Nakajima tops test on Arena circuit
Daisuke Nakajima set the fastest time of Wednesday's British Formula 3 test on Silverstone's new Arena GP layout
The Raikkonen Robertson driver's best effort of the day was a tenth of a second quicker than championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne.
Vergne's Carlin team-mate James Calado was third quickest, and was impressed by the new section of track.
"It's nice to have a change; it's very fast, very flowing, and smooth, apart from one horrible bump at the exit of turn eight, which upset a lot of cars," said Calado. "But for the most part it's very enjoyable."
William Buller (Hitech), Lucas Foresti (Carlin) and National Class leader Menasheh Idafar (T-Sport) completed the top six.
GP2 racers Marcus Ericsson and Christian Vietoris joined the test in West-Tec Dallara Mugen F307s, to learn the new layout ahead of the GP2 round in support of this year's British Grand Prix.
Final session times:
Pos Driver Team Car Time 1. Daisuke Nakajima Raikkonen D/M 1m53.339s 2. Jean-Eric Vergne Carlin D/V 1m53.480s 3. James Calado Carlin D/V 1m53.764s 4. William Buller Hitech D/V 1m53.985s 5. Lucas Foresti Carlin D/V 1m54.036s 6. Menasheh Idafar T-Sport D/H 1m54.239s 7. Carlos Huertas Raikkonen D/M 1m54.267s 8. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin D/V 1m54.309s 9. Daniel McKenzie Fortec D/M 1m54.425s 10. Gabriel Dias Hitech D/V 1m54.447s 11. Felipe Nasr Raikkonen D/M 1m54.452s 12. Oliver Webb Fortec D/M 1m54.597s 13. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin D/V 1m54.611s 14. Adriano Buzaid Carlin D/V 1m54.745s 15. Hywel Lloyd CF/Manor D/M 1m54.973s 16. Max Snegirev Fortec D/M 1m55.401s 17. Alex Brundle T-Sport D/V 1m55.504s 18. Jay Bridger Litespeed D/M 1m55.648s 19. Marcus Ericsson West-Tec D/H 1m55.965s 20. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Performance D/V 1m56.685s 21. James Cole T-Sport D/H 1m56.793s 22. Adderley Fong Sino Vision D/M 1m57.814s 23. Christian Vietoris West-Tec D/H 1m58.444s
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