Lewis Williamson repeated his speed from the opening day of the official GP3 Series test at the Hungaroring by posting the quickest time on the second and final day.
Fellow Brits James Calado (ART) and Alexander Sims (Status) were setting the early pace during the morning session together with Williamson’s MW Arden teammate Mitch Evans and Jenzer‘s Nico Muller. Williamson took top spot just before the half hour mark. The fastest times remained largely unchallenged for the remainder of the session as teams concentrated on setup rather than outright pace.
That allowed Williamson to remain on top, with Adrian Quaife-Hobbs moving up to second for Manor. Muller, Calado, Evans and Sims were next up, ahead of Carlin‘s Conor Daly and Tom Dillmann of Addax. Rounding out the top ten were the third MW Arden car of Simon Trummer and ART’s Valtteri Bottas.
The afternoon saw the quickest times almost a second slower than those from the morning as teams and drivers concentrated on race simulations and setups again. Williamson once again went to the top of the timesheets early on, remaining there until Muller went quickest at the half-way point. The Scot soon reclaimed his place in first though. The circuit was doused with rain with around one hour remaining, though it was short-lived at the cars did return to the track.
Bottas snatched the top spot on his final flying lap, preventing a lockout of all four sessions for MW Arden as Williamson was bumped down to second ahead of teammate Trummer. Muller was fourth, ahead of Tech 1‘s Aaro Vainio, Evans, Michael Christensen (Mucke), with Dillmann and the remaining Mucke cars of Luciano Bacheta and points leader Nigel Melker.
Morning session times:
Pos | Name | Team | Laps | Best | Diff |
1 | Lewis Williamson | MW Arden | 36 | 1:37.528 | |
2 | Nico Muller | Jenzer Motorsport | 19 | 1:37.761 | 0.233 |
3 | James Calado | Lotus ART | 17 | 1:37.771 | 0.243 |
4 | Mitch Evans | MW Arden | 27 | 1:37.812 | 0.284 |
5 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Marussia Manor Racing | 23 | 1:37.849 | 0.321 |
6 | Alexander Sims | Status Grand Prix | 26 | 1:37.971 | 0.443 |
7 | Conor Daly | Carlin | 23 | 1:38.057 | 0.529 |
8 | Tom Dillmann | Addax Team | 25 | 1:38.062 | 0.534 |
9 | Simon Trummer | MW Arden | 31 | 1:38.071 | 0.543 |
10 | Valtteri Bottas | Lotus ART | 16 | 1:38.090 | 0.562 |
11 | Gabby Chaves | Addax Team | 24 | 1:38.103 | 0.575 |
12 | Rio Haryanto | Marussia Manor Racing | 32 | 1:38.115 | 0.587 |
13 | Daniel Morad | Carlin | 36 | 1:38.150 | 0.622 |
14 | Antonio Felix Da Costa | Status Grand Prix | 25 | 1:38.159 | 0.631 |
15 | Nigel Melker | RSC Mucke Motorsport | 26 | 1:38.168 | 0.640 |
16 | Aaro Vainio | Tech 1 Racing | 33 | 1:38.199 | 0.671 |
17 | Michael Christensen | RSC Mucke Motorsport | 24 | 1:38.216 | 0.688 |
18 | Tamas Pal Kiss | Tech 1 Racing | 27 | 1:38.231 | 0.703 |
19 | Matias Laine | Marussia Manor Racing | 23 | 1:38.271 | 0.743 |
20 | Marlon Stockinger | Atech CRS GP | 20 | 1:38.343 | 0.815 |
21 | Vittorio Ghirelli | Atech CRS GP | 24 | 1:38.365 | 0.837 |
22 | Pedro Nunes | Lotus ART | 25 | 1:38.426 | 0.898 |
23 | Ivan Lukashevich | Status Grand Prix | 38 | 1:38.502 | 0.974 |
24 | Luciano Bacheta | RSC Mucke Motorsport | 34 | 1:38.600 | 1.072 |
25 | Maxim Zimin | Jenzer Motorsport | 32 | 1:38.830 | 1.302 |
26 | Leonardo Cordeiro | Carlin | 32 | 1:38.910 | 1.382 |
27 | Zoel Amberg | Atech CRS GP | 30 | 1:38.975 | 1.447 |
28 | Nick Yelloly | Atech CRS GP | 26 | 1:39.092 | 1.564 |
29 | Thomas Hylkema | Tech 1 Racing | 22 | 1:39.361 | 1.833 |
30 | Fernando Monje | Addax Team | 33 | 1:39.452 | 1.924 |
Afternoon session times:
Pos | Name | Team | Laps | Best | Diff |
1 | Valtteri Bottas | Lotus ART | 25 | 1:38.410 | |
2 | Lewis Williamson | MW Arden | 14 | 1:38.441 | 0.031 |
3 | Simon Trummer | MW Arden | 13 | 1:38.449 | 0.039 |
4 | Nico Muller | Jenzer Motorsport | 21 | 1:38.618 | 0.208 |
5 | Aaro Vainio | Tech 1 Racing | 29 | 1:38.683 | 0.273 |
6 | Mitch Evans | MW Arden | 12 | 1:38.812 | 0.402 |
7 | Michael Christensen | RSC Mucke Motorsport | 11 | 1:38.868 | 0.458 |
8 | Tom Dillmann | Addax Team | 16 | 1:38.911 | 0.501 |
9 | Luciano Bacheta | RSC Mucke Motorsport | 17 | 1:38.964 | 0.554 |
10 | Nigel Melker | RSC Mucke Motorsport | 12 | 1:38.999 | 0.589 |
11 | Antonio Felix Da Costa | Status Grand Prix | 18 | 1:39.011 | 0.601 |
12 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Marussia Manor Racing | 12 | 1:39.068 | 0.658 |
13 | Alexander Sims | Status Grand Prix | 13 | 1:39.110 | 0.700 |
14 | Pedro Nunes | Lotus ART | 25 | 1:39.119 | 0.709 |
15 | Conor Daly | Carlin | 19 | 1:39.147 | 0.737 |
16 | Matias Laine | Marussia Manor Racing | 12 | 1:39.205 | 0.795 |
17 | James Calado | Lotus ART | 28 | 1:39.300 | 0.890 |
18 | Gabby Chaves | Addax Team | 8 | 1:39.391 | 0.981 |
19 | Zoel Amberg | Atech CRS GP | 11 | 1:39.402 | 0.992 |
20 | Ivan Lukashevich | Status Grand Prix | 18 | 1:39.413 | 1.003 |
21 | Leonardo Cordeiro | Carlin | 30 | 1:39.562 | 1.152 |
22 | Fernando Monje | Addax Team | 11 | 1:39.657 | 1.247 |
23 | Nick Yelloly | Atech CRS GP | 7 | 1:39.707 | 1.297 |
24 | Rio Haryanto | Marussia Manor Racing | 14 | 1:39.720 | 1.310 |
25 | Maxim Zimin | Jenzer Motorsport | 18 | 1:39.808 | 1.398 |
26 | Marlon Stockinger | Atech CRS GP | 15 | 1:39.834 | 1.424 |
27 | Vittorio Ghirelli | Jenzer Motorsport | 12 | 1:39.949 | 1.539 |
28 | Daniel Morad | Carlin | 15 | 1:40.013 | 1.603 |
29 | Tamas Pal Kiss | Tech 1 Racing | 24 | 1:40.267 | 1.857 |
30 | Thomas Hylkema | Tech 1 Racing | 24 | 1:40.923 | 2.513 |