Trident’s Luca Ghiotto posted the fastest time on the third and final day of post-season testing at the Yas Marina circuit with a 1:55.134. Ferrari Academy driver Antonio Fuoco led the way in the morning session.


The test got underway in hazy and humid conditions. Riccardo Agostini returned to the paddock with his team Hilmer Motorsport and was first to lap in the 1m56’s. Ralph Boschung for Jenzer Motorsport lapped quicker to take the top spot before Mitch Gilbert (ART Grand Prix) dipped into the 1m55’s to go P1.

Agostini stopped on track early on which caused a brief halt to proceedings and when the action resumed, Boschung returned to the top of the standing. At the midway point of the session Fuoco put in a flier to end the session heading the timesheet with Spaniard Alex Palou a few tenths off in P2. There was a second red flag when Kourosh Khani stopped at turn 13 in the Hilmer Motorsport car.

At the chequered flag the session belonged to Fuoco. Palou, Boschung, Matt Parry, Gilbert, Alfonso Celis. Jr, Jimmy Eriksson, Seb Morris, Luca Ghiotto, Edward Jones and Jack Aitken completed the top ten.

After GP2 had run their first session of the day, GP3 returned to the track for their final track time of 2014. Fuoco again was an early pace-setter; before Matheo Tuscher led the way, but it was Fuoco who was first to dip into the 1m55’s in the afternoon. Eriksson and Jones also shot to P1 as the clock ticked down, with the merest of gaps separating their laptimes: 0.001s – with the Carlin driver having the edge.

Ghiotto lit up the timing screen to head to the top of the timings with Fuoco a tenth off and Tuscher two tenths off respectively. The chequered flag was waved marking the end of the test. Ghiotto led Fuoco, Tuscher, Jones, Eriksson and Boschung. Aitken, Palou and Gilbert rounded out the top ten.

The test session has brought the curtain down on the 2014 GP3 Series Season, dates for pre-season testing and the calendar will be unveiled in due course.

Yas Marina – Day 3 – Morning

Driver

Team

Laptime

Laps

1.

Antonio Fuoco

ART Grand Prix

1:55.327

26

2.

Alex Palou

Trident

1:55.590

36

3.

Ralph Boschung

Jenzer Motorsport

1:55.596

31

4.

Matt Parry

Koiranen GP

1:55.635

26

5.

Mitch Gilbert

ART Grand Prix

1:55.675

34

6.

Alfonso Celis. Jr

ART Grand Prix

1:55.763

33

7.

Jimmy Eriksson

Koiranen GP

1:55.776

27

8.

Seb Morris

Status Grand Prix

1:55.812

22

9.

Luca Ghiotto

Trident

1:55.838

27

10.

Edward Jones

Carlin

1:56.012

25

11.

Jack Aitken

Carlin

1:56.053

29

12.

Ryan Cullen

Koiranen GP

1:56.354

22

13.

Matheo Tuscher

Jenzer Motorsport

1:56.362

23

14.

Riccardo Agostini

Hilmer Motorsport

1:56.417

32

15.

Artur Janosz

Arden International

1:56.471

28

16.

Steijn Schothorst

Status Grand Prix

1:56.550

25

17.

Gustavo Menezes

Status Grand Prix

1:56.632

23

18.

Matt Rao

Carlin

1:56.909

36

19.

Andrea Pizzitola

Arden International

1:56.914

23

20.

Armaury Bonduel

Trident

1:57.032

29

21.

Ling Kang

Jenzer Motorsport

1:57.124

38

22.

Raoul Hyman

Arden International

1:57.664

25

23.

Kourosh Khani

Hilmer Motorsport

2:00.219

33

Day Three – Afternoon

Driver

Team

Laptime

Laps

1.

Luca Ghiotto

Trident

1:55.134

34

2.

Antonio Fuoco

ART Grand Prix

1:55.298

30

3.

Matheo Tuscher

Jenzer Motorsport

1:55.369

34

4.

Edward Jones

Carlin

1:55.377

27

5.

Jimmy Eriksson

Koiranen GP

1:55.378

26

6.

Ralph Boschung

Jenzer Motorsport

1:55.392

30

7.

Jack Aitken

Carlin

1:55.435

28

8.

Alex Palou

Trident

1:55.446

38

9.

Mitch Gilbert

ART Grand Prix

1:55.452

32

10.

Matt Parry

Koiranen GP

1:55.644

32

11.

Gustavo Menezes

Status Grand Prix

1:55.709

27

12.

Andrea Pizzitola

Arden International

1:55.764

35

13.

Steijn Schothorst

Status Grand Prix

1:55.888

29

14.

Alfonso Celis. Jr

ART Grand Prix

1:55.981

25

15.

Artur Janosz

Arden International

1:56.060

30

16.

Riccardo Agostini

Hilmer Motorsport

1:56.151

28

17.

Ling Kang

Jenzer Motorsport

1:56.256

17

18.

Amaury Bonduel

Trident

1:56.298

36

19.

Matt Rao

Carlin

1:56.377

25

20.

Kourosh Khani

Hilmer Motorsport

1:58.454

31
  • Seb Morris #26 was excluded from the results after his Status Grand Prix car was found to be underweight
  • Raoul Hyman #6 also excluded from the results after his Arden International car was found to be underweight