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Morris heads Welsh 1-2-3 in afternoon session on first day in Barcelona

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Seb Morris

Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP3 Series Media Service

Seb Morris topped the times in the afternoon session on day one of the final GP3 pre-season test in Barcelona, leading fellow Welsh-born drivers?Matt Parry and Jann Mardenborough.

The afternoon running was affected by light rain early on, and it was before then that Morris set the time that would remain the benchmark until the chequered flag.

His time was eight tenths slower than the one that Mardenborough had achieved to top the morning session.

As the track dried as the afternoon went on, Mardenborough was able to move up to P2, a tenth behind Morris, while Parry was two-thirds of a second adrift in P3.

Barcelona local Alex Palou was fourth quickest ahead of Morris’ Status Grand Prix team-mates Alex Fontana and Sandy Stuvik.

The top ten was completed by Emil Bernstorff, Antonio Fuoco, Alfonso Celis and Matheo Tuscher.

Afternoon session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Seb Morris Status Grand Prix 1:35.740 40
2 Jann Mardenborough Carlin 1:35.843 0.103 20
3 Matthew Parry Koiranen GP 1:36.406 0.666 22
4 Alex Palou Campos Racing 1:36.578 0.838 25
5 Alex Fontana Status Grand Prix 1:36.695 0.955 27
6 Sandy Stuvik Status Grand Prix 1:36.768 1.028 27
7 Emil Bernstorff Arden International 1:36.817 1.077 24
8 Antonio Fuoco Carlin 1:36.852 1.112 27
9 Alfonso Celis ART Grand Prix 1:36.923 1.183 17
10 Matheo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 1:36.929 1.189 27
11 Pal Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 1:37.129 1.389 27
12 Kevin Ceccon Arden International 1:37.261 1.521 18
13 Esteban Ocon ART Grand Prix 1:37.929 2.189 22
14 Aleksander Bosak Arden International 1:38.201 2.461 18
15 Mitch Gilbert Carlin 1:38.267 2.527 12
16 Zaid Ashkanani Campos Racing 1:38.489 2.749 28
17 Ralph Boschung Jenzer Motorsport 1:38.498 2.758 26
18 Marvin Kirchhofer ART Grand Prix 1:38.774 3.034 21
19 Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:38.822 3.082 27
20 Oscar Tunjo Trident 1:39.309 3.569 27
21 Samin Gomez Campos Racing 1:39.322 3.582 29
22 Adderly Fong Koiranen GP 1:39.443 3.703 26
23 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 1:39.613 3.873 32
24 Artur Janosz Trident 1:39.631 3.891 30