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Formula 3 European Championship refugee Arjun Maini looks set to join the GP3 grid, possibly as early as next weekend's round at Silverstone.

The Indian teenager called time on his F3 programme with T-Sport after making disappointing progress over the opening four rounds of the 2016 campaign.

Maini is present this weekend at the Red Bull Ring with Jenzer Motorsport, which is running Oscar Tunjo, Richard Gonda and Akash Nandy.

Although Jenzer has a fourth GP3 entry, Autosport understands that Maini could replace one of these drivers.

Team principal Andreas Jenzer told Autosport: "We are looking at doing something.

"We will probably know after this weekend what is going to happen."

LECLERC TOPS FREE PRACTICE

Ferrari Formula 1 protege Charles Leclerc topped GP3 free practice at the Red Bull Ring as the ART Grand Prix team moved to the fore late in the session.

Leclerc, who begins his Friday F1 practice duties with Haas at Silverstone next weekend, headed team-mate Nyck de Vries by 0.041 seconds, with Campos Racing's Steijn Schothorst third.

The session was red-flagged after Giuliano Alesi escaped from a heavy impact with the Turn 1 barriers - the Trident driver emerged from his car unaided but it is understood he needs a medical check-up to get the all-clear for qualifying and racing.

PRACTICE RESULTS:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1m20.030s - 21 2 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1m20.071s 0.041s 20 3 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1m20.184s 0.154s 23 4 Oscar Tunjo Jenzer Motorsport 1m20.307s 0.277s 23 5 Richard Gonda Jenzer Motorsport 1m20.308s 0.278s 23 6 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1m20.339s 0.309s 22 7 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1m20.399s 0.369s 22 8 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1m20.416s 0.386s 22 9 Alex Palou Campos Racing 1m20.445s 0.415s 21 10 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1m20.448s 0.418s 21 11 Konstantin Tereschenko Campos Racing 1m20.541s 0.511s 23 12 Jake Dennis Arden International 1m20.549s 0.519s 23 13 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1m20.561s 0.531s 22 14 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1m20.572s 0.542s 21 15 Jack Aitken Arden International 1m20.591s 0.561s 25 16 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1m20.605s 0.575s 21 17 Artur Janosz Trident 1m20.677s 0.647s 21 18 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1m20.713s 0.683s 21 19 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1m20.805s 0.775s 8 20 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1m21.006s 0.976s 21 21 Kevin Jorg DAMS 1m21.011s 0.981s 22 22 Jake Hughes DAMS 1m21.013s 0.983s 21 23 Tatiana Calderon Arden International 1m21.393s 1.363s 19