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Trident's Boccalacci upstages ART drivers in GP3 testing again

Dorian Boccolacci was fastest for Trident on the first day of the final 2017 GP3 pre-season test, which is taking place at Valencia this week

Boccolacci, the runner up in the 2016 Formula Renault Eurocup who is yet to commit to a team for this year's GP3 season, set a best time of 1m21.191s in the closing moments of the morning session to beat ART Grand Prix drivers Jack Aitken and George Russell into second and third.

Unlike the opening session of last week's test at Barcelona - where Boccolacci also set the fastest overall time - the day began in warm and sunny conditions, although the drivers concentrated on installation work for most of the first hour before going on to set representative times.

The afternoon session - which was topped by Mercedes Formula 1 junior driver Russell - featured hotter temperatures, and the times from the morning running were not beaten.

Anthoine Hubert secured the day's fourth fastest time for ART, ahead of Ryan Tveter and Marcos Siebert - the 2016 Italian Formula 4 champion - who also does not have a confirmed GP3 seat for '17 but is again testing for Campos Racing.

Jenzer Motorsport drivers Alessio Lorandi and Arjun Maini ended up seventh and eighth, ahead of DAMS racer and Haas F1 junior driver Santino Ferrucci, and Nirei Fukuzumi, who rounded out the top 10.

There were no red flag stoppages in the morning session, but the cars of Raoul Hyman, Giuliano Alesi and Red Bull junior team member Niko Kari did need recovering in the afternoon.

MORNING TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Dorian Boccolacci Trident 1m21.191s - 31
2 Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix 1m21.292s 0.101s 39
3 George Russell ART Grand Prix 1m21.317s 0.126s 41
4 Anthoine Hubert ART Grand Prix 1m21.454s 0.263s 40
5 Ryan Tveter Trident 1m21.495s 0.304s 32
6 Marcos Siebert Campos Racing 1m21.500s 0.309s 35
7 Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport 1m21.577s 0.386s 29
8 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1m21.627s 0.436s 41
9 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1m21.636s 0.445s 36
10 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1m21.683s 0.492s 38
11 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1m21.711s 0.520s 24
12 Steijn Schothorst Arden International 1m21.715s 0.524s 25
13 Leonardo Pulcini Arden International 1m21.781s 0.590s 21
14 Julien Falchero Campos Racing 1m21.874s 0.683s 35
15 Raoul Hyman Campos Racing 1m21.918s 0.727s 34
16 Kevin Jorg Trident 1m22.054s 0.863s 27
17 Niko Kari Arden International 1m22.076s 0.885s 22
18 Tatiana Calderon DAMS 1m22.204s 1.013s 34
19 Bruno Baptista DAMS 1m22.384s 1.193s 38

AFTERNOON TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 George Russell ART Grand Prix 1m21.814s - 54
2 Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport 1m21.816s 0.002s 22
3 Dorian Boccolacci Trident 1m21.834s 0.020s 47
4 Raoul Hyman Campos Racing 1m21.897s 0.083s 28
5 Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix 1m21.946s 0.132s 53
6 Leonardo Pulcini Arden International 1m21.951s 0.137s 47
7 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1m22.036s 0.222s 51
8 Niko Kari Arden International 1m22.206s 0.392s 53
9 Steijn Schothorst Arden International 1m22.286s 0.472s 45
10 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1m22.312s 0.498s 24
11 Marcos Siebert Campos Racing 1m22.352s 0.538s 37
12 Anthoine Hubert ART Grand Prix 1m22.450s 0.636s 53
13 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1m22.498s 0.684s 44
14 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1m22.536s 0.722s 27
15 Julien Falchero Campos Racing 1m22.568s 0.754s 46
16 Kevin Jorg Trident 1m22.608s 0.794s 43
17 Bruno Baptista DAMS 1m22.989s 1.175s 41
18 Tatiana Calderon DAMS 1m23.627s 1.813s 39
19 Ryan Tveter Trident 1m24.592s 2.778s 48


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