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GP3: Parry on top in Friday's testing
By alley - Apr 8, 2016, 9:01 AM ET

GP3: Parry on top in Friday's testing

Koiranen GP driver Matthew Parry topped the timings in a rain-affected second day of GP3 Series testing at Valencia.

Heavy rain before the session meant the drivers had to be especially cautious early on, but the rain eased off and the track conditions improved throughout the morning. The times came tumbling down in the final few minutes before the break, and Parry just managed to go first, with the top three separated by less than a tenth.

ART GP drivers Nirei Fukuzumi, Charles Leclerc, and Alexander Albon went second, third and fourth fastest, respectively, with Thursday's pacesetter Arthur Janosz rounding off the top five.

The second half of testing consisted mainly of high fuel runs, and with the track still cold none of the 24 drivers managed a time under 1m22s.

Leclerc posted the fastest time in the afternoon, followed by Jake Hughes for DAMS in second, and Parry in third.

There was a short red flag in the morning's session when Parry's teammate Ralph Boschung stopped on the start line. The Koiranen team managed to sort out the issue and he went on to post the fifth-fastest time in the afternoon.

MORNING TIMES

Pos

Driver

Team

Time

Gap

Laps

1

Matt Parry

Koiranen GP

1m21.476ss

1m21.476s

41

2

Nirei Fukuzumi

ART Grand Prix

1m21.560ss

0.084s

52

3

Charles Leclerc

ART Grand Prix

1m21.564ss

0.088s

50

4

Alexander Albon

ART Grand Prix

1m21.598ss

0.122s

53

5

Artur Janosz

Trident

1m21.673ss

0.197s

56

6

Nyck de Vries

ART Grand Prix

1m21.697ss

0.221s

53

7

Oscar Tunjo

Jenzer Motorsport

1m21.796ss

0.320s

48

8

Antonio Fuoco

Trident

1m21.820ss

0.344s

49

9

Alex Palou

Campos Racing

1m21.989ss

0.513s

45

10

Jake Hughes

DAMS

1m22.016ss

0.540s

45

11

Jack Aitken

Arden International

1m22.041ss

0.565s

54

12

Matevos Isaakyan

Koiranen GP

1m22.056ss

0.580s

46

13

Akash Nandy

Jenzer Motorsport

1m22.088ss

0.612s

54

14

Santino Ferrucci

DAMS

1m22.147ss

0.671s

41

15

Jake Dennis

Arden International

1m22.189ss

0.713s

57

16

Kevin Jorg

DAMS

1m22.203ss

0.727s

48

17

Giuliano Alesi

Trident

1m22.340ss

0.864s

53

18

Sandy Stuvik

Trident

1m22.340ss

0.864s

45

19

Mahaveer Raghunathan

Koiranen GP

1m22.477ss

1.001s

52

20

Richard Gonda

Jenzer Motorsport

1m22.505ss

1.029s

60

21

Tatiana Calderon

Arden International

1m22.531ss

1.055s

49

22

Steijn Schothorst

Campos Racing

1m22.847ss

1.371s

28

23

Konstantin Tereschenko

Campos Racing

1m22.850ss

1.374s

29

24

Ralph Boschung

Koiranen GP

1m23.466ss

1.990s

28

AFTERNOON TIMES

Pos

Driver

Team

Time

Gap

Laps

1

Charles Leclerc

ART Grand Prix

1m22.089ss

1m22.089s

34

2

Jake Hughes

DAMS

1m22.166ss

0.077s

46

3

Matt Parry

Koiranen GP

1m22.195ss

0.106s

46

4

Santino Ferrucci

DAMS

1m22.243ss

0.154s

42

5

Ralph Boschung

Koiranen GP

1m22.366ss

0.277s

54

6

Kevin Jorg

DAMS

1m22.433ss

0.344s

38

7

Nirei Fukuzumi

ART Grand Prix

1m22.500ss

0.411s

63

8

Alexander Albon

ART Grand Prix

1m22.509ss

0.420s

49

9

Jake Dennis

Arden International

1m22.531ss

0.442s

47

10

Konstantin Tereschenko

Campos Racing

1m22.598ss

0.509s

31

11

Nyck de Vries

ART Grand Prix

1m22.621ss

0.532s

64

12

Artur Janosz

Trident

1m22.627ss

0.538s

38

13

Giuliano Alesi

Trident

1m22.686ss

0.597s

39

14

Steijn Schothorst

Campos Racing

1m22.725ss

0.636s

40

15

Sandy Stuvik

Trident

1m22.775ss

0.686s

46

16

Alex Palou

Campos Racing

1m22.833ss

0.744s

34

17

Richard Gonda

Jenzer Motorsport

1m22.878ss

0.789s

34

18

Tatiana Calderon

Arden International

1m22.951ss

0.862s

38

19

Antonio Fuoco

Trident

1m23.007ss

0.918s

53

20

Akash Nandy

Jenzer Motorsport

1m23.169ss

1.080s

49

21

Oscar Tunjo

Jenzer Motorsport

1m23.232ss

1.143s

45

22

Mahaveer Raghunathan

Koiranen GP

1m23.505ss

1.416s

29

23

Jack Aitken

Arden International

1m24.961ss

2.872s

48

24

Matevos Isaakyan

Koiranen GP

1m25.078ss

2.989s

42

 

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