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Pierre Gasly back on top at start of final GP2 pre-season test day

by Peter Allen
Pierre Gasly

Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP2 Series Media Service

Pierre Gasly returned to top spot in a closely-fought morning session on the final day of GP2 pre-season testing in Bahrain.

The top five drivers were covered by less than a tenth of a second as they dipped below the 1m40s mark for the first time this week.

Red Bull Junior Gasly out-paced title favourite Stoffel Vandoorne by 0.014s to top the session.

Mitch Evans was third ahead of Alexander Rossi and Raffaele Marciello, who was within 0.088s of Gasly.

British rookies Alex Lynn and Jordan King were next up in sixth and seventh respectively ahead of their Russian counterpart Sergey Sirotkin.

Completing the top ten were Marco Sorensen and Arthur Pic.

Morning session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Pierre Gasly DAMS 1:39.632 21
2 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1:39.646 0.014 21
3 Mitch Evans Russian Time 1:39.679 0.047 15
4 Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering 1:39.715 0.083 14
5 Raffaele Marciello Trident 1:39.720 0.088 21
6 Alex Lynn DAMS 1:39.884 0.252 21
7 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:40.002 0.370 16
8 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1:40.007 0.375 29
9 Marco Sorensen Carlin 1:40.017 0.385 18
10 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1:40.254 0.622 21
11 Julian Leal Carlin 1:40.288 0.656 18
12 Andre Negrao Arden International 1:40.323 0.691 17
13 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:40.356 0.724 19
14 Norman Nato Arden International 1:40.416 0.784 19
15 Nathanael Berthon Lazarus 1:40.453 0.821 26
16 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 1:40.663 1.031 15
17 Nick Yelloly Hilmer Motorsport 1:40.685 1.053 25
18 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:40.860 1.228 19
19 Rene Binder Trident 1:40.873 1.241 21
20 Sergio Canamasas MP Motorsport 1:41.101 1.469 27
21 Robert Visoiu Rapax 1:41.261 1.629 26
22 Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:41.354 1.722 20
23 Zoel Amberg Lazarus 1:41.456 1.824 18
24 Nigel Melker Hilmer Motorsport 1:42.628 2.996 18
25 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1:44.799 5.167 30
26 Marlon Stockinger Status Grand Prix 1:45.477 5.845 32