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Charles Leclerc ended his maiden GP3 test by dominating the final day in Abu Dhabi, also topping the afternoon session with the best time of the week.
After trading places with fellow ART tester Alex Albon early on, Leclerc took control and brought his time down to a 1m54.571s.
That was over half a second better than he had gone during the morning.
Arden’s pair of Formula Renault 2.0 graduates Kevin Jorg and Jake Hughes were closest to the Monegasque ace, with the Swiss driver 0.22s off.
Leonardo Pulcini completed a strong day with Trident in fourth ahead of Campos driver Konstantin Tereshchenko?and Albon.
Former long-time team-mates Matt Parry and Jack Aitken were next up, ahead of Steijn Schothorst and Santino Ferrucci.
Day three afternoon results
Pos? | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Charles Leclerc | ART Grand Prix | 1:54.571 | 38 | |
2 | Kevin Jorg | Arden International | 1:54.791 | 0.220 | 27 |
3 | Jake Hughes | Arden International | 1:54.927 | 0.356 | 24 |
4 | Leonardo Pulcini | Trident | 1:55.174 | 0.603 | 34 |
5 | Konstantin Tereshchenko | Campos Racing | 1:55.334 | 0.763 | 28 |
6 | Alex Albon | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.370 | 0.799 | 35 |
7 | Matt Parry | Koiranen GP | 1:55.402 | 0.831 | 26 |
8 | Jack Aitken | Status Grand Prix | 1:55.438 | 0.867 | 29 |
9 | Steijn Schothorst | Trident | 1:55.481 | 0.910 | 29 |
10 | Santino Ferrucci | Status Grand Prix | 1:55.790 | 1.219 | 31 |
11 | Ralph Boschung | Arden International | 1:55.799 | 1.228 | 22 |
12 | Will Palmer | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.910 | 1.339 | 34 |
13 | Antonio Fuoco | Status Grand Prix | 1:55.929 | 1.358 | 25 |
14 | Matevos Isaakyan | Koiranen GP | 1:56.190 | 1.619 | 11 |
15 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | Trident | 1:56.454 | 1.883 | 36 |
16 | Marcos Siebert | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:56.573 | 2.002 | 30 |
17 | Nico Rindlisbacher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:56.695 | 2.124 | 37 |
18 | Giuliano Alesi | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:56.772 | 2.201 | 37 |
19 | Rahul Raj Mayer | Campos Racing | 1:57.146 | 2.575 | 35 |
20 | Antoni Ptak | Campos Racing | 1:57.161 | 2.590 | 35 |
21 | Nabil Jeffri | Koiranen GP | 1:58.173 | 3.602 | 20 |