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Pulcini and Aitken set equal fastest time on final GP3 test day

Leonardo Pulcini and Jack Aitken shared the fastest time on the second day of the final 2017 pre-season GP3 test at Valencia

With the entire field taking to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo as soon as the green flag was waved in the morning session, a mock qualifying session took place as the drivers traded fastest laps early on.

First Raoul Hyman deposed the four ART drivers - Aitken, George Russell, Anthoine Hubert and Nirei Fukuzumi - at the head of the timesheets before Pulcini, the 2016 Euroformula Open champion, set a time of 1m21.233s to move into first place.

Aitken slotted in behind the Arden driver before exactly matching his best time halfway through the morning running.

With the teams concentrating on race simulations after the flurry of fast times, Pulcini and Aitken's best time was not bettered, with yesterday's pacesetter Dorian Boccolacci ending up third quickest for Trident.

Alessio Lorandi topped the afternoon session, and finished the day with the fourth fastest overall time ahead of Hyman.

Ryan Tveter, who like Boccolacci is testing for Trident but is yet to be confirmed on the GP3 grid for 2017, beat Mercedes Formula 1 junior driver Russell to sixth place.

Santino Ferrucci was eighth fastest for DAMS, while Arden's Red Bull junior team member Niko Kari and Hubert completed the top 10.

With pre-season testing now complete, the 2017 GP3 championship will get under way on May 13 at Barcelona when the series joins the F1 support bill at the Spanish Grand Prix.

MORNING TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Leonardo Pulcini Arden International 1m21.233s - 33
2 Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix 1m21.233s 0.000s 43
3 Dorian Boccolacci Trident 1m21.259s 0.026s 56
4 Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport 1m21.284s 0.051s 40
5 Raoul Hyman Campos Racing 1m21.368s 0.135s 34
6 Ryan Tveter Trident 1m21.471s 0.238s 40
7 George Russell ART Grand Prix 1m21.523s 0.290s 51
8 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1m21.567s 0.334s 51
9 Niko Kari Arden International 1m21.594s 0.361s 38
10 Anthoine Hubert ART Grand Prix 1m21.604s 0.371s 48
11 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1m21.679s 0.446s 50
12 Marcos Siebert Campos Racing 1m21.688s 0.455s 48
13 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1m21.700s 0.467s 40
14 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1m21.752s 0.519s 53
15 Kevin Jorg Trident 1m21.844s 0.611s 44
16 Steijn Schothorst Arden International 1m21.884s 0.651s 36
17 Julien Falchero Campos Racing 1m21.940s 0.707s 33
18 Tatiana Calderon DAMS 1m22.165s 0.932s 44
19 Bruno Baptista DAMS 1m22.266s 1.033s 45

AFTERNOON TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport 1m21.333s - 42
2 Raoul Hyman Campos Racing 1m21.478s 0.145s 65
3 Dorian Boccolacci Trident 1m21.721s 0.388s 51
4 Ryan Tveter Trident 1m21.858s 0.525s 34
5 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1m22.004s 0.671s 42
6 Julien Falchero Campos Racing 1m22.187s 0.854s 47
7 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1m22.460s 1.127s 42
8 Tatiana Calderon DAMS 1m22.911s 1.578s 36
9 Leonardo Pulcini Arden International 1m23.805s 2.472s 56
10 Niko Kari Arden International 1m23.977s 2.644s 55
11 Bruno Baptista DAMS 1m23.987s 2.654s 36
12 Steijn Schothorst Arden International 1m24.004s 2.671s 56
13 Marcos Siebert Campos Racing 1m24.320s 2.987s 29
14 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1m24.322s 2.989s 46
15 George Russell ART Grand Prix 1m24.372s 3.039s 47
16 Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix 1m24.507s 3.174s 48
17 Anthoine Hubert ART Grand Prix 1m24.871s 3.538s 47
18 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1m30.913s 9.580s 39
19 Kevin Jorg Trident 1m36.265s 14.932s 33

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