GP3 testing: Nick Yelloly fastest on opening day at Barcelona

The British racer posted the fastest time during the morning session and his 1m35.104s benchmark remained unbeaten throughout the day.

Jimmy Eriksson continued his trend of finishing towards the top of the testing timesheets as he finished the day 0.478s off Yelloly's best, while ART's Marvin Kirchhofer also came within half a second of the ultimate pace in third.

Briton Alex Lynn emerged fourth fastest in the morning and stayed in that position despite going quickest in the afternoon.

The 2013 Macau Grand Prix winner finished ahead of ex-Lotus Formula 1 junior Richie Stanaway, who completed the top five.

Former Formula 2 runner-up Matheo Tuscher marked his return to the category - having tested the previous generation of car in 2012 - by posting the fourth fastest time of the afternoon session.

Pre-season testing concludes tomorrow.

                                        
Combined Wednesday times:                                       
                                                                
Pos  Driver               Team      Time       Gap      Laps
 1.  Nick Yelloly         Status    1m35.104s            65     
 2.  Jimmy Eriksson       Koiranen  1m35.582s  +0.478s   57     
 3.  Marvin Kirchhofer    ART       1m35.590s  +0.486s   40     
 4.  Alex Lynn            Carlin    1m35.663s  +0.559s   62     
 5.  Richie Stanaway      Status    1m35.718s  +0.614s   52     
 6.  Patrick Kujala       Manor     1m35.788s  +0.684s   53     
 7.  Alex Fontana         ART       1m35.788s  +0.684s   44     
 8.  Robert Visoiu        Arden     1m36.024s  +0.920s   52     
 9.  Santiago Urrutia     Koiranen  1m36.031s  +0.927s   33     
10.  Dino Zamparelli      ART       1m36.082s  +0.978s   42     
11.  Patric Niederhauser  Arden     1m36.279s  +1.175s   53     
12.  Matheo Tuscher       Jenzer    1m36.280s  +1.176s   51     
13.  Emil Bernstoff       Carlin    1m36.358s  +1.254s   48     
14.  Nelson Mason         Hilmer    1m36.375s  +1.271s   59     
15.  Dean Stoneman        Manor     1m36.387s  +1.283s   48     
16.  Adderly Fong         Jenzer    1m36.409s  +1.305s   59     
17.  Luis sa Silva        Carlin    1m36.489s  +1.385s   41     
18.  Jann Mardenborough   Arden     1m36.513s  +1.409s   53     
19.  Pal Varhaug          Jenzer    1m36.513s  +1.409s   44     
20.  Roman de Beer        Trident   1m37.015s  +1.911s   53     
21.  Alfonos Celis Jr     Status    1m37.035s  +1.931s   65     
22.  Ryan Cullen          Manor     1m37.087s  +1.983s   56     
23.  Ivan Taranov         Hilmer    1m37.262s  +2.158s   67     
24.  Victor Carbone       Tident    1m37.294s  +2.190s   60     
25.  Denis Nagulin        Trident   1m38.167s  +3.063s   49     
26.  Carmen Jorda         Koiranen  1m41.076s  +5.972s   39