Italian F3 champion Mirko Bortolotti made an impressive debut in Form🌃ula One machinery after breaking the lap record at the Fiorano circuit.

Bortolotti, along with Edoardo Piscopo and Salvatore Cicatelli, joined Ferrari for a day of testing at its test circuit as a reward for th🐠eir performances during the Italian F3ℱ season - with the trio all getting a turn behind the wheel of the F2008.

The trio worked closely with Ferrari's race team techni🌌cians during the course of the test and Bortolotti produced a surprise ꦇas he posted a lap of 59.111secs to break the circuit record.

"This has been a unique experience," he s🐠aid. "This morning it was really tricky experiencing a Formula 1 car on a humid track. A dream came true for me. I felt at ease since the beginning because the car gives you coꦐnfidence. It is not comparable to any other car and the most difficult part was to get the most out of brakes.

"At the end of the day I obtained the record and, honestly, things couldn't go better,🉐 but I have t𝓰o say that I would have been happy anyway even if I hadn't scored it."

Piscopo and Cicatelli ended the day slightly slower on the timesheets, but Ferra🐲ri team boss Luca Bꦉaldisseri said he was impressed by the pace shown by all three.

"We are grate🐷ful to CSAI for creating a championship like Formula 3, that allowed us to have a test with these three boys," he said. "They have been amazing and they didn't commit any mist𒀰akes despite humid track conditions in the morning.

"We used the simul𓆉ator first and our tester Andrea Bertolini acted as their tutor, but the💧y learned very quickly. They all have great potential."