Abu Dhabi GP3 test: Kevin Ceccon leads opening day
Kevin Ceccon led the opening day of post-season GP3 testing in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, with Formula Renault Eurocup race winner Andrea Pizzitola best of the newcomers
Driving for the Jenzer team with which he contested the latter part of the 2014 season, Ceccon topped the first test session with a 1m55.501s lap before handing over to regular team-mate Matheo Tuscher for the afternoon.
European Formula 3 racer Ed Jones was second for Carlin in the first session, albeit six tenths down on Ceccon.
He only narrowly shaded McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award finalist and BRDC Formula 4 champion George Russell, who starred on a prize drive with Arden by taking third place.
Pizzitola was fourth in the first session, but took his ART car to the top later on, ahead of Mitch Gilbert and Euroformula Open frontrunner Alex Palou.
Artur Janosz, who beat Palou to second in Euroformula Open this year, completed the session two top six, behind Tuscher and Russell.
Last year's McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Matt Parry also made his GP3 debut in the test, setting top-10 times for Status in both sessions.
Another newcomer to impress was GT racer Christopher Mies. The 25-year-old German was seventh in the morning for Hilmer.
Morning session
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Ceccon | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m55.501s | - | 26 |
2 | Ed Jones | Carlin | 1m56.165s | 0.664s | 24 |
3 | George Russell | Arden International | 1m56.198s | 0.697s | 27 |
4 | Andrea Pizzitola | ART Grand Prix | 1m56.220s | 0.719s | 25 |
5 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 1m56.264s | 0.763s | 23 |
6 | Patrick Kujala | Arden International | 1m56.309s | 0.808s | 18 |
7 | Christopher Mies | Hilmer Motorsport | 1m56.474s | 0.973s | 32 |
8 | Ralph Boschung | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m56.511s | 1.010s | 30 |
9 | Mitch Gilbert | Arden International | 1m56.703s | 1.202s | 25 |
10 | Matt Parry | Status Grand Prix | 1m56.705s | 1.204s | 26 |
11 | Steijn Schothorst | Koiranen GP | 1m56.819s | 1.318s | 26 |
12 | Antonio Fuoco | Koiranen GP | 1m56.973s | 1.472s | 20 |
13 | Ryan Cullen | Koiranen GP | 1m56.993s | 1.492s | 16 |
14 | Gustavo Menezes | Carlin | 1m57.043s | 1.542s | 30 |
15 | Alex Palou | Trident | 1m57.176s | 1.675s | 25 |
16 | Alfonso Celis | Status Grand Prix | 1m57.189s | 1.688s | 23 |
17 | Raoul Hyman | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m57.316s | 1.815s | 22 |
18 | Tatiana Calderon | ART Grand Prix | 1m57.325s | 1.824s | 28 |
19 | Kang Ling | Hilmer Motorsport | 1m57.341s | 1.840s | 21 |
20 | Seb Morris | Status Grand Prix | 1m57.670s | 2.169s | 19 |
21 | Amaury Bonduel | Trident | 1m57.867s | 2.366s | 27 |
22 | Matt Rao | Carlin | 1m58.265s | 2.764s | 24 |
23 | Artur Janosz | ART Grand Prix | 1m58.557s | 3.056s | 20 |
Afternoon session
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrea Pizzitola | ART Grand Prix | 1m55.832s | - | 29 |
2 | Mitch Gilbert | Arden International | 1m55.885s | 0.053s | 25 |
3 | Alex Palou | Trident | 1m55.971s | 0.139s | 25 |
4 | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m56.034s | 0.202s | 22 |
5 | George Russell | Arden International | 1m56.078s | 0.246s | 23 |
6 | Artur Janosz | ART Grand Prix | 1m56.258s | 0.426s | 23 |
7 | Matt Parry | Status Grand Prix | 1m56.475s | 0.643s | 22 |
8 | Alfonso Celis | Status Grand Prix | 1m56.491s | 0.659s | 25 |
9 | Ryan Cullen | Koiranen GP | 1m56.517s | 0.685s | 20 |
10 | Ralph Boschung | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m56.559s | 0.727s | 18 |
11 | Gustavo Menezes | Carlin | 1m56.560s | 0.728s | 19 |
12 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 1m56.570s | 0.738s | 16 |
13 | Steijn Schothorst | Koiranen GP | 1m56.595s | 0.763s | 15 |
14 | Ed Jones | Carlin | 1m56.684s | 0.852s | 18 |
15 | Antonio Fuoco | Koiranen GP | 1m56.783s | 0.951s | 26 |
16 | Seb Morris | Status Grand Prix | 1m56.846s | 1.014s | 19 |
17 | Patrick Kujala | Arden International | 1m56.946s | 1.114s | 26 |
18 | Raoul Hyman | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m56.989s | 1.157s | 30 |
19 | Tatiana Calderon | ART Grand Prix | 1m57.068s | 1.236s | 22 |
20 | Christopher Mies | Hilmer Motorsport | 1m57.404s | 1.572s | 28 |
21 | Kang Ling | Hilmer Motorsport | 1m57.720s | 1.888s | 27 |
22 | Amaury Bonduel | Trident | 1m59.153s | 3.321s | 19 |
23 | Matt Rao | Carlin | 1m59.405s | 3.573s | 19 |
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