Photo: Sam Bloxham / GP3 Series Media Service
Jenzer Motorsport’s Pal Varhaug was quickest in the afternoon session of day two of GP3’s second pre-season test at Valencia.
Varhaug was the only driver to dip below 1:22s in the afternoon, demoting Koiranen’s Jimmy Eriksson in the final stretch of the session.
Carlin’s Mitch Gilbert and returnee Kevin Korjus posted late improvements to make up the top three, but came up three tenths short of the Norwegian pacesetter.
Eriksson was shuffled down to fourth, ahead of Seb Morris and Oscar Tunjo.
Antonio Fuoco was seventh, with Matt Parry taking eighth despite causing a red flag midway through.
Experienced GP3 duo of Kevin Ceccon and Alex Fontana completed the top ten.
The quickest time of the test remained with Campos Racing’s Alex Palou.
The final pre-season test will kick off in two weeks at Catalunya.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:21.719 | 17 | |
| 2 | Mitch Gilbert | Carlin | 1:22.021 | 0.302 | 65 |
| 3 | Kevin Korjus | Koiranen GP | 1:22.064 | 0.345 | 39 |
| 4 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 1:22.086 | 0.367 | 49 |
| 5 | Seb Morris | Status Grand Prix | 1:22.222 | 0.503 | 35 |
| 6 | Oscar Tunjo | Trident | 1:22.258 | 0.539 | 44 |
| 7 | Antonio Fuoco | Carlin | 1:22.263 | 0.544 | 64 |
| 8 | Matthew Parry | Koiranen GP | 1:22.281 | 0.562 | 30 |
| 9 | Kevin Ceccon | Arden International | 1:22.316 | 0.597 | 36 |
| 10 | Alex Fontana | Status Grand Prix | 1:22.332 | 0.613 | 42 |
| 11 | Zaid Ashkanani | Campos Racing | 1:22.383 | 0.664 | 30 |
| 12 | Emil Bernstorff | Arden International | 1:22.393 | 0.674 | 53 |
| 13 | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:22.551 | 0.832 | 47 |
| 14 | Sandy Stuvik | Status Grand Prix | 1:22.683 | 0.964 | 48 |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | ART Grand Prix | 1:23.199 | 1.480 | 65 |
| 16 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 1:23.275 | 1.556 | 43 |
| 17 | Samin Gomez | Campos Racing | 1:23.486 | 1.767 | 38 |
| 18 | Marvin Kirchh?fer | ART Grand Prix | 1:23.618 | 1.899 | 30 |
| 19 | Alex Palou | Campos Racing | 1:23.705 | 1.986 | 45 |
| 20 | Artur Janosz | Trident | 1:23.821 | 2.102 | 43 |
| 21 | Ralph Boschung | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:23.983 | 2.264 | 55 |
| 22 | Alex Bosak | Arden International | 1:24.169 | 2.450 | 38 |
| 23 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | 1:24.433 | 2.714 | 64 |
| 24 | Alfonso Celis | ART Grand Prix | 1:24.522 | 2.803 | 62 |