Pulcini and Aitken set equal fastest time on final GP3 test day
Leonardo Pulcini and Jack Aitken shared the fastest time on the second day of the final 2017 pre-season GP3 test at Valencia
With the entire field taking to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo as soon as the green flag was waved in the morning session, a mock qualifying session took place as the drivers traded fastest laps early on.
First Raoul Hyman deposed the four ART drivers - Aitken, George Russell, Anthoine Hubert and Nirei Fukuzumi - at the head of the timesheets before Pulcini, the 2016 Euroformula Open champion, set a time of 1m21.233s to move into first place.
Aitken slotted in behind the Arden driver before exactly matching his best time halfway through the morning running.
With the teams concentrating on race simulations after the flurry of fast times, Pulcini and Aitken's best time was not bettered, with yesterday's pacesetter Dorian Boccolacci ending up third quickest for Trident.
Alessio Lorandi topped the afternoon session, and finished the day with the fourth fastest overall time ahead of Hyman.
Ryan Tveter, who like Boccolacci is testing for Trident but is yet to be confirmed on the GP3 grid for 2017, beat Mercedes Formula 1 junior driver Russell to sixth place.
Santino Ferrucci was eighth fastest for DAMS, while Arden's Red Bull junior team member Niko Kari and Hubert completed the top 10.
With pre-season testing now complete, the 2017 GP3 championship will get under way on May 13 at Barcelona when the series joins the F1 support bill at the Spanish Grand Prix.
MORNING TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leonardo Pulcini | Arden International | 1m21.233s | - | 33 |
2 | Jack Aitken | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.233s | 0.000s | 43 |
3 | Dorian Boccolacci | Trident | 1m21.259s | 0.026s | 56 |
4 | Alessio Lorandi | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m21.284s | 0.051s | 40 |
5 | Raoul Hyman | Campos Racing | 1m21.368s | 0.135s | 34 |
6 | Ryan Tveter | Trident | 1m21.471s | 0.238s | 40 |
7 | George Russell | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.523s | 0.290s | 51 |
8 | Santino Ferrucci | DAMS | 1m21.567s | 0.334s | 51 |
9 | Niko Kari | Arden International | 1m21.594s | 0.361s | 38 |
10 | Anthoine Hubert | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.604s | 0.371s | 48 |
11 | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | 1m21.679s | 0.446s | 50 |
12 | Marcos Siebert | Campos Racing | 1m21.688s | 0.455s | 48 |
13 | Arjun Maini | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m21.700s | 0.467s | 40 |
14 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1m21.752s | 0.519s | 53 |
15 | Kevin Jorg | Trident | 1m21.844s | 0.611s | 44 |
16 | Steijn Schothorst | Arden International | 1m21.884s | 0.651s | 36 |
17 | Julien Falchero | Campos Racing | 1m21.940s | 0.707s | 33 |
18 | Tatiana Calderon | DAMS | 1m22.165s | 0.932s | 44 |
19 | Bruno Baptista | DAMS | 1m22.266s | 1.033s | 45 |
AFTERNOON TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessio Lorandi | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m21.333s | - | 42 |
2 | Raoul Hyman | Campos Racing | 1m21.478s | 0.145s | 65 |
3 | Dorian Boccolacci | Trident | 1m21.721s | 0.388s | 51 |
4 | Ryan Tveter | Trident | 1m21.858s | 0.525s | 34 |
5 | Arjun Maini | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m22.004s | 0.671s | 42 |
6 | Julien Falchero | Campos Racing | 1m22.187s | 0.854s | 47 |
7 | Santino Ferrucci | DAMS | 1m22.460s | 1.127s | 42 |
8 | Tatiana Calderon | DAMS | 1m22.911s | 1.578s | 36 |
9 | Leonardo Pulcini | Arden International | 1m23.805s | 2.472s | 56 |
10 | Niko Kari | Arden International | 1m23.977s | 2.644s | 55 |
11 | Bruno Baptista | DAMS | 1m23.987s | 2.654s | 36 |
12 | Steijn Schothorst | Arden International | 1m24.004s | 2.671s | 56 |
13 | Marcos Siebert | Campos Racing | 1m24.320s | 2.987s | 29 |
14 | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | 1m24.322s | 2.989s | 46 |
15 | George Russell | ART Grand Prix | 1m24.372s | 3.039s | 47 |
16 | Jack Aitken | ART Grand Prix | 1m24.507s | 3.174s | 48 |
17 | Anthoine Hubert | ART Grand Prix | 1m24.871s | 3.538s | 47 |
18 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1m30.913s | 9.580s | 39 |
19 | Kevin Jorg | Trident | 1m36.265s | 14.932s | 33 |
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