Daniel Abt was again the quickest driver on the second and final day of the GP3 post-season test at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.
After topping the timesheets in both sessions on Wednesday, the German Lotus ART driver moved ahead in the morning session, ending up 0.075 seconds ahead of Matias Laine of Marussia Manor.
Marlon Stockinger was third quickest, the Swiss-Filipino having switched from ART to Status Grand Prix for the second day. Italian Formula Abarth champion Patric Niederhauser was fourth for Jenzer Motorsport, narrowly ahead of Atech CRS's Tamas Pal Kiss.
2011 runner-up James Calado made his return to the category with ART after his race-winning GP2 debut in Abu Dhabi – and ended the morning in sixth place. Conor Daly was next up for Carlin, ahead of Maxim Zimin and Michael Heche of MW Arden and Jenzer respectively. Aaro Vainio completed the top ten in the third ART car.
The afternoon didn't see the drivers rivalling their times from the morning, but it was Daly who got closest when he took P1 in the closing stages of the day. His time was eight tenths away from Abt's morning benchmark. Laine continued his strong post-season form by setting the second fastest time again, 0.122s away from Daly.
Pal Kiss in third led two competitors from Formula Renault UK in 2010, with Stockinger fourth and Will Stevens fifth for Arden. It was another FRUK graduate Tio Ellinas who completed the top six for Manor, ahead of Gabby Chaves of Status and Zimin. Fabio Gamberini (Arden) and Niederhauser rounded out the top ten.
The final GP3 action of 2011 will come at Jerez on Thursday and Friday of next week.
Morning times:
Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Abt,Daniel | GER | Lotus ART | 1:26,147 | 30 | |
2 | Laine,Matias | FIN | Marussia Manor | 1:26,222 | 0,075 | 35 |
3 | Stockinger,Marlon | PHI | Status G.P. | 1:26,407 | 0,260 | 33 |
4 | Niederhauser,Patric | SUI | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:26,448 | 0,301 | 32 |
5 | Pal Kiss,Tamas | HUN | Atech CRS GP | 1:26,453 | 0,306 | 34 |
6 | Calado,James | GBR | Lotus ART | 1:26,564 | 0,417 | 25 |
7 | Daly,Conor | USA | Carlin | 1:26,677 | 0,530 | 35 |
8 | Zimin,Maxim | RUS | MW Arden | 1:26,745 | 0,598 | 29 |
9 | Heche,Michael | SUI | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:26,815 | 0,668 | 35 |
10 | Vainio,Aaro | FIN | Lotus ART | 1:26,820 | 0,673 | 39 |
11 | Visoiu,Robert | ROM | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:26,845 | 0,698 | 36 |
12 | Ellinas,Tio | CYP | Marussia Manor | 1:26,867 | 0,720 | 28 |
13 | Chaves,Gabby | COL | Status G.P. | 1:26,891 | 0,744 | 34 |
14 | Stevens,Will | GBR | MW Arden | 1:26,905 | 0,758 | 29 |
15 | Blomqvist,Tom | GBR | Carlin | 1:27,212 | 1,065 | 34 |
16 | Camplese,Lorenzo | ITA | Tech1 Racing | 1:27,504 | 1,357 | 37 |
17 | Gamberini,Fabio | BRA | MW Arden | 1:27,699 | 1,552 | 32 |
18 | Fontana,Alex | SUI | Tech1 Racing | 1:27,796 | 1,649 | 34 |
19 | Wehrlein,Pascal | GER | RSC Mucke MS | 1:28,038 | 1,891 | 34 |
20 | Suranovich,Dmitry | RUS | Addax Team | 1:28,393 | 2,246 | 38 |
21 | Ringel,Ethan | USA | Atech CRS GP | 1:28,669 | 2,522 | 32 |
22 | Toledano,Picho | MEX | Tech1 Racing | 1:29,171 | 3,024 | 43 |
23 | Cerruti,Michela | ITA | Addax Team | 1:29,698 | 3,551 | 34 |
24 | Sakurai,Kotaro | JPN | Status G.P. | 1:29,721 | 3,574 | 13 |
25 | Grigorenko,Yuri | RUS | Marussia Manor | 1:29,798 | 3,651 | 32 |
26 | Sekiguchi,Yuhi | JPN | RSC Mucke MS | 1:29,943 | 3,796 | 3 |
Afternoon times:
Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Daly,Conor | USA | Carlin | 1:26,949 | 33 | |
2 | Laine,Matias | FIN | Marussia Manor | 1:27,071 | 0,122 | 27 |
3 | Pal Kiss,Tamas | HUN | Atech CRS GP | 1:27,218 | 0,269 | 15 |
4 | Stockinger,Marlon | PHI | Status G.P. | 1:27,224 | 0,275 | 26 |
5 | Stevens,Will | GBR | MW Arden | 1:27,287 | 0,338 | 35 |
6 | Ellinas,Tio | CYP | Marussia Manor | 1:27,295 | 0,346 | 38 |
7 | Chaves,Gabby | COL | Status G.P. | 1:27,348 | 0,399 | 37 |
8 | Zimin,Maxim | RUS | MW Arden | 1:27,402 | 0,453 | 25 |
9 | Gamberini,Fabio | BRA | MW Arden | 1:27,649 | 0,700 | 26 |
10 | Niederhauser,Patric | SUI | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:27,760 | 0,811 | 24 |
11 | Blomqvist,Tom | GBR | Carlin | 1:27,803 | 0,854 | 28 |
12 | Visoiu,Robert | ROM | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:27,849 | 0,900 | 27 |
13 | Abt,Daniel | GER | Lotus ART | 1:28,005 | 1,056 | 31 |
14 | Heche,Michael | SUI | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:28,057 | 1,108 | 25 |
15 | Calado,James | GBR | Lotus ART | 1:28,094 | 1,145 | 31 |
16 | Fontana,Alex | SUI | Tech1 Racing | 1:28,329 | 1,380 | 27 |
17 | Camplese,Lorenzo | ITA | Tech1 Racing | 1:28,427 | 1,478 | 18 |
18 | Grigorenko,Yuri | RUS | Marussia Manor | 1:28,443 | 1,494 | 26 |
19 | Sakurai,Kotaro | JPN | Status G.P. | 1:28,533 | 1,584 | 37 |
20 | Vainio,Aaro | FIN | Lotus ART | 1:28,674 | 1,725 | 31 |
21 | Suranovich,Dmitry | RUS | Addax Team | 1:29,194 | 2,245 | 43 |
22 | Ringel,Ethan | USA | Atech CRS GP | 1:29,264 | 2,315 | 40 |
23 | Wehrlein,Pascal | GER | RSC Mucke MS | 1:29,267 | 2,318 | 27 |
24 | Toledano,Picho | MEX | Tech1 Racing | 1:29,449 | 2,500 | 43 |
25 | Cerruti,Michela | ITA | Addax Team | 1:29,967 | 3,018 | 21 |