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Rowland remains on top on second day of GP3 test

by Peter Allen
Oliver Rowland

Photo: Alastair Staley/GP3 Media Service

Oliver Rowland was again the fastest driver at the end of day two of GP3 post-season testing in Abu Dhabi.

While top spot was shared between a number of drivers during the afternoon session, Rowland moved back into top spot with 15 minutes remaining. The Formula Renault 2.0 graduate’s time of 1m55.600s was four tenths faster than he had managed earlier in the day in the Marussia Manor machine.

Patric Niederhauser was again the nearest man to Rowland, this time coming within 0.037s with his final effort with ART Grand Prix. Tuesday pace-setter Dean Stoneman was third for Koiranen with Robert Visoiu fourth for MW Arden, ensuring the top four was composed of the same quartet as in the morning.

Marvin Kirchhofer was the day’s first driver to dip below the 1m56s mark before slipping to fifth in his MW Arden entry. Roman de Beer was again sixth for Trident ahead of ART’s Alex Fontana and Russian Time’s Jimmy Eriksson.

Jann Mardenborough was ninth for Carlin with the UAE’s Ed Jones again in the top ten in tenth.

Session times
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Oliver Rowland Marussia Manor Racing 1:55.600 31
2 Patric Niederhauser ART Grand Prix 1:55.637 0.037 27
3 Dean Stoneman Koiranen GP 1:55.711 0.111 27
4 Robert Visoiu MW Arden 1:55.770 0.170 28
5 Marvin Kirchhofer MW Arden 1:55.816 0.216 22
6 Roman de Beer Trident Racing 1:55.866 0.266 19
7 Alex Fontana ART Grand Prix 1:55.896 0.296 25
8 Jimmy Eriksson Russian Time 1:56.114 0.514 36
9 Jan Mardenborough Carlin 1:56.145 0.545 30
10 Edward Jones MW Arden 1:56.227 0.627 26
11 Emil Bernstorff Carlin 1:56.231 0.631 31
12 David Fumanelli Jenzer Motorsport 1:56.285 0.685 17
13 Kevin Joerg Jenzer Motorsport 1:56.430 0.830 30
14 Robert Cregan Trident Racing 1:56.522 0.922 23
15 Jack Hawksworth Status Grand Prix 1:56.627 1.027 20
16 Nick Cassidy Status Grand Prix 1:56.686 1.086 16
17 Markus Pommer Russian Time 1:56.764 1.164 27
18 Emanuele Zonzini ART Grand Prix 1:56.766 1.166 22
19 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 1:56.864 1.264 32
20 Santiago Urrutia Koiranen GP 1:56.881 1.281 22
21 Nicholas Latifi Status Grand Prix 1:57.079 1.479 26
22 Luis Sa Silva Carlin 1:57.216 1.616 27
23 Gustavo Menezes Jenzer Motorsport 1:57.444 1.844 32
24 Kuba Dalewski Trident Racing 1:57.596 1.996 22
25 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 1:57.789 2.189 26
26 Ivan Taranov Russian Time 1:58.004 2.404 30
27 Carmen Jorda Koiranen GP 2:00.080 4.480 12