Hubert tops final day of pre-season testing, Ferrari's Ilott second
ART Grand Prix's Antoine Hubert set the fastest time on the final day of pre-season GP3 testing at Barcelona, ahead of his team-mate and Ferrari Formula 1 junior Callum Ilott

Hubert - the highest placed driver in last year's standings to return to GP3 for 2018 - set his best time of 1m31.751s in the morning session.
Ilott also finished runner-up in the times on the previous day behind Campos Racing driver Leonardo Pulcini, and his quickest lap from Wednesday was 0.029s adrift of the top spot.
Completing the top three in Wednesday morning's session was another ART driver - Jake Hughes - who was 0.232s adrift of Hubert and ahead of Dorian Boccolacci (MP Motorsport) and Pulcini.
In Wednesday's afternoon session, Trident's Pedro Piquet and Tatiana Calderon of Jenzer Motorsport both spent time at the top of the leaderboard, but a late lap from 2017 Silverstone reverse-grid winner Giuliano Alesi, sent the Trident driver to the top of the board.
Calderon maintained second in the afternoon times ahead of Piquet, while Juan Manuel Correa and top Arden driver Joey Mawson rounded out the top five.
The laptimes in the afternoon were over a second slower than the morning's running for most drivers.
Alesi's benchmark - a 1m32.901 - was 1.149s slower than Hubert's fastest time of the day.
Alessio Lorandi's running on Wednesday was curtailed thanks to an engine failure on his Trident-run car during the morning running.
He therefore finished at the bottom of the times in both sessions after not getting out on-track during the afternoon.
The test was the final outing for the teams and drivers before the season kicks off at the same venue, on the support bill for the Spanish Grand Prix, on May 11-13.
Day two morning results
Pos | Driver | Team | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anthoine Hubert | ART Grand Prix | 1m31.751s | 54 |
2 | Callum Ilott | ART Grand Prix | 0.029s | 57 |
3 | Jake Hughes | ART Grand Prix | 0.232s | 57 |
4 | Dorian Boccolacci | MP Motorsport | 0.298s | 44 |
5 | Leonardo Pulcini | Campos Racing | 0.322s | 43 |
6 | Nikita Mazepin | ART Grand Prix | 0.539s | 45 |
7 | Tatiana Calderon | Jenzer Motorsport | 0.627s | 35 |
8 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 0.632s | 36 |
9 | Julien Falchero | Arden International | 0.667s | 50 |
10 | Niko Kari | MP Motorsport | 0.728s | 49 |
11 | Pedro Piquet | Trident | 0.733s | 49 |
12 | Simo Laaksonen | Campos Racing | 0.769s | 38 |
13 | Will Palmer | MP Motorsport | 0.828s | 49 |
14 | David Beckmann | Jenzer Motorsport | 0.882s | 46 |
15 | Juan Manuel Correa | Jenzer Motorsport | 1.052s | 41 |
16 | Joey Mawson | Arden International | 1.088s | 40 |
17 | Diego Menchaca | Campos Racing | 1.163s | 35 |
18 | Ryan Tveter | Trident | 1.186s | 41 |
19 | Gabriel Aubry | Arden International | 1.641s | 51 |
20 | Alessio Lorandi | Trident | 11.358s | 3 |
Day two afternoon results
Pos | Driver | Team | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1m32.901s | 44 |
2 | Tatiana Calderon | Jenzer Motorsport | 0.253s | 33 |
3 | Pedro Piquet | Trident | 0.355s | 50 |
4 | Juan Manuel Correa | Jenzer Motorsport | 0.495s | 32 |
5 | Joey Mawson | Arden International | 0.705s | 34 |
6 | David Beckmann | Jenzer Motorsport | 0.710s | 40 |
7 | Diego Menchaca | Campos Racing | 0.734s | 50 |
8 | Ryan Tveter | Trident | 0.818s | 49 |
9 | Simo Laaksonen | Campos Racing | 0.901s | 55 |
10 | Gabriel Aubry | Arden International | 1.288s | 43 |
11 | Nikita Mazepin | ART Grand Prix | 1.503s | 38 |
12 | Jake Hughes | ART Grand Prix | 1.823s | 40 |
13 | Dorian Boccolacci | MP Motorsport | 2.059s | 42 |
14 | Leonardo Pulcini | Campos Racing | 2.177s | 36 |
15 | Niko Kari | MP Motorsport | 2.402s | 41 |
16 | Will Palmer | MP Motorsport | 2.454s | 41 |
17 | Callum Ilott | ART Grand Prix | 2.532s | 37 |
18 | Anthoine Hubert | ART Grand Prix | 2.598s | 41 |
19 | Julien Falchero | Arden International | 2.728s | 39 |
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