By alley - Nov 28, 2014, 10:30 AM ET

Tuscher fastest in GP3 testing

Matheo Tuscher kept the Jenzer team on top of the times on the second day of GP3 testing at Yas Marina.

While Kevin Ceccon put Jenzer ahead on Thursday, it was Tuscher who topped the times on Friday by going quickest in the afternoon session. The Swiss driver's 1m55.583s laptime put him ahead of Formula Renault NEC race winner Seb Morris, who was second fastest for Status.

Trident's Luca Ghiotto rounded out the top three, the Italian also having posted the best time in the morning session. The 13 quickest times of the day were, however, set in the afternoon.

Spaniard Alex Palou was fourth fastest after switching from Trident to ART, which put him ahead of GP3 race winner Jimmy Eriksson in the Koiranen car.

Ferrari protege Antonio Fuoco was sixth quickest ahead of 2013 McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Matt Parry in the second Status machine.

The day was interrupted by three red flags, the first caused by Tatiana Calderon, who hit the barriers in the morning. Australian Dylan Young spun later on in the morning, while a final red flag meant an early finish to the afternoon when Mitch Gilbert stopped on track.

The GP3 test concludes on Saturday.

Results

Morning session:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1m 55.976s	-	27
2	Antonio Fuoco	Carlin	1m 56.183s	0.207s	27
3	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	1m 56.208s	0.232s	19
4	Alex Palou	ART Grand Prix	1m 56.211s	0.235s	26
5	Seb Morris	Status Grand Prix	1m 56.226s	0.250s	29
6	Matheo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 56.281s	0.305s	20
7	Mitchell Gilbert	Arden International	1m 56.327s	0.351s	16
8	Steijn Schothorst	Koiranen GP	1m 56.398s	0.422s	20
9	Ralph Boschung	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 56.490s	0.514s	20
10	Alfonso Celis	ART Grand Prix	1m 56.722s	0.746s	27
11	Ryan Cullen	Koiranen GP	1m 56.750s	0.774s	19
12	Matt Parry	Status Grand Prix	1m 56.821s	0.845s	25
13	Raoul Hyman	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 56.909s	0.933s	31
14	Gustavo Menezes	Status Grand Prix	1m 57.301s	1.325s	27
15	Andrea Pizzitola	Arden International	1m 57.347s	1.371s	18
16	Kang Ling	Hilmer Motorsport	1m 57.434s	1.458s	25
17	Artur Janosz	Arden International	1m 57.598s	1.622s	25
18	Zaid Ashkanani	Trident	1m 57.603s	1.627s	23
19	Jack Aitken	Carlin	1m 57.619s	1.643s	26
20	Matt Rao	Carlin	1m 57.960s	1.984s	24
21	Tatiana Calderon	ART Grand Prix	1m 58.454s	2.478s	7
22	Amaury Bonduel	Trident	1m 58.611s	2.635s	19
23	Dylan Young	Hilmer Motorsport	2m 00.174s	4.198s	30

Afternoon session:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Matheo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 55.583s	-	25
2	Seb Morris	Status Grand Prix	1m 55.591s	0.008s	29
3	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1m 55.603s	0.020s	33
4	Alex Palou	ART Grand Prix	1m 55.649s	0.066s	27
5	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	1m 55.660s	0.077s	23
6	Antonio Fuoco	Carlin	1m 55.684s	0.101s	32
7	Matt Parry	Status Grand Prix	1m 55.744s	0.161s	31
8	Alfonso Celis	ART Grand Prix	1m 55.780s	0.197s	27
9	Mitchell Gilbert	Arden International	1m 55.815s	0.232s	38
10	Andrea Pizzitola	Arden International	1m 55.830s	0.247s	34
11	Ralph Boschung	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 55.841s	0.258s	19
12	Steijn Schothorst	Koiranen GP	1m 55.888s	0.305s	20
13	Gustavo Menezes	Status Grand Prix	1m 55.924s	0.341s	29
14	Raoul Hyman	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 56.316s	0.733s	30
15	Jack Aitken	Carlin	1m 56.359s	0.776s	23
16	Tatiana Calderon	ART Grand Prix	1m 56.697s	1.114s	31
17	Ryan Cullen	Koiranen GP	1m 56.837s	1.254s	17
18	Artur Janosz	Arden International	1m 56.900s	1.317s	28
19	Zaid Ashkanani	Trident	1m 57.092s	1.509s	30
20	Kang Ling	Hilmer Motorsport	1m 57.114s	1.531s	35
21	Matt Rao	Carlin	1m 57.223s	1.640s	31
22	Amaury Bonduel	Trident	1m 57.418s	1.835s	33
23	Dylan Young	Hilmer Motorsport	1m 58.609s	3.026s	29