Red Bull junior pairing Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr. fought out an intra-MW Arden duel at the top of the GP3 Series practice times at Monza on Friday afternoon.

Kvyat topped the session, 0.042 second faster than Sainz.

Carlin’s returning star Alexander Sims again impressed with the third-fastest time, 0.168sec off the pace, but clear of points leader Facu Regalia.

Melville McKee was fifth quickest, ahead of Kevin Korjus, points runner-up Conor Daly and Aaro Vainio.

Former series leader Tio Ellinas was only 22nd fastest.

Pos  Driver               Team      Time       Gap 1.  Daniil Kvyat         MW Arden  1m37.715s 2.  Carlos Sainz Jr      MW Arden  1m37.872s  +0.157s 3.  Alexander Sims       Carlin    1m37.941s  +0.226s 4.  Nick Yelloly         Carlin    1m38.073s  +0.358s 5.  Robert Visoiu        MW Arden  1m38.201s  +0.486s 6.  David Fumanelli      Trident   1m38.427s  +0.712s 7.  Alex Fontana         Jenzer    1m38.686s  +0.971s 8.  Lewis Williamson     Bamboo    1m38.760s  +1.045s 9.  Melville McKee       Bamboo    1m38.815s  +1.100s10.  Giovanni Venturini   Trident   1m38.866s  +1.151s11.  Tio Ellinas          Manor     1m38.875s  +1.160s12.  Facu Regalia         ART       1m38.937s  +1.222s13.  Dino Zamparelli      Manor     1m39.045s  +1.330s14.  Luis Sa Silva        Carlin    1m39.055s  +1.340s15.  Conor Daly           ART       1m39.095s  +1.380s16.  Kevin Korjus         Koiranen  1m39.169s  +1.454s17.  Patric Niederhauser  Jenzer    1m39.177s  +1.462s18.  Emanuele Zonzini     Trident   1m39.231s  +1.516s19.  Aaro Vainio          Koiranen  1m39.254s  +1.539s20.  Jack Harvey          ART       1m39.355s  +1.640s21.  Josh Webster         Status    1m39.431s  +1.716s22.  Samin Gomez          Jenzer    1m39.566s  +1.851s23.  Jimmy Eriksson       Status    1m39.595s  +1.880s24.  Patrick Kujala       Koiranen  1m39.931s  +2.216s25.  Adderly Fong         Status    1m39.972s  +2.257s26.  Carmen Jorda         Bamboo    1m41.156s  +3.441s27.  Ryan Cullen          Manor     1m41.204s  +3.489s