Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP3 Series Media Service
Nick Yelloly topped the timesheets for the second time in this week’s GP3 pre-season test at Jerez, setting the pace in the fourth and final session on Friday afternoon.
That Status Grand Prix driver’s time of 1m32.481s was over 1.7 seconds slower than Jimmy Eriksson‘s morning benchmark, which was the quickest time of the test.
Yelloly led a British lock-out of the top four places. Not for the first time, Carlin team-mates Emil Bernstorff and Alex Lynn were next to each other towards the top of the times, with the former ahead on this occasion.
Nissan GT Academy star Jann Mardenborough took fourth ahead of Arden team-mate Robert Visoiu, while Adderly Fong rounded out the top six for Jenzer.
Richie Stanaway took seventh for Status ahead of Marussia Manor’s Patrick Kujala. Nelson Mason brought Hilmer Motorsport’s new GP3 effort into the top ten in ninth, ahead of Eriksson.
The third and final pre-season test takes place at Barcelona on 16-17 April.
Session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Nick Yelloly | Status Grand Prix | 1:32.481 | 50 | |
| 2 | Emil Bernstorff | Carlin | 1:32.647 | 0.166 | 34 |
| 3 | Alex Lynn | Carlin | 1:32.874 | 0.393 | 37 |
| 4 | Jann Mardenborough | Arden International | 1:33.025 | 0.544 | 37 |
| 5 | Robert Visoiu | Arden International | 1:33.026 | 0.545 | 37 |
| 6 | Adderly Fong | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:33.213 | 0.732 | 42 |
| 7 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 1:33.285 | 0.804 | 31 |
| 8 | Patrick Kujala | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:33.285 | 0.804 | 40 |
| 9 | Nelson Mason | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:33.359 | 0.878 | 27 |
| 10 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 1:33.476 | 0.995 | 42 |
| 11 | Alfonso Celis Jr | Status Grand Prix | 1:33.481 | 1.000 | 42 |
| 12 | Patric Niederhauser | Arden International | 1:33.512 | 1.031 | 35 |
| 13 | Dean Stoneman | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:33.573 | 1.092 | 31 |
| 14 | Alex Fontana | ART Grand Prix | 1:33.726 | 1.245 | 37 |
| 15 | Victor Carbone | Trident | 1:33.730 | 1.249 | 37 |
| 16 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 1:33.776 | 1.295 | 36 |
| 17 | Santiago Urrutia | Koiranen GP | 1:33.990 | 1.509 | 15 |
| 18 | Denis Nagulin | Trident | 1:34.108 | 1.627 | 33 |
| 19 | Dino Zamparelli | ART Grand Prix | 1:34.201 | 1.720 | 39 |
| 20 | Ryan Cullen | Marussia Manor Racing | 1:34.240 | 1.759 | 33 |
| 21 | Ivan Taranov | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:34.266 | 1.785 | 34 |
| 22 | Luis Sa Silva | Carlin | 1:34.322 | 1.841 | 28 |
| 23 | Roman De Beer | Trident | 1:34.862 | 2.381 | 23 |
| 24 | Christopher Hoher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:35.363 | 2.882 | 45 |
| 25 | Carmen Jorda | Koiranen GP | 1:36.044 | 3.563 | 20 |