Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP3 Series Media Service
Pierre Gasly continues to be the man to beat on the final day of GP2 testing in Abu Dhabi.
After posting the best time on each of the previous two days, the Red Bull Junior set the pace again in the opening session on Saturday with a 1m49.346s.
DAMS were denied another one-two finish by Jordan King, who is driving for MP Motorsport after two days with Arden. He was half a second adrift of Gasly, but edged out Esteban Ocon for P2.
Rio Haryanto was fourth for Campos ahead of Raffaele Marciello, who has returned to Racing Engineering after driving for Status on Friday.
Rapax duo Sergey Sirotkin and Kevin Ceccon were sixth and seventh, and split by just six thousandths of a second.
GP3 champion Alex Lynn was eighth in his first running for ART ahead of Frenchmen Arthur Pic (Campos) and Norman Nato (Arden).
Day 3, session 1 times
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1:49.346 | 29 | |
| 2 | Jordan King | MP Motorsport | 1:49.891 | 0.545 | 23 |
| 3 | Esteban Ocon | DAMS | 1:49.939 | 0.593 | 24 |
| 4 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 1:49.943 | 0.597 | 35 |
| 5 | Raffaele Marciello | Racing Engineering | 1:49.993 | 0.647 | 27 |
| 6 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 1:50.057 | 0.711 | 19 |
| 7 | Kevin Ceccon | Rapax | 1:50.063 | 0.717 | 21 |
| 8 | Alex Lynn | ART Grand Prix | 1:50.132 | 0.786 | 28 |
| 9 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:50.255 | 0.909 | 26 |
| 10 | Norman Nato | Arden International | 1:50.299 | 0.953 | 27 |
| 11 | Mitch Evans | Racing Engineering | 1:50.303 | 0.957 | 33 |
| 12 | Nathanael Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:50.445 | 1.099 | 33 |
| 13 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:50.501 | 1.155 | 22 |
| 14 | Emil Bernstorff | Carlin | 1:50.510 | 1.164 | 30 |
| 15 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:50.589 | 1.243 | 28 |
| 16 | Kimiya Sato | Russian Time | 1:50.618 | 1.272 | 18 |
| 17 | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1:50.626 | 1.280 | 18 |
| 18 | Marlon Stockinger | MP Motorsport | 1:50.691 | 1.345 | 31 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:50.794 | 1.448 | 23 |
| 20 | Simon Trummer | Trident | 1:50.817 | 1.471 | 31 |
| 21 | Dino Zamparelli | Status Grand Prix | 1:50.825 | 1.479 | 25 |
| 22 | Beitske Visser | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:51.156 | 1.810 | 30 |
| 23 | Rene Binder | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:51.183 | 1.837 | 29 |
| 24 | Pal Varhaug | Status Grand Prix | 1:51.742 | 2.396 | 26 |
| 25 | Sandy Stuvik | ART Grand Prix | 1:51.785 | 2.439 | 35 |
| 26 | Luis Sa Silva | Trident | 1:51.821 | 2.475 | 34 |