Ericsson tops Rockingham test

The 17-year-old Fortec Motorsport driver finished the day two tenths of a second clear of second-placed Max Chilton (Hitech Racing).

"I feel really confident and I hope we can continue making progress," Ericsson said. "We're in good form and I'm really looking forward to the next race at Croft."

Jaime Alguersuari (Carlin Motorsport) also carried on his good form in third place, ahead of Sergio Perez (T-Sport) and Nick Tandy (JTR) in the lead Mygale.

Nexa Racing's new Championship Class signing Viktor Jensen missed the test, but Oliver Oakes made his first appearance of the season in his 2008 Dallara Mercedes, run by Eurotek Motorsport and overseen by P1 Motorsport.

Salman Al-Khalifa was quickest of the National Class runners in 14th place overall.

The second round of the championship takes place at Croft next weekend.

Pos Driver                Team          Car   Time               Laps
 1. Marcus Ericsson       Fortec        D/M   1:11.799            73
 2. Max Chilton           Hitech        D/M   1:12.001   +0.202  100
 3. Jaime Alguersuari     Carlin        D/M   1:12.095   +0.296   75
 4. Sergio Perez          T-Sport       D/H   1:12.144   +0.345   79
 5. Nick Tandy            JTR           M/M   1:12.215   +0.416   81
 6. Michael Devaney       Ultimate      M/M   1:12.249   +0.450   40
 7. John Martin           Double R      D/M   1:12.263   +0.464   90
 8. Sam Abay              Carlin        D/M   1:12.307   +0.508   61
 9. Esteban Guerrieri     Ultimate      M/M   1:12.329   +0.530   42
10. Sebastian Hohenthal   Fortec        D/M   1:12.362   +0.563   70
11. Walter Grubmuller     Hitech        D/M   1:12.503   +0.704   93
12. Atte Mustonen         Double R      D/M   1:12.624   +0.825   77
13. Ricardo Teixeira      Ultimate      M/M   1:12.662   +0.863   75
14. Salman Al Khalifa     T-Sport (N)   D/H   1:12.769   +0.970   93
15. Oliver Turvey         Carlin        D/M   1:12.774   +0.975   75
16. Brendon Hartley       Carlin        D/M   1:12.906   +1.107   67
17. Alistair Jackson      Double R      D/M   1:12.940   +1.141   70
18. Henry Arundel         Double R      D/M   1:13.442   +1.643   76
19. Jay Bridger           Fluid (N)     D/H   1:13.450   +1.651   72
20. Hywel Lloyd           CF (N)        D/H   1:13.633   +1.834   80
21. Philip Major          Fortec        D/M   1:13.70    +1.909   47
22. Stefan Wilson         Fluid (N)     D/H   1:14.124   +2.325   61
23. Kristjan Einar        Carlin (N)    D/H   1:14.164   +2.365   82
24. Steven Guerrero       T-Sport (N)   D/H   1:14.190   +2.391   75
25. Craig Reiff           Nexa (N)      D/H   1:15.652   +3.853   79