PRACTICE: Dunne quickest for Rodin Motorsport after Red Flag curtails Monza opener

Alexander Dunne topped the timing screens for Rodin Motorsport, with the Irishman in and around the top spots from the green light before eventually ending up P1 with a 1:31.957.

After a quiet start, Emerson Fittipaldi put the first time on the board with a 1:34.793 for AIX Racing.

As the clock ticked beneath half an hour to go, more times arrived and Noel León went fastest on a 1:32.715 for Campos Racing, 0.3s clear of Martinius Stenshorne of Rodin Motorsport.

Several drivers delivered an improvement on that session-topping time on their next efforts, with Dunne setting a 1:32.297 to go to P1.

Oliver Goethe was next to take over at the top. A 1:32.127 put the MP Motorsport driver fastest but only briefly as Dunne restored himself to the front with a 1:31.957.

With 17 minutes to go, the Red Flags were out after a crash for Colton Herta out of Turn 7. He was out of the car and OK, but the Hitech car needed clearing, with the American having caught the gravel on corner exit, sending him into the inside wall.

There was not enough time to get the session restarted before the clock hit zero, leaving Dunne as the fastest driver ahead of Goethe and Nico Varrone in the top three.

Nikola Tsolov was fourth ahead of Roman Bilinski, Joshua Duerksen, Stenshorne, León, Rafael Camara and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak in the top 10.

Qualifying gets underway at 14:55 local time on Friday.