Mitch Evans fastest for MW Arden in GP3 qualifying at Valencia street circuit

Evans topped the times for the majority of the session, and led an MW Arden 1-2 ahead of David Fumanelli. The eventual margin between them was 0.033 seconds, but it would have been much larger had Evans been able to complete his last lap unhindered by a yellow flag for Jenzer's Patric Niederhauser, who ground to a halt on the start/finish straight.

Points leader Aaro Vainio will start third for Lotus GP, his efforts including a bouncy ride over the kerbs on the exit of the final turn.

Kevin Ceccon was fourth fastest for Ocean Racing Technology, ahead of Carlin's Antonio Felix da Costa, who was one of the last to improve his times.

Tio Ellinas will start sixth for Marussia Manor Racing, but his final run was spoiled when he encountered the ailing Niederhauser at the final corner. Conor Daly was seventh fastest for Lotus, but will start 17th due to his 10-place grid penalty.

Monaco race two winner Marlon Stockinger was ninth quickest for Status GP, behind the third Arden car of Matias Laine. Daniel Abt rounded out the top 10 in the third Lotus machine.

Pos  Driver                  Team       Time       Gap
 1.  Mitch Evans             MW Arden   1m58.478s  
 2.  David Fumanelli         MW Arden   1m58.511s  + 0.033s
 3.  Aaro Vainio             Lotus      1m58.567s  + 0.089s
 4.  Kevin Ceccon            Ocean      1m58.772s  + 0.294s
 5.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Carlin     1m58.991s  + 0.513s
 6.  Tio Ellinas             Manor      1m59.009s  + 0.531s
 7.  Conor Daly              Lotus      1m59.015s  + 0.537s
 8.  Matias Laine            MW Arden   1m59.031s  + 0.553s
 9.  Marlon Stockinger       Status     1m59.091s  + 0.613s
10.  Daniel Abt              Lotus      1m59.276s  + 0.798s
11.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Atech CRS  1m59.332s  + 0.854s
12.  Will Buller             Carlin     1m59.356s  + 0.878s
13.  Alice Powell            Status     1m59.399s  + 0.921s
14.  Robert Visoiu           Jenzer     1m59.568s  + 1.090s
15.  Fabiano Machado         Manor      1m59.708s  + 1.230s
16.  Alex Brundle            Carlin     1m59.820s  + 1.342s
17.  Patric Niederhauser     Jenzer     1m59.906s  + 1.428s
18.  John Wartique           Atech CRS  2m00.047s  + 1.569s
19.  Dmitry Suranovich       Manor      2m00.062s  + 1.584s
20.  Robert Cregan           Ocean      2m00.306s  + 1.828s
21.  Antonio Spavone         Trident    2m00.334s  + 1.856s
22.  Vicky Piria             Trident    2m00.406s  + 1.928s
23.  Ethan Ringel            Atech CRS  2m01.300s  + 2.822s
24.  Carmen Jorda            Ocean      2m02.103s  + 3.625s