Melker on top at Lausitz test

The Mucke Motorsport driver, who lies third in the championship following last weekend's round at Spielberg, completed 94 laps of the German circuit and set a best time of 1m18.359s in his Dallara-Mercedes.

Signature driver Marco Wittmann was his nearest challenger and was only 0.045s slower in his Volkswagen-engined car while Felix Rosenqvist made it two Mucke cars in the top three.

Daniel Abt, who took his first Euro Series podium last weekend, continued his improved form in fourth, ahead of runaway championship leader Roberto Merhi (Prema) and Carlos Munoz (Signature).

Gianmarco Raimondo and Kuba Giermaziak were next up for Prema and the Star Racing team while Daniel Juncadella was unusually down in 10th for Prema, behind Signature's Laurens Vanthoor.

The test continues on Thursday.

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time               Laps
 1.  Nigel Melker          Mucke Motorsport     1m18.359s           94
 2.  Marco Wittmann        Signature            1m18.404s +  0.045  91
 3.  Felix Rosenqvist      Mucke Motorsport     1m18.528s +  0.169  98
 4.  Daniel Abt            Signature            1m18.543s +  0.184  80
 5.  Roberto Merhi         Prema Powerteam      1m18.659s +  0.300  88
 6.  Carlos Munoz          Signature            1m18.762s +  0.403  34
 7.  Gianmarco Raimondo    Prema Powerteam      1m18.889s +  0.530  82
 8.  Kuba Giermaziak       Star Racing Team     1m18.929s +  0.570  67
 9.  Laurens Vanthoor      Signature            1m18.950s +  0.591  70
10.  Daniel Juncadella     Prema Powerteam      1m18.950s +  0.591  64
11.  Kimiya Sato           Motopark             1m19.074s +  0.715  90
12.  Jimmy Eriksson        Motopark             1m19.464s +  1.105  53