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Honda protege Nobuharu Matsushita recorded the best time so far of the GP2 test in Bahrain, topping the afternoon session on day two.
The Japanese F3 champion claimed top spot with five minutes remaining, as many drivers fitted soft tyres for a late push.
He was 0.159s ahead of second-placed Arthur Pic, while erstwhile leader Raffaele Marciello was bumped down to third.
Morning pace-setter Sergey Sirotkin was fourth ahead of Marco Sorensen and Stoffel Vandoorne. Seventh was Daniel De Jong just ahead of his MP Motorsport team-mate for the week, Sergio Canamasas.
Rio Haryanto and Nigel Melker completed the top ten.
Afternoon session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 1:40.191 | 31 | |
| 2 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:40.350 | 0.159 | 27 |
| 3 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident | 1:40.446 | 0.255 | 16 |
| 4 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 1:40.561 | 0.370 | 24 |
| 5 | Marco Sorensen | Carlin | 1:40.658 | 0.467 | 25 |
| 6 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:40.666 | 0.475 | 26 |
| 7 | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:40.927 | 0.736 | 20 |
| 8 | Sergio Canamasas | MP Motorsport | 1:40.958 | 0.767 | 33 |
| 9 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 1:40.981 | 0.790 | 29 |
| 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:41.034 | 0.843 | 24 |
| 11 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 1:41.086 | 0.895 | 21 |
| 12 | Rene Binder | Trident | 1:41.097 | 0.906 | 25 |
| 13 | Robert Visoiu | Rapax | 1:41.128 | 0.937 | 27 |
| 14 | Norman Nato | Arden International | 1:41.183 | 0.992 | 32 |
| 15 | Nick Yelloly | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:41.227 | 1.036 | 22 |
| 16 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | 1:41.341 | 1.150 | 21 |
| 17 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 1:41.352 | 1.161 | 22 |
| 18 | Mitch Evans | Russian Time | 1:41.372 | 1.181 | 16 |
| 19 | Zoel Amberg | Lazarus | 1:41.440 | 1.249 | 35 |
| 20 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:41.497 | 1.306 | 21 |
| 21 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1:41.606 | 1.415 | 31 |
| 22 | Marlon Stockinger | Status Grand Prix | 1:41.669 | 1.478 | 33 |
| 23 | Nathanael Berthon | Lazarus | 1:42.467 | 2.276 | 5 |
| 24 | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1:42.509 | 2.318 | 23 |
| 25 | Nigel Melker | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:43.631 | 3.440 | 13 |
| 26 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 1:44.181 | 3.990 | 34 |