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Simon Trummer slipstreams to fastest time in second GP3 practice at Monza

Simon Trummer took advantage of a tow from team-mate Mitch Evans to set the fastest time in the second GP3 free practice session at Monza

The MW Arden driver produced a surprise lap to take top spot with 12 seconds left on the clock. He continued to slipstream Evans on a second effort, but was following too close by the end of the lap which cost him time in the final corner.

Trummer's late improvement pushed Tom Dillmann (Addax) back to second after the Frenchman had sat at the head of the field for most of the session. Behind him, Adrian Quaife-Hobbs took third for Manor despite crashing out after just 14 minutes.

The Briton's session came to an end when he was clipped by Lewis Williamson as he was letting the MW Arden driver through into the Parabolica. Williamson misjudged where Quaife-Hobbs was as he tried to retake the racing line before turning into the corner, and his left rear wheel made contact with the Manor driver's right front, sending them both into the gravel.

The incident, which was partly caused by confusion in traffic, will be investigated by the stewards.

The other surprise of the session was title contenders and ART Grand Prix team-mates Valtteri Bottas and James Calado opting not to take to the track at all.

The pair, who are separated by five points at the top of the standings heading into this weekend's title deciding races, watched on with their mechanics from the Ferrari Formula 1 team's pitwall, electing to save tyres for later in the weekend.

"We were happy with what we did this morning, and it seems that there is quite a big advantage to new tyres here so we thought it was better to save them," Calado explained.

"Also, the track temperature was much higher than it will be for qualifying tomorrow and we didn't want to get distracted by making set-up changes to suit the hotter conditions."

Pos  Driver                  Team       Time       Gap
 1.  Simon Trummer           MW Arden   1m45.103s
 2.  Tom Dillmann            Addax      1m45.134s  + 0.031s
 3.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs     Manor      1m45.142s  + 0.039s
 4.  Mitch Evans             MW Arden   1m45.245s  + 0.142s
 5.  Gabby Chaves            Addax      1m45.282s  + 0.179s
 6.  Richie Stanaway         ART        1m45.379s  + 0.276s
 7.  Conor Daly              Carlin     1m45.387s  + 0.284s
 8.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Tech 1     1m45.415s  + 0.312s
 9.  Nigel Melker            RSC Mucke  1m45.447s  + 0.344s
10.  Lewis Williamson        MW Arden   1m45.467s  + 0.364s
11.  Alexander Sims          Status     1m45.638s  + 0.535s
12.  Vittorio Ghirelli       Addax      1m45.658s  + 0.555s
13.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Status     1m45.663s  + 0.560s
14.  Nico Muller             Jenzer     1m45.727s  + 0.624s
15.  Aaro Vainio             Tech 1     1m45.802s  + 0.699s
16.  Zoel Amberg             Atech CRS  1m45.804s  + 0.701s
17.  Matias Laine            Manor      1m45.867s  + 0.764s
18.  Rio Haryanto            Manor      1m45.912s  + 0.809s
19.  Michael Christensen     RSC Mucke  1m46.032s  + 0.929s
20.  Nick Yelloly            Atech CRS  1m46.051s  + 0.948s
21.  Ivan Lukashevich        Status     1m46.098s  + 0.995s
22.  Marlon Stockinger       Atech CRS  1m46.314s  + 1.211s
23.  Callum MacLeod          Carlin     1m46.353s  + 1.250s
24.  Leonardo Cordeiro       Carlin     1m46.446s  + 1.343s
25.  Maxim Zimin             Jenzer     1m46.792s  + 1.689s
26.  Thomas Hylkema          Tech 1     1m46.872s  + 1.769s
27.  Daniel Mancinelli       RSC Mucke  1m46.991s  + 1.888s
28.  Christophe Hurni        Jenzer     1m47.709s  + 2.606s
29.  Valtteri Bottas         ART
30.  James Calado            ART

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