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Lynn sets afternoon pace on first day of Barcelona GP3 test

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Alex Lynn

Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP3 Series Media Service

Red Bull Junior Alex Lynn posted the best time in the afternoon session on day one of the final GP3 pre-season test at Barcelona.

Lynn’s time of 1m35.663s was more than half a second adrift of Nick Yelloly‘s morning benchmark, and was the fourth quickest time of the day.

Finnish racer Patrick Kujala was the closest man to Lynn, going 0.188s slower in his Marussia Manor machine.

Dino Zamparelli, who switched from Marussia Manor to ART over the winter, moved up into P3 late on ahead of his former F2 competitor Matheo Tuscher. The Swiss teenager finished fourth in the afternoon on his first day back in a Jenzer GP3 car for two years.

Lynn’s Carlin team-mate Emil Bernstorff was fifth ahead of Arden’s Patric Niederhauser. The Swiss driver finished a session in the top ten for the first time during the 2014 pre-season, having ended four of the previous nine sessions in 11th place.

Richie Stanaway took P7 for Status Grand Prix with the top ten completed by Koiranen’s Jimmy Eriksson, Arden’s Jann Mardenborough and Jenzer’s Pal Varhaug.

The session was ended early after Nelson Mason brought out the red flags with a few minutes left on the clock with his second off of the afternoon. Denis Nagulin also triggered an interruption earlier in the session.

Afternoon session times
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Alex Lynn Carlin 1:35.663 33
2 Patrick Kujala Marussia Manor Racing 1:35.851 0.188 32
3 Dino Zamparelli ART Grand Prix 1:36.082 0.419 29
4 Matheo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 1:36.280 0.617 32
5 Emil Bernstorff Carlin 1:36.358 0.695 36
6 Patric Niederhauser Arden International 1:36.401 0.738 30
7 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1:36.469 0.806 35
8 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 1:36.510 0.847 23
9 Jann Mardenborough Arden International 1:36.513 0.850 30
10 Pal Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 1:36.513 0.850 21
11 Alex Fontana ART Grand Prix 1:36.557 0.894 29
12 Dean Stoneman Marussia Manor Racing 1:36.626 0.963 32
13 Luis Sa Silva Carlin 1:36.891 1.228 13
14 Robert Visoiu Arden International 1:37.102 1.439 31
15 Santiago Urrutia Koiranen GP 1:37.147 1.484 14
16 Adderly Fong Jenzer Motorsport 1:37.423 1.760 29
17 Roman De Beer Trident 1:37.591 1.928 30
18 Victor Carbone Trident 1:37.591 1.928 35
19 Nelson Mason Hilmer Motorsport 1:37.864 2.201 27
20 Nick Yelloly Status Grand Prix 1:38.044 2.381 43
21 Marvin Kirchhofer ART Grand Prix 1:38.070 2.407 24
22 Denis Nagulin Trident 1:38.167 2.504 28
23 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 1:38.450 2.787 31
24 Ivan Taranov Hilmer Motorsport 1:38.983 3.320 33
25 Alfonso Celis Status Grand Prix 1:38.989 3.326 38
26 Carmen Jorda Koiranen GP 1:41.076 5.413 14