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Matias Laine leads MW Arden one-two in opening GP3 practice at Barcelona

Matias Laine set the pace in the first practice session of the 2012 GP3 Series season at Barcelona

The second-year driver led an MW Arden one-two ahead of his Formula 3 convert team-mate David Fumanelli - the pair separated by just 0.099 seconds.

The MW Arden duo were followed by the trio of Lotus entries, with Aaro Vainio third and his team-mates Conor Daly and Daniel Abt next up.

Completing an all-MW Arden/Lotus top six, title favourite Mitch Evans was sixth fastest.

Manor's Fabiano Machado had the only significant incident when he spun into the Turn 14 barriers, while his team-mate Tio Ellinas stopped after just one lap.

Pos  Driver                  Team       Time       Gap
 1.  Matias Laine            MW Arden   1m38.878s
 2.  David Fumanelli         MW Arden   1m38.977s  + 0.099s
 3.  Aaro Vainio             Lotus      1m39.063s  + 0.185s
 4.  Conor Daly              Lotus      1m39.080s  + 0.202s
 5.  Daniel Abt              Lotus      1m39.154s  + 0.276s
 6.  Mitch Evans             MW Arden   1m39.208s  + 0.330s
 7.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Carlin     1m39.514s  + 0.636s
 8.  Alex Brundle            Carlin     1m39.625s  + 0.747s
 9.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Atech CRS  1m39.682s  + 0.804s
10.  Marlon Stockinger       Status     1m39.776s  + 0.898s
11.  Robert Visoiu           Jenzer     1m39.839s  + 0.961s
12.  William Buller          Carlin     1m40.041s  + 1.163s
13.  Patric Niederhauser     Jenzer     1m40.168s  + 1.290s
14.  Kevin Ceccon            Ocean      1m40.427s  + 1.549s
15.  Kotaro Sakurai          Status     1m40.493s  + 1.615s
16.  Dmitry Suranovich       Manor      1m40.532s  + 1.654s
17.  Antonio Spavone         Trident    1m40.614s  + 1.736s
18.  Ethan Ringel            Atech CRS  1m40.913s  + 2.035s
19.  Fabiano Machado         Manor      1m40.935s  + 2.057s
20.  Alice Powell            Status     1m41.003s  + 2.125s
21.  John Wartique           Atech CRS  1m41.179s  + 2.301s
22.  Vicky Piria             Trident    1m41.532s  + 2.654s
23.  Carmen Jorda            Ocean      1m41.554s  + 2.676s
24.  Robert Cregan           Ocean      1m42.087s  + 3.209s
25.  Jakub Klasterka         Jenzer     1m42.198s  + 3.320s
26.  Tio Ellinas             Manor

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