Daniel Abt - Photo Credit: GP3 Media Service
Daniel Abt returned to the top of the timesheets on the final day of GP3 testing for 2011 at Jerez.
The German, who had dominated proceedings last week at Valencia, secured the top spot in the morning for Lotus ART, prior to the session being hit by rain with an hour to go.
He ended up 0.055 seconds ahead of Marussia Manor's Matias Laine, with David Fumanelli in third for MW Arden – the Italian continuing to impress after his GP3 debut run yesterday.
Marlon Stockinger was fourth for Status, ahead of Arden's Maxim Zimin and Thursday's pacesetter Tio Ellinas of Manor. Michael Christensen was seventh for Mucke, followed by Nigel Melker with newcomers Trident, Ferrari protégé Brandon Maisano driving for Arden and Tom Blomqvist with Status.
The rain had stopped by the time the afternoon session began, though the track would never quite dry enough for times to start rivalling those from the morning. Laine would conclude post-season testing with top spot, a fitting reward after showing considerable upturn in pace over the three Spanish tests.
He was 3.7 tenths clear of Romanian rookie Robert Visoiu of Jenzer Motorsport, with the returning Melker close behind in third. Patric Niederhauser was fourth for Jenzer just ahead of Fumanelli, while Michael Heche made it all three Jenzer drivers/Formula Abarth graduates in the top six for the final session.
European F3 Open champion Alex Fontana took seventh, ahead of the Blomqvist, Christensen and Gabby Chaves.
Morning times:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Laps | Best Time | Gap |
| 1 | Daniel Abt | Lotus ART | 32 | 1:33.885 | —- |
| 2 | Matias Laine | Marussia Manor Racing | 21 | 1:33.940 | 0.055 |
| 3 | David Fumanelli | MW Arden | 29 | 1:34.156 | 0.271 |
| 4 | Marlon Stockinger | Status Grand Prix | 18 | 1:34.280 | 0.395 |
| 5 | Maxim Zimin | MW Arden | 30 | 1:34.353 | 0.468 |
| 6 | Tio Ellinas | Marussia Manor Racing | 27 | 1:34.386 | 0.501 |
| 7 | Michael Christensen | RSC Mücke Motorsport | 19 | 1:34.663 | 0.778 |
| 8 | Nigel Melker | Trident Racing | 26 | 1:34.749 | 0.864 |
| 9 | Brandon Maisano | MW Arden | 33 | 1:34.798 | 0.913 |
| 10 | Tom Blomqvist | Status Grand Prix | 26 | 1:34.801 | 0.916 |
| 11 | Gabby Chaves | Tech 1 Racing | 23 | 1:34.831 | 0.946 |
| 12 | Facu Regalia | Status Grand Prix | 23 | 1:34.836 | 0.951 |
| 13 | Conor Daly | Carlin | 37 | 1:34.842 | 0.957 |
| 14 | Aaro Vainio | Lotus ART | 26 | 1:34.849 | 0.964 |
| 15 | Patric Niederhauser | Jenzer Motorsport | 24 | 1:34.911 | 1.026 |
| 16 | Michael Heche | Jenzer Motorsport | 36 | 1:34.927 | 1.042 |
| 17 | Robert Visoiu | Jenzer Motorsport | 24 | 1:34.961 | 1.076 |
| 18 | Stephan Richelmi | Trident Racing | 36 | 1:35.011 | 1.126 |
| 19 | Alex Fontana | Tech 1 Racing | 19 | 1:35.039 | 1.154 |
| 20 | Fabio Gamberini | RSC Mücke Motorsport | 29 | 1:35.139 | 1.254 |
| 21 | Tamas Pal Kiss | Atech CRS GP | 28 | 1:35.202 | 1.317 |
| 22 | Dmitry Suranovich | Marussia Manor Racing | 25 | 1:35.417 | 1.532 |
| 23 | Kristian Lindbom | Tech 1 Racing | 17 | 1:35.630 | 1.745 |
| 24 | Jim Pla | Carlin | 39 | 1:36.086 | 2.201 |
| 25 | Ethan Ringel | Atech CRS GP | 24 | 1:37.127 | 3.242 |
| 26 | Michela Cerruti | Trident Racing | 27 | 1:38.003 | 4.118 |
Afternoon times:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Laps | Best Time | Gap |
| 1 | Matias Laine | Marussia Manor Racing | 26 | 1:36.446 | —- |
| 2 | Robert Visoiu | Jenzer Motorsport | 28 | 1:36.816 | 0.370 |
| 3 | Nigel Melker | Trident Racing | 45 | 1:36.824 | 0.378 |
| 4 | Patric Niederhauser | Jenzer Motorsport | 30 | 1:36.937 | 0.491 |
| 5 | David Fumanelli | MW Arden | 22 | 1:36.945 | 0.499 |
| 6 | Michael Heche | Jenzer Motorsport | 51 | 1:36.960 | 0.514 |
| 7 | Alex Fontana | Tech 1 Racing | 32 | 1:37.021 | 0.575 |
| 8 | Tom Blomqvist | Status Grand Prix | 14 | 1:37.048 | 0.602 |
| 9 | Michael Christensen | RSC Mücke Motorsport | 23 | 1:37.094 | 0.648 |
| 10 | Gabby Chaves | Tech 1 Racing | 16 | 1:37.507 | 1.061 |
| 11 | Marlon Stockinger | Status Grand Prix | 33 | 1:37.518 | 1.072 |
| 12 | Brandon Maisano | MW Arden | 23 | 1:37.531 | 1.085 |
| 13 | Tio Ellinas | Marussia Manor Racing | 35 | 1:37.573 | 1.127 |
| 14 | Stephan Richelmi | Trident Racing | 24 | 1:37.748 | 1.302 |
| 15 | Conor Daly | Carlin | 25 | 1:37.755 | 1.309 |
| 16 | Tamas Pal Kiss | Atech CRS GP | 35 | 1:37.772 | 1.326 |
| 17 | Dmitry Suranovich | Marussia Manor Racing | 16 | 1:38.002 | 1.556 |
| 18 | Facu Regalia | Status Grand Prix | 26 | 1:38.100 | 1.654 |
| 19 | Fabio Gamberini | RSC Mücke Motorsport | 35 | 1:38.171 | 1.725 |
| 20 | Aaro Vainio | Lotus ART | 29 | 1:38.225 | 1.779 |
| 21 | Maxim Zimin | MW Arden | 26 | 1:38.273 | 1.827 |
| 22 | Jim Pla | Carlin | 28 | 1:38.624 | 2.178 |
| 23 | Daniel Abt | Lotus ART | 45 | 1:38.689 | 2.243 |
| 24 | Kristian Lindbom | Tech 1 Racing | 30 | 1:39.058 | 2.612 |
| 25 | Michela Cerruti | Trident Racing | 22 | 1:39.301 | 2.855 |
| 26 | Ethan Ringel | Atech CRS GP | 51 | 1:45.412 | 8.966 |
