Ghiotto quickest on final day in Yas Marina

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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