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 |