lopez, the last man to get behind the wheel of the car, with a time of 1.21.068, which was good enough for eleventh overall on the day.
Luca Baldisserri said, “The lads tackled the opportunity given them in a mature way, while this was a more difficult challenge than the one faced by those who drive at Fiorano last year. Here, there were other young drivers on track, all very keen to show their potential, while the track itself is more complicated. I believe that more of this type of event is the way to go for Formula 1.”
At the end of the session, the three drivers were bubbling with enthusiasm, just as were their three predecessors last year, when Ferrari, in collaboration with the ACI-CSAI created the opportunity for them to experience driving a car that had competed in the Formula 1 World Championship.
Source: Ferrari
