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Lancaster quickest on final morning of Abu Dhabi test

by Peter Allen
Jon Lancaster

Photo: Malcolm Griffiths/GP2 Series Media Service

Jon Lancaster set the pace during the morning of the third and final day of the opening GP2 pre-season test in Abu Dhabi.

Driving for MP Motorsport in one of three seats yet to be confirmed for the 2014 season, the Briton managed a time of 1m49.653s. That put him 0.227s ahead of Trident driver Johnny Cecotto, who had been quickest on Wednesday afternoon.

Jolyon Palmer, who recorded the quickest times on the first two days of testing, was third for DAMS ahead of Hilmer’s Daniel Abt. Mitch Evans was fifth for the now iSport-run Russian Time outfit with Stoffel Vandoorne sixth for ART.

Racing Engineering pairing Stefano Coletti and Raffaele Marciello were seventh and ninth respectively, sandwiching Caterham’s Alexander Rossi. Julian Leal completed the top ten for Carlin.

Morning session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Jon Lancaster MP Motorsport 1:49.653 26
2 Johnny Cecotto Trident 1:49.880 0.227 24
3 Jolyon Palmer DAMS 1:49.972 0.319 25
4 Daniel Abt Hilmer Motorsport 1:50.090 0.437 29
5 Mitch Evans Russian Time 1:50.181 0.528 21
6 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1:50.278 0.625 32
7 Stefano Coletti Racing Engineering 1:50.344 0.691 19
8 Alexander Rossi EQ8 Caterham Racing 1:50.476 0.823 29
9 Raffaele Marciello Racing Engineering 1:50.485 0.832 30
10 Julian Leal Carlin 1:50.565 0.912 22
11 Kimiya Sato Campos Racing 1:50.748 1.095 35
12 Facu Regalia Hilmer Motorsport 1:50.778 1.125 28
13 Felipe Nasr Carlin 1:50.830 1.177 23
14 Rio Haryanto EQ8 Caterham Racing 1:50.976 1.323 38
15 Andre Negrao Arden International 1:51.020 1.367 27
16 Rene Binder Arden International 1:51.184 1.531 33
17 Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:51.198 1.545 21
18 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rapax 1:51.401 1.748 27
19 Nathanael Berthon Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:51.510 1.857 15
20 Axcil Jefferies Trident 1:51.556 1.903 18
21 Stephane Richelmi DAMS 1:51.674 2.021 33
22 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:51.736 2.083 30
23 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1:52.014 2.361 21
24 Takuya Izawa ART Grand Prix 1:52.020 2.367 38
25 Simon Trummer Rapax 1:52.329 2.676 30
26 Conor Daly Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:52.825 3.172 7