Leo quickest at end of FR3.5 test

Pons Racing's returnee Leo recorded a best lap of 1m33.715s to edge out British Formula 3 champion Daniel Ricciardo (Tech 1) by 0.019s.

Following the poor weather that disrupted this morning's running, the Circuit de Catalunya dried out and saw a tightly contested order. Just 0.087s covered the first four drivers in this afternoon's classification.

Junior Lotus Racing diver Daniil Move, Carlin's Jake Rosenzweig and Comtec's Greg Mansell had spells at the top of the timesheets before Ricciardo and Leo hit the front with a little over a quarter of the four-hour session remaining.

Rookie Nathanael Berthon ended the afternoon one spot higher than his morning position in third, the Draco driver shading Ricciardo's Red Bull Junior comrade Jean-Eric Vergne.

Fortec Motorsport's Sten Pentus and Daniil Move completed the top six. The next scheduled collective test will take place at Jerez on 13-14 March.

Pos  Driver             Team             Time       Gap       Laps
 1.  Federico Leo       Pons             1m33.715s            38
 2.  Daniel Ricciardo   Tech 1           1m33.734s  + 0.019s  28
 3.  Nathanael Berthon  Draco            1m33.752s  + 0.037s  41
 4.  Jean Eric Vergne   SG Formula       1m33.802s  + 0.087s  31
 5.  Sten Pentus        Fortec           1m33.845s  + 0.130s  25
 6.  Daniil Move        Junior Lotus     1m33.859s  + 0.144s  54
 7.  Marcos Martinez    SG Formula       1m34.003s  + 0.288s  34
 8.  Nelson Panciatici  Junior Lotus     1m34.007s  + 0.292s  34
 9.  Filip Salaquarda   ISR              1m34.010s  + 0.295s  24
10.  Greg Mansell       Comtec           1m34.120s  + 0.405s  45
11.  Brendon Hartley    Tech 1           1m34.210s  + 0.495s  23
12.  Anton Nebylitskyi  KMP              1m34.318s  + 0.603s  40
13.  Mikhail Aleshin    Carlin           1m34.337s  + 0.622s  24
14.  Stefano Coletti    Comtec           1m34.348s  + 0.633s  32
15.  Keisuke Kunimoto   Epsilon Euskadi  1m34.390s  + 0.675s  30
16.  Walter Grubmuller  P1               1m34.540s  + 0.825s  27
17.  Jake Rosenzweig    Carlin           1m34.708s  + 0.993s  39
18.  Daniel Zampieri    Pons             1m34.893s  + 1.178s  26
19.  Sergio Canamasas   Fortec           1m35.615s  + 1.900s  33
20.  Bruno Mendez       ISR              1m35.759s  + 2.044s  40
21.  Julian Leal        Draco            1m38.102s  + 4.387s  20
22.  Jan Charouz        P1
23.  Albert Costa       Epsilon Euskadi
24.  Victor Garcia      KMP