Mari Boya got his weekend off to the best possible start by topping a rescheduled Free Practice session at Spa with a 2:06.111.
The Campos Racing driver was immediately out front on his first attempt as everyone looked to make the most of the shortened 30-minute session.
Boya set the early pace on a 2:06.111, 0.4s ahead of teammate Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak in an early 1-2 for the Spanish outfit.
Ugo Ugochukwu disrupted that on his second attempt, moving up to second, 0.3s down on the best effort, but there were plenty more improving behind him.
Martinius Stenshorne went second soon after and to within 0.121s of Boya’s earlier effort, while MP Motorsport’s Bruno del Pino moved himself up to third just over a tenth adrift of the Spaniard.
After a brief spell in the pit lane, the track got busy once again inside the final 10 minutes.
There were several personal bests logged but nobody could dislodge Boya from the P1 spot.
Stenshorne and del Pino finished second and third ahead of Ugochukwu, with Inthraphuvasak completing the top five.
Théophile Nael was sixth for Van Amersfoort Racing ahead of AIX Racing driver Brad Benavides and Campos’ Nikola Tsolov.
Roman Bilinski was ninth for Rodin Motorsport while Noah Stromsted completed the top 10 in the #4 TRIDENT.
The rescheduled Formula 3 Qualifying session is set to get underway at 19:10 local time around Spa-Francorchamps.