Photo: Malcolm Griffiths/GP3 Series Media Service
Nick Yelloly got his home round of the GP3 season at Silverstone off to a good start by posting the fastest time in free practice on Friday.
Yelloly’s time came in the final few minutes after a red flag stoppage caused by Dean Stoneman crashing heavily at Stowe.
At that stage, ART Grand Prix who had dominated much of the session, with Dino Zamparelli leading the way ahead of team-mates Marvin Kirchhofer and Alex Fontana, with Zamparelli over a second ahead of the best of the drivers from the other teams.
Most drivers were able to improve their times after the interruption though, with Yelloly doing enough to displace his fellow Briton at the top of the timing screens by 0.294 seconds.
Zamparelli held on to second while Kirchhofer improved his time to keep hold of third. Spielberg race two winner Emil Bernstorff got up to fourth, and Jann Mardenborough made it four of the seven British GP3 drivers inside the top five places.
That pushed Fontana down to sixth ahead of Patrick Kujala, Alfonso Celis, Matheo Tuscher and Roman de Beer.
Championship leader Alex Lynn was 11th, 1.2 seconds off the pace.
Session results
| Pos | Driver? | Team | Time? | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Nick Yelloly | Status Grand Prix | 1:47.504 | 16 | |
| 2 | Dino Zamparelli | ART Grand Prix | 1:47.798 | 0.294 | 15 |
| 3 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 1:47.934 | 0.430 | 16 |
| 4 | Emil Bernstorff | Carlin | 1:48.137 | 0.633 | 15 |
| 5 | Jann Mardenborough | Arden International | 1:48.199 | 0.695 | 14 |
| 6 | Alex Fontana | ART Grand Prix | 1:48.244 | 0.740 | 15 |
| 7 | Patrick Kujala | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:48.316 | 0.812 | 14 |
| 8 | Alfonso Celis | Status Grand Prix | 1:48.518 | 1.014 | 15 |
| 9 | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:48.586 | 1.082 | 11 |
| 10 | Roman de Beer | Trident | 1:48.605 | 1.101 | 15 |
| 11 | Alex Lynn | Carlin | 1:48.706 | 1.202 | 12 |
| 12 | Adderly Fong | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:48.840 | 1.336 | 14 |
| 13 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 1:48.918 | 1.414 | 11 |
| 14 | Robert Visoiu | Arden International | 1:48.949 | 1.445 | 16 |
| 15 | Luis Sa Silva | Carlin | 1:49.133 | 1.629 | 13 |
| 16 | Riccardo Agostini | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:49.283 | 1.779 | 15 |
| 17 | Nelson Mason | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:49.366 | 1.862 | 14 |
| 18 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 1:49.428 | 1.924 | 11 |
| 19 | Mitch Gilbert | Trident | 1:49.812 | 2.308 | 14 |
| 20 | Ryan Cullen | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:49.934 | 2.430 | 17 |
| 21 | Patric Niederhauser | Arden International | 1:50.124 | 2.620 | 15 |
| 22 | Victor Carbone | Trident | 1:50.555 | 3.051 | 16 |
| 23 | Dean Stoneman | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:50.604 | 3.100 | 9 |
| 24 | Santiago Urrutia | Koiranen GP | 1:51.414 | 3.910 | 12 |
| 25 | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:52.349 | 4.845 | 14 |
| 26 | Sebastian Balthasar | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:52.697 | 5.193 | 16 |
| 27 | Carmen Jorda | Koiranen GP | 1:55.008 | 7.504 | 13 |