Magnussen leads Carlin 1-2-3-4-5 at Silverstone test

Magnussen was fastest in the first session of the day, and his 1m54.433s effort would remain unbeaten for the rest of the day.

"It was a really good day, we got some great results with everything we tried so I know we have good pace going into Silverstone," Magnussen said.

"I like the circuit a lot and have been here a few times before so I'm feeling confident for the final rounds of the season."

Carlos Huertas came within 14 thousandths of matching Magnussen's benchmark in the morning, and his time too would stand for the rest of the day, leaving him second.

2011 champion Felipe Nasr finished 0.160s down the road in third ahead of Jack Harvey, who was one of only three drivers to set his best time in the second of the day's three sessions.

Carlin's Jazeman Jaafar secured his place in the top five with a 1m54.935s effort set in the final session, leaving him just over half a second off Magnussen.

Fortec's William Buller headed Hitech's Pietro Fantin in the fight for sixth, with just 0.025s covering the pair.

Mitch Evans, Rupert Svendsen-Cook and Scott Pye rounded out the top ten, all three lapping within 1s of Magnussen's benchmark.

Combined Classification:

Pos  Driver                Team/Car                     Time/Gap
 1.  Kevin Magnussen       Carlin Dallara-VW           1m54.433s
 2.  Carlos Huertas        Carlin Dallara-VW           1m54.447s
 3.  Felipe Nasr           Carlin Dallara-VW           1m54.593s
 4   Jack Harvey           Carlin Dallara-VW           1m54.869s
 5.  Jazeman Jaafar        Carlin Dallara-VW           1m54.935s
 6.  Will Buller           Carlin Dallara-Merc         1m54.984s
 7.  Pietro Fantin         Hitech Dallara-VW           1m55.009s
 8.  Mitch Evans           Double R Dallara-Merc       1m55.171s
 9.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook  Carlin Dallara-VW           1m55.240s
10.  Scott Pye             Double R Dallara-Merc       1m55.406s
11.  Menasheh Idafar       T-Sport Dallara-VW          1m55.699s
12.  Harry Tincknell       Fortec Dallara-Merc         1m55.794s
13.  Pipo Derani           Double R Dallara-Merc       1m55.875s
14.  Lucas Foresti         Fortec Dallara-Merc         1m55.900s
15   Maxim Snegirev        Hitech Dallara-VW           1m55.952s
16.  Hywel Lloyd           Sino Vision Dallara-Merc    1m56.123s
17   Fahmi Ilyas           Fortec Dallara-Merc         1m56.136s
18.  Yann Cunha            T-Sport Dallara-VW          1m56.320s
19.  Bart Hylkema          T-Sport Dallara-VW          1m56.775s
20.  Adderly Fong          Sino Vision Dallara-Merc    1m57.092s
21   Kotaro Sakurai        Hitech Dallara-Mugen        1m59.000s