Kevin Ceccon tops second day of Jerez GP3 test for MW Arden

The MW Arden driver lapped in 1m39.263s on slick tyres during what was the driest part of the day, the middle of the afternoon and added to his pace-setting lap on day one.

Any hopes Manor driver Tio Ellinas had closing the one-second gap to the Italian were dashed when he and morning pace-setter Emanuele Zonzini both spun into the gravel with an hour to go and brought out the red flags.

Heavy rain followed, meaning that nobody was able to improve on previous bests.

Nicolas Costa made it two Manor cars in the top three while Roman de Beer, Nick Cassidy and Britain's McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award finalist Melville McKee were next up for the Trident, Status and MW Arden teams respectively.

British Formula 3 champion Jack Harvey had a trying day after switching from Lotus to Carlin overnight. He brought out the first red flag of the day due to an oil leak on his car. He ended up eighth fastest.

Pos  Driver               Team            Time       Gap
 1.  Kevin Ceccon         MW Arden        1m39.263s
 2.  Tio Ellinas          Manor           1m40.266s  + 1.003s
 3.  Nicolas Costa        Manor           1m40.488s  + 1.225s
 4.  Roman de Beer        Trident         1m40.704s  + 1.441s
 5.  Nick Cassidy         Status          1m40.847s  + 1.584s
 6.  Melville McKee       MW Arden        1m40.952s  + 1.687s
 7.  Giovanni Venturini   Lotus           1m40.977s  + 1.714s
 8.  Jack Harvey          Carlin          1m40.979s  + 1.716s
 9.  Vittorio Ghirelli    Lotus           1m41.328s  + 2.065s
10.  Miki Monras          Atech CRS       1m41.376s  + 2.113s
11.  Emanuele Zonzini     Trident         1m41.733s  + 2.470s
12.  David Fumanelli      MW Arden        1m41.927s  + 2.664s
13.  Patryk Szczerbinski  Manor           1m42.233s  + 2.970s
14.  Josh Webster         Carlin          1m42.240s  + 2.977s
15.  Miki Weckstrom       Status          1m42.681s  + 3.218s
16.  Alex Fontana         Jenzer          1m42.756s  + 3.493s
17.  Robert Visoiu        Lotus           1m42.870s  + 3.617s
18.  Jordan Oon           Atech CRS       1m42.966s  + 3.703s
19.  Samin Gomez          Jenzer          1m44.762s  + 5.499s
20.  Ryan Cullen          Status          1m48.784s  + 9.521s