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Stoneman tops final session of GP3 pre-season testing

by Peter Allen
Dean Stoneman

Photo: Andrew Ferraro/GP3 Series Media Service

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