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Aaro Vainio fastest in GP3 Valencia Street Circuit free practice

GP3 championship leader Aaro Vainio topped the times in practice on Friday morning ahead of qualifying for round three of the series at the Valencia Street Circuit in Spain

Vainio, winner of the first race in Monaco, lapped in 2m00.094s with five minutes of the 45-minute session remaining, beating Lotus GP team-mate Conor Daly - back in race weekend action for the first time since his frightening Monaco shunt - by a quarter of a second.

Tio Ellinas was third fastest for Manor, a further tenth of a second back, with early pacesetter Mitch Evans (MW Arden) ending up fourth quickest, almost half a second off Vainio's best time.

Antonio Felix da Costa was fifth fastest for Carlin, ahead of Kevin Ceccon (Ocean) and Status GP's Monaco race two winner Marlon Stockinger. Recent Valencia test pacesetter, Will Buller, was 10th quickest for Carlin, one spot behind fellow Briton Alice Powell (Status).

Pos  Driver                  Team       Time       Gap
 1.  Aaro Vainio             Lotus      2m00.094s
 2.  Conor Daly              Lotus      2m00.343s  + 0.249s
 3.  Tio Ellinas             Manor      2m00.482s  + 0.388s
 4.  Mitch Evans             MW Arden   2m00.546s  + 0.452s
 5.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Carlin     2m00.737s  + 0.643s
 6.  Kevin Ceccon            Ocean      2m00.764s  + 0.670s
 7.  Marlon Stockinger       Status     2m00.950s  + 0.856s
 8.  David Fumanelli         MW Arden   2m00.979s  + 0.885s
 9.  Alice Powell            Status     2m01.055s  + 0.961s
10.  Will Buller             Carlin     2m01.124s  + 1.030s
11.  Robert Visoiu           Jenzer     2m01.136s  + 1.042s
12.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Atech CRS  2m01.192s  + 1.098s
13.  Daniel Abt              Lotus      2m01.570s  + 1.476s
14.  Alex Brundle            Carlin     2m01.708s  + 1.614s
15.  Fabiano Machado         Manor      2m01.916s  + 1.822s
16.  Patric Niederhauser     Jenzer     2m02.098s  + 2.004s
17.  Matias Laine            MW Arden   2m02.172s  + 2.078s
18.  Dmitry Suranovich       Manor      2m02.231s  + 2.137s
19.  John Wartique           Atech CRS  2m02.500s  + 2.406s
20.  Robert Cregan           Ocean      2m02.529s  + 2.435s
21.  Antonio Spavone         Trident    2m02.922s  + 2.828s
22.  Vicky Piria             Trident    2m02.929s  + 2.835s
23.  Ethan Ringel            Atech CRS  2m03.456s  + 3.362s
24.  Carmen Jorda            Ocean      2m04.036s  + 3.942s

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