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Tamas Pal Kiss ends Jerez Auto GP test on top

Tamas Pal Kiss topped the second and final day of Auto GP testing at Jerez, in what was the last official on-track activity for the category in 2013

The Hungarian's fastest time of 1m30.158s was recorded in the morning session, but the Virtuosi UK driver confirmed his strong form by also emerging quickest in the afternoon.

Kiss was the only driver to dip under the 1m31s mark in the afternoon session, thanks to a lap of 1m30.828s.

Monday pacesetter Meindert Van Buuren again impressed. The Dutchman fell just 0.043s short of Kiss's benchmark time in the morning to end the day second fastest for Super Nova.

Former GP2 driver Kevin Giovesi reunited with Ghinzani, his regular Auto GP team from this season, and claimed third fastest.

Reigning Auto GP champion Super Nova assisted Michela Cerruti to a respectable fourth, while Czech karter Zdenek Groman continued his acclimatisation to single-seaters in the team's third car.

After assisting Auto GP series organisers in evaluating technical developments for 2014 on Monday, multiple race winner Sergio Campana switched to Zele.

The former Italian Formula 3 champion took the fifth fastest time of the day, although Campana was third in the classification in the slower afternoon session, behind Euronova's Kimiya Sato.

This year's German Formula 3 runner-up Artem Markelov enjoyed his maiden taste of Auto GP in Zele's second car.

Pos Driver                   Team           Time       Gap      Laps
 1. Tamas Pal Kiss           Virtuosi       1m30.158s           30
 2. Meindert Van Buuren      Super Nova     1m30.201s  +0.043s  49
 3. Kevin Giovesi            Ghinzani       1m30.401s  +0.243s  30
 4. Michele Beretta          Euro Nova      1m31.257s  +1.099s  62
 5. Michela Cerruti          Super Nova     1m31.462s  +1.304s  52
 6. Sergio Campana           Zele           1m31.722s  +1.564s  17
 7. Liam Venter              Comtec         1m32.036s  +1.878s  27
 8. Pietro Fantin            Euro Nova      1m32.162s  +2.004s  58
 9. Artem Markelov           Zele           1m32.643s  +2.485s  72
10. Jordan Oon               Ghinzani       1m32.672s  +2.514s  46
11. Ricardo Vera             Ibiza          1m32.811s  +2.653s  52
12. Onofrio Triarsi          Virtuosi       1m33.098s  +2.940s  40
13. Zdenek Groman            Super Nova     1m33.878s  +3.720s  37
14. Fernando Croce           Ibiza          1m37.656s  +7.498s  57

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