Nissan driver Mardenborough starts final GP3 test on top

The Nissan GT Academy graduate's early morning pace of 1m34.910s proved unbeatable through the day, as he topped the opening session by a tenth of a second over series veteran Pal Varhaug.

Jenzer driver was just 0.001s faster than Marvin Kirchhofer in third place, with the German's ART team-mate Esteban Ocon behind Ralph Boschung and Jimmy Eriksson in sixth.

The afternoon session was disrupted by a rain shower that limited teams' running.

Seb Morris completed twice as many laps as most and got down to a 1m35.740s for Status to lead the way.

Mardenborough was again on the pace, going second quickest - just over a tenth slower.

It was an all-British top three, as Matt Parry took third for Koiranen.

Estoril testing pacesetter Alex Palou went fourth-fastest, followed by Morris's team-mates Alex Fontana and Sandy Stuvik.

The test concludes on Thursday, with a sixth and final day of winter running ahead of the season-opener on the same track as part of the Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 support bill next month.

MORNING TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	1m34.910s	-	24
2	Pal Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	1m35.004s	0.094s	25
3	Marvin Kirchhofer	ART Grand Prix	1m35.005s	0.095s	22
4	Ralph Boschung	Jenzer Motorsport	1m35.013s	0.103s	22
5	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	1m35.033s	0.123s	17
6	Esteban Ocon	ART Grand Prix	1m35.070s	0.160s	24
7	Antonio Fuoco	Carlin	1m35.213s	0.303s	19
8	Alfonso Celis	ART Grand Prix	1m35.271s	0.361s	16
9	Oscar Tunjo	Trident	1m35.290s	0.380s	23
10	Adderly Fong	Koiranen GP	1m35.337s	0.427s	19
11	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	1m35.340s	0.430s	24
12	Matheo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	1m35.405s	0.495s	24
13	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1m35.420s	0.510s	16
14	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1m35.433s	0.523s	21
15	Mitch Gilbert	Carlin	1m35.576s	0.666s	15
16	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	1m35.979s	1.069s	17
17	Alex Fontana	Status Grand Prix	1m36.044s	1.134s	23
18	Seb Morris	Status Grand Prix	1m36.158s	1.248s	19
19	Artur Janosz	Trident	1m36.336s	1.426s	24
20	Kevin Ceccon	Arden International	1m36.622s	1.712s	18
21	Sandy Stuvik	Status Grand Prix	1m36.661s	1.751s	16
22	Alex Bosak	Arden International	1m37.349s	2.439s	18
23	Zaid Ashkanani	Campos Racing	1m37.568s	2.658s	24
24	Samin Gomez	Campos Racing	1m38.753s	3.843s	18

AFTERNOON TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Seb Morris	Status Grand Prix	1m35.740s	-	40
2	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	1m35.843s	0.103s	20
3	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1m36.406s	0.666s	22
4	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	1m36.578s	0.838s	25
5	Alex Fontana	Status Grand Prix	1m36.695s	0.955s	27
6	Sandy Stuvik	Status Grand Prix	1m36.768s	1.028s	27
7	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	1m36.817s	1.077s	24
8	Antonio Fuoco	Carlin	1m36.852s	1.112s	27
9	Alfonso Celis	ART Grand Prix	1m36.923s	1.183s	17
10	Matheo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	1m36.929s	1.189s	27
11	Pal Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	1m37.129s	1.389s	27
12	Kevin Ceccon	Arden International	1m37.261s	1.521s	18
13	Esteban Ocon	ART Grand Prix	1m37.929s	2.189s	22
14	Alex Bosak	Arden International	1m38.201s	2.461s	18
15	Mitch Gilbert	Carlin	1m38.267s	2.527s	12
16	Zaid Ashkanani	Campos Racing	1m38.489s	2.749s	28
17	Ralph Boschung	Jenzer Motorsport	1m38.498s	2.758s	26
18	Marvin Kirchhofer	ART Grand Prix	1m38.774s	3.034s	21
19	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1m38.822s	3.082s	27
20	Oscar Tunjo	Trident	1m39.309s	3.569s	27
21	Samin Gomez	Campos Racing	1m39.322s	3.582s	29
22	Adderly Fong	Koiranen GP	1m39.443s	3.703s	26
23	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	1m39.613s	3.873s	32
24	Artur Janosz	Trident	1m39.631s	3.891s	30