Photo: Malcolm Griffiths/GP2 Series Media Service
GP2 veteran Johnny Cecotto edged out rookie Stoffel Vandoorne to post the fastest time in the afternoon session on day two of the pre-season test in Abu Dhabi.
Trident driver Cecotto managed a best time of 1m50.760s, more than four tenths of a second slower than Jolyon Palmer‘s morning benchmark.
McLaren junior Vandoorne finished up 0.061s slower for ART Grand Prix. The Belgian’s fellow Formula Renault 3.5 convert Andre Negrao was third quickest for Arden, with Daniel De Jong fourth for his family-owned MP Motorsport squad.
The Force India-liveried Hilmer pairing of Facu Regalia and Daniel Abt completed the top six, ahead of Russian Time team leader Mitch Evans.
Arthur Pic was eighth for Campos, with the top ten rounded out by the second Arden and MP cars of Rene Binder and Jon Lancaster respectively.
Conor Daly sat out the afternoon after barrel rolling his Lazarus car during the morning, triggered when he collided with a slow Regalia.
The test finishes with the third day of running on Thursday.
Afternoon session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Johnny Cecotto | Trident | 1:50.760 | 14 | |
| 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:50.821 | 0.061 | 33 |
| 3 | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1:51.237 | 0.477 | 27 |
| 4 | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:51.590 | 0.830 | 17 |
| 5 | Facu Regalia | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:51.614 | 0.854 | 29 |
| 6 | Daniel Abt | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:51.668 | 0.908 | 17 |
| 7 | Mitch Evans | Russian Time | 1:51.714 | 0.954 | 23 |
| 8 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:51.769 | 1.009 | 31 |
| 9 | Rene Binder | Arden International | 1:52.038 | 1.278 | 17 |
| 10 | Jon Lancaster | MP Motorsport | 1:52.132 | 1.372 | 30 |
| 11 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:52.341 | 1.581 | 32 |
| 12 | Takuya Izawa | ART Grand Prix | 1:52.528 | 1.768 | 23 |
| 13 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Rapax | 1:52.595 | 1.835 | 18 |
| 14 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:52.640 | 1.880 | 20 |
| 15 | Axcil Jefferies | Trident | 1:52.944 | 2.184 | 20 |
| 16 | Nathanael Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:53.393 | 2.633 | 15 |
| 17 | Stephane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:53.992 | 3.232 | 35 |
| 18 | Jolyon Palmer | DAMS | 1:54.007 | 3.247 | 36 |
| 19 | Kimiya Sato | Campos Racing | 1:54.142 | 3.382 | 33 |
| 20 | Rio Haryanto | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:54.615 | 3.855 | 34 |
| 21 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:54.714 | 3.954 | 25 |
| 22 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:54.772 | 4.012 | 23 |
| 23 | Alexander Rossi | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:54.868 | 4.108 | 39 |
| 24 | Stefano Coletti | Racing Engineering | 1:55.194 | 4.434 | 29 |
| 25 | Raffaele Marciello | Racing Engineering | 1:55.617 | 4.857 | 32 |
| 26 | Connor Daly | Venezuela GP Lazarus | No time | 0 |