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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