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Chaves tops Silverstone testing

Gabby Chaves posted the quickest time of the day in GP3 testing at the Silverstone circuit on Tuesday

The Addax team driver's 1m51.449s, set in the afternoon session, was enough to put him on top of the times, over a tenth of a second ahead of Nico Muller in the Jenzer Motorsport car.

In what was the second of three pre-season tests for GP3, Lotus ART's Valtteri Bottas finished as third quickest with the fastest time of the morning session. Lewis Williamson in the Arden car and Alexander Sims in the Status Grand Prix machine completed the top five.

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs and Mitch Evans caused the two red flags of the day in the afternoon session, with rain hitting the circuit later on to keep American Chaves on top.

Morning times:

Pos  Driver                     Team                     Time      Laps
 1.  Valtteri Bottas            Lotus ART                1:51.608    32
 2.  Lewis Williamson           MW Arden                 1:51.688    31
 3.  Nigel Melker               RSC Mucke Motorsport     1:51.755    28
 4.  Simon Trummer              MW Arden                 1:51.801    26
 5.  Nico Muller                Jenzer Motorsport        1:51.816    26
 6.  Antonio Felix da Costa     Status Grand Prix        1:51.821    41
 7.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs        Marussia Manor Racing    1:51.920    20
 8.  Marlon Stockinger          Atech CRS GP             1:52.017    27
 9.  James Calado               Lotus ART                1:52.025    33
10.  Pedro Nunes                Lotus ART                1:52.053    34
11.  Michael Christensen        RSC Mucke Motorsport     1:52.213    35
12.  Rio Haryanto               Marussia Manor Racing    1:52.348    25
13.  Nick Yelloly               Atech CRS GP             1:52.422    18
14.  Mitch Evans                MW Arden                 1:52.505    32
15.  Alexander Sims             Status Grand Prix        1:52.510    25
16.  Tamas Pal Kiss             Tech 1 Racing            1:52.518    30
17.  Aaro Vainio                Tech 1 Racing            1:52.556    25
18.  Gabby Chaves               Addax Team               1:52.563    28
19.  Conor Daly                 Carlin                   1:52.777    33
20.  Matias Laine               Marussia Manor Racing    1:52.794    34
21.  Andrea Caldarelli          Tech 1 Racing            1:52.803    34
22.  Vittorio Ghirelli          Jenzer Motorsport        1:52.935    31
23.  Willi Steindl              RSC Mucke Motorsport     1:52.955    32
24.  Kotaro Sakurai             Carlin                   1:53.009    28
25.  Zoel Amburg                Atech CRS GP             1:53.315    38
26.  Maxim Zimin                Jenzer Motorsport        1:53.490    27
27.  Thomas Hylkema             Addax Team               1:53.563    40
28.  Tom Dillmann               Carlin                   1:53.858    31
29.  Ivan Lukashevich           Status Grand Prix        1:54.344    36
30.  Fernando Monje             Addax Team               1:54.504    35

Afternoon times

Pos  Driver                     Team                     Time     Laps
 1.  Gabby Chaves               Addax Team               1:51.449   22
 2.  Nico Muller                Jenzer Motorsport        1:51.596   19
 3.  Lewis Williamson           MW Arden                 1:51.641   27
 4.  Alexander Sims             Status Grand Prix        1:51.752   24
 5.  Marlon Stockinger          Atech CRS GP             1:51.775   11
 6.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs        Marussia Manor Racing    1:51.981   28
 7.  Vittorio Ghirelli          Jenzer Motorsport        1:52.328   26
 8.  Rio Haryanto               Marussia Manor Racing    1:52.472   30
 9.  Simon Trummer              MW Arden                 1:52.538   24
10.  Tom Dillmann               Carlin                   1:52.557   19
11.  Mitch Evans                MW Arden                 1:52.741   22
12.  Michael Christensen        RSC Mucke Motorsport     1:52.770   25
13.  James Calado               Lotus ART                1:52.886   29
14.  Antonio Felix da Costa     Status Grand Prix        1:52.940   23
15.  Fernando Monje             Addax Team               1:52.976   22
16.  Pedro Nunes                Lotus ART                1:53.021   30
17.  Thomas Hylkema             Addax Team               1:53.081   18
18.  Matias Laine               Marussia Manor Racing    1:53.214   23
19.  Valtteri Bottas            Lotus ART                1:53.249   31
20.  Aaro Vainio                Tech 1 Racing            1:53.263   19
21.  Maxim Zimin                Jenzer Motorsport        1:53.436   24
22.  Zoel Amberg                Atech CRS GP             1:53.682   24
23.  Willi Steindl              RSC Mucke Motorsport     1:53.803   27
24.  Tamas Pal Kiss             Tech 1 Racing            1:53.895   27
25.  Kotaro Sakurai             Carlin                   1:53.941   11
26.  Andrea Caldarelli          Tech 1 Racing            1:53.980   21
27.  Nigel Melker               RSC Mucke Motorsport     1:53.989   27
28.  Conor Daly                 Carlin                   1:54.967   15
29.  Nick Yelloly               Atech CRS GP             1:55.075   20
30.  Ivan Lukashevich           Status Grand Prix        1:59.785   19

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