Photo: GEPA pictures/Daniel Goetzhaber
Alex Lynn set the pace in GP3 practice at Spielberg, the home circuit of his backers Red Bull.
Lynn, who claimed pole and the race one win at the season opener at Barcelona, was a dominant 0.587 seconds clear of the rest of the field, which was led by his Carlin team-mate Emil Bernstorff.
Nick Yelloly made it a British 1-2-3 for Status Grand Prix, while Santiago Urrutia took P4 for Koiranen. In his first ever drive of a GP3 car, Riccardo Agostini finished up in fifth ahead of Hilmer team-mate Nelson Mason.
Marussia Manor’s Patrick Kujala was seventh ahead of lead Arden driver Robert Visoiu, with Status’ Alfonso Celis and ART man Dino Zamparelli completing the top ten.
Barcelona race two winner Dean Stoneman was 12th with championship P2 man Richie Stanaway 16th.
Practice results
| Pos | Driver? | Team | Time? | Gap | Laps? |
| 1 | Alex Lynn | Carlin | 1:20.538 | 22 | |
| 2 | Emil Bernstorff | Carlin | 1:21.125 | 0.587 | 22 |
| 3 | Nick Yelloly | Status Grand Prix | 1:21.132 | 0.594 | 21 |
| 4 | Santiago Urrutia | Koiranen GP | 1:21.287 | 0.749 | 18 |
| 5 | Riccardo Agostini | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:21.351 | 0.813 | 20 |
| 6 | Nelson Mason | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:21.371 | 0.833 | 23 |
| 7 | Patrick Kujala | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:21.390 | 0.852 | 22 |
| 8 | Robert Visoiu | Arden International | 1:21.411 | 0.873 | 21 |
| 9 | Alfonso Celis | Status Grand Prix | 1:21.460 | 0.922 | 22 |
| 10 | Dino Zamparelli | ART Grand Prix | 1:21.473 | 0.935 | 20 |
| 11 | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:21.481 | 0.943 | 19 |
| 12 | Dean Stoneman | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:21.497 | 0.959 | 22 |
| 13 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 1:21.548 | 1.010 | 20 |
| 14 | Patric Niederhauser | Arden International | 1:21.658 | 1.120 | 22 |
| 15 | Jann Mardenborough | Arden International | 1:21.905 | 1.367 | 21 |
| 16 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 1:21.952 | 1.414 | 19 |
| 17 | Alex Fontana | ART Grand Prix | 1:21.953 | 1.415 | 19 |
| 18 | Luis Sa Silva | Carlin | 1:22.026 | 1.488 | 22 |
| 19 | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:22.269 | 1.731 | 20 |
| 20 | Adderly Fong | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:22.295 | 1.757 | 22 |
| 21 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 1:23.021 | 2.483 | 18 |
| 22 | Nikolay Martsenko | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:23.403 | 2.865 | 20 |
| 23 | Ryan Cullen | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:23.656 | 3.118 | 22 |
| 24 | Roman de Beer | Trident | 1:23.902 | 3.364 | 7 |
| 25 | Victor Carbone | Trident | 1:24.462 | 3.924 | 18 |
| 26 | Carmen Jorda | Koiranen GP | 1:24.687 | 4.149 | 20 |