Raffaele Marciello quickest in maiden GP2 test in Abu Dhabi
Raffaele Marciello topped the first day of GP2's post-season test at Yas Marina for the Trident Racing squad
This year's European Formula 3 champion hit the front in the evening session of what was his first outing in GP2, setting the outright pace with a 1m49.811s.
Only two drivers - series regular Alexander Rossi and Red Bull junior Carlos Sainz - were able to join him in the sub 1m50s bracket.
The former set the pace for Caterham in the morning session with a 1m49.958s, leaving him more than half a second clear of a chasing pack led by Daniel Abt, Johnny Cecotto and last year's GP3 champion Mitch Evans, who was testing for newly-crowned teams' champions Russian Time.
Rossi's time was ultimately enough to earn him second overall, although Carlin's Sainz ended the evening just nine thousandths of a second down the road.
Sainz's time had kept him top of the evening pile until the final hour, when Marciello improved to end the day at the head of the timesheets.
With the exception of Rossi, all top 10 times were set in that latter session.
Abt - testing for Hilmer - secured fourth overall with a 1m50.120s.
Less than one tenth of a second, meanwhile, covered Cecotto (Lazarus), GP2 race-winner Jolyon Palmer (Racing Engineering), Evans and Arden's Rene Binder.
Will Stevens, who took five podiums in Formula Renault 3.5 this year, secured ninth for MP Motorsport, fractions ahead of fellow FR3.5 podium sitter Andre Negrao, driving for Hilmer.
Among a number of changes for day two are Palmer switching to DAMS, British F3 champion Jordan King coming in at Addax and Sam Bird substituting for Tom Dillmann at Russian Time, the team with which he finished runner-up in GP2 this year.
Morning times
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Alexander Rossi Caterham 1m49.958s 22
2. Daniel Abt Hilmer 1m50.608s 20
3. Johnny Cecotto Lazarus 1m50.643s 12
4. Mitch Evans Russian Time 1m50.722s 20
5. Raffaele Marciello Trident 1m50.812s 20
6. Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1m51.038s 15
7. Nico Muller Arden 1m51.144s 23
8. Stephane Richelmi DAMS 1m51.152s 20
9. Will Stevens MP Motorsport 1m51.210s 21
10. Rene Binder Arden 1m51.234s 25
11. Simon Trummer Rapax 1m51.515s 23
12. Carlos Sainz Carlin 1m51.536s 20
13. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1m51.620s 27
14. Julian Leal Trident 1m51.627s 13
15. Andre Negrao Hilmer 1m51.734s 21
16. Rio Haryanto Racing Engineering 1m51.779s 24
17. Jolyon Palmer Racing Engineering 1m51.966s 21
18. Rodolfo Gonzalez Addax 1m52.056s 13
19. Stoffel Vandoorne ART 1m52.357s 28
20. Arthur Pic ART 1m52.422s 28
21. Artem Markelov Russian Time 1m52.763s 17
22. Sandy Stuvik Rapax 1m52.772s 20
23. Nikolay Martsenko Addax 1m53.419s 18
24. Denis Magulin Lazarus 1m55.231s 20
25. Facu Regalia Caterham no time 1
Afternoon times
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Raffaele Marciello Trident 1m49.811s 17
2. Carlos Sainz Carlin 1m49.967s 28
3. Daniel Abt Hilmer 1m50.120s 25
4. Johnny Cecotto Lazarus 1m50.206s 19
5. Jolyon Palmer Racing Engineering 1m50.238s 28
6. Mitch Evans Russian Time 1m50.279s 22
7. Rene Binder Arden 1m50.291s 22
8. Will Stevens MP Motorsport 1m50.392s 26
9. Andre Negrao Hilmer 1m50.411s 26
10. Facu Regalia Caterham 1m50.525s 29
11. Stoffel Vandoorne ART 1m50.538s 23
12. Arthur Pic ART 1m50.547s 26
13. Simon Trummer Rapax 1m50.610s 27
14. Julian Leal Trident 1m50.631s 26
15. Nicol Muller Arden 1m50.634s 20
16. Rio Haryanto Racing Engineering 1m50.712s 24
17. Stephane Richelmi DAMS 1m50.791s 27
18. Artem Markelov Russian Time 1m50.900s 25
19. Rodolfo Gonzalez Addax 1m50.993s 25
20. Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1m51.106s 22
21. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1m51.261s 22
22. Nikolay Martsenko Addax 1m51.339s 30
23. Sandy Stuvik Rapax 1m51.343s 24
24. Alexander Rossi Caterham 1m52.006s 35
25. Denis Nagulin Lazarus 1m53.510s 24
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