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Mitch Gilbert on top in final session of Estoril GP3 test

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Mitch Gilbert

Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP3 Series Media Service

Mitch Gilbert ended the first GP3 pre-season test at Estoril with the quickest time of the afternoon session on day two.

The Australian went to the top of the times early on, and despite a raft of improvements behind him, his 1m28.517s was enough to hold onto P1.

That time was more than seventh tenths slower than the quickest time of the test, achieved by ADAC Formel Masters graduate Ralph Boschung earlier in the day.

Boschung’s Jenzer Motorsport team continued to look quick, with all three of their drivers making the top six in the afternoon after strong laps late on. Matheo Tuscher took second in the closing stages of the session, 0.111s off Gilbert, while Pal Varhaug and Boschung ended up fifth and sixth respectively.

Ahead of them were Arden’s Emil Bernstorff and Trident’s Luca Ghiotto.

Those two teams were also represented in the top ten by Kevin Ceccon in seventh and Artur Janosz in ninth respectively, sandwiched by Status driver Alex Fontana and followed by Gilbert’s Carlin team-mate Jann Mardenborough.

Afternoon session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Mitch Gilbert Carlin 1:28.517 56
2 Matheo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 1:28.628 0.111 29
3 Emil Bernstorff Arden International 1:28.751 0.234 39
4 Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:28.786 0.269 35
5 Pal Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 1:28.953 0.436 30
6 Ralph Boschung Jenzer Motorsport 1:28.962 0.445 46
7 Kevin Ceccon Arden International 1:29.120 0.603 35
8 Alex Fontana Status Grand Prix 1:29.126 0.609 25
9 Artur Janosz Trident 1:29.406 0.889 29
10 Jann Mardenborough Carlin 1:29.611 1.094 66
11 Oscar Tunjo Trident 1:29.630 1.113 19
12 Adderly Fong Koiranen GP 1:29.682 1.165 40
13 Seb Morris Status Grand Prix 1:29.811 1.294 43
14 Sandy Stuvik Status Grand Prix 1:30.086 1.569 47
15 Zaid Ashkanani Campos Racing 1:30.257 1.740 31
16 Matthew Parry Koiranen GP 1:30.450 1.933 26
17 Alex Bosak Arden International 1:30.749 2.232 35
18 Esteban Ocon ART Grand Prix 1:30.763 2.246 47
19 Alex Palou Campos Racing 1:30.925 2.408 42
20 Antonio Fuoco Carlin 1:31.102 2.585 59
21 Marvin Kirchhofer ART Grand Prix 1:31.283 2.766 53
22 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 1:31.454 2.937 59
23 Alfonso Celis ART Grand Prix 1:32.236 3.719 51