Dean Stoneman ended pre-season testing ahead of the 2014 GP3 campaign with the best time in the final session at Barcelona.
The Marussia Manor Racing driver hit the top of the timing screens with just under an hour of the afternoon remaining, with a time that was nearly two seconds adrift of the quickest time of the test, set by Emil Bernstorff during the morning.
As in the morning, former GP2 driver Pal Varhaug was second for Jenzer, just 0.016s slower than Stoneman. Roman de Beer took third for Trident, with the top four completed by the second Marussia Manor driver Patrick Kujala.
Matheo Tuscher completed his return to GP3 action this week with Jenzer with the fifth best time in the afternoon, ahead of Status rookie Alfonso Celis and the third Jenzer driver Adderly Fong. Victor Carbone (Trident), Nelson Mason (Hilmer) and?Richie Stanaway (Status) completed the top ten.
20 drivers have been officially confirmed for the 2014 season so far, with six drivers who took part in this week’s test yet to have a seat secured for when the series returns to Barcelona for round one in three weeks’ time.
Afternoon session times
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Dean Stoneman | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:36.312 | 35 | |
2 | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:36.328 | 0.016 | 33 |
3 | Roman De Beer | Trident | 1:36.743 | 0.431 | 30 |
4 | Patrick Kujala | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:36.948 | 0.636 | 29 |
5 | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:37.008 | 0.696 | 32 |
6 | Alfonso Celis | Status Grand Prix | 1:37.078 | 0.766 | 30 |
7 | Adderly Fong | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:37.209 | 0.897 | 22 |
8 | Victor Carbone | Trident | 1:37.309 | 0.997 | 27 |
9 | Nelson Mason | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:37.410 | 1.098 | 27 |
10 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 1:37.508 | 1.196 | 25 |
11 | Robert Visoiu | Arden International | 1:37.513 | 1.201 | 22 |
12 | Dino Zamparelli | ART Grand Prix | 1:37.566 | 1.254 | 36 |
13 | Jann Mardenborough | Arden International | 1:37.660 | 1.348 | 37 |
14 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 1:37.680 | 1.368 | 40 |
15 | Alex Fontana | ART Grand Prix | 1:37.682 | 1.370 | 39 |
16 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 1:37.770 | 1.458 | 41 |
17 | Denis Nagulin | Trident | 1:37.782 | 1.470 | 41 |
18 | Patric Niederhauser | Arden International | 1:37.784 | 1.472 | 30 |
19 | Ryan Cullen | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:38.084 | 1.772 | 23 |
20 | Alex Lynn | Carlin | 1:38.097 | 1.785 | 24 |
21 | Santiago Urrutia | Koiranen GP | 1:38.159 | 1.847 | 21 |
22 | Nick Yelloly | Status Grand Prix | 1:38.176 | 1.864 | 23 |
23 | Emil Bernstorff | Carlin | 1:38.259 | 1.947 | 24 |
24 | Ivan Taranov | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:38.331 | 2.019 | 30 |
25 | Luis Sa Silva | Carlin | 1:38.337 | 2.025 | 21 |
26 | Carmen Jorda | Koiranen GP | 1:47.087 | 10.775 | 3 |