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Charles Leclerc back with ART and back on top in GP3 testing

by Peter Allen
Charles Leclerc

Photo: Zak Mauger/GP3 Series Media Service

Charles Leclerc returned to ART Grand Prix for the final day of GP3 testing in Abu Dhabi and promptly topped the times in the morning session.

After setting the pace on the opening day with ART – the team he’s expected to race for next year – the Monegasque star spent day two with Arden.

Now back with the French squad, Leclerc claimed top spot in the morning with around half an hour remaining.

His time of 1m55.115s was the best of the test so far, two hundredths up on Antonio Fuoco‘s day two time.

Kevin Jorg took second, 0.058 seconds down on Leclerc as he moved into the Arden line-up.

ART beat Arden for third too, with Alex Albon pipping Jake Hughes for the place.

Leonardo Pulcini moved up the order to fifth after switching from Jenzer to Trident, faster than Koiranen’s Matt Parry and Jack Aitken, now testing a Status car while under evaluation for new team DAMS.

Konstantin Tereshchenko took eighth for Campos, followed by Ralph Boschung at Arden and Fuoco at Status.

One newcomer for the final day is Italian Formula 4 racer Marcos Siebert with Jenzer, 20th quickest of the 21 drivers in the morning session.

Day three morning session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:55.115 22
2 Kevin Jorg Arden International 1:55.173 0.058 23
3 Alex Albon ART Grand Prix 1:55.485 0.370 29
4 Jake Hughes Arden International 1:55.488 0.373 19
5 Leonardo Pulcini Trident 1:55.605 0.490 33
6 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:55.652 0.537 22
7 Jack Aitken Status Grand Prix 1:55.836 0.721 24
8 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:55.849 0.734 23
9 Ralph Boschung Arden International 1:55.987 0.872 27
10 Antonio Fuoco Status Grand Prix 1:56.069 0.954 21
11 Nabil Jeffri Koiranen GP 1:56.158 1.043 22
12 Steijn Schothorst Trident 1:56.241 1.126 30
13 Santino Ferrucci Status Grand Prix 1:56.605 1.490 21
14 Giuliano Alesi Jenzer Motorsport 1:56.729 1.614 24
15 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:56.861 1.746 4
16 Will Palmer ART Grand Prix 1:56.994 1.879 27
17 Nico Rindlisbacher Jenzer Motorsport 1:57.185 2.070 26
18 Mahaveer Raghunathan Trident 1:57.221 2.106 30
19 Antoni Ptak Campos Racing 1:57.250 2.135 30
20 Marcos Siebert Jenzer Motorsport 1:57.390 2.275 30
21 Rahul Raj Mayer Campos Racing 1:57.599 2.484 35