Silverstone GP3: Yelloly sets practice pace as Stoneman crashes
Nick Yelloly topped the practice times at Silverstone on Friday evening, leading a British 1-2-4-5 on home turf
Status GP driver Yelloly set a 1m47.504s on his final flying lap, which followed a red flag for another Briton, Dean Stoneman, crashing heavily into the tyrewall at Stowe. Stoneman was unhurt.
Yelloly finished 0.294s ahead of ART's Dino Zamparelli, who topped the times for much of the session. Marvin Kirchhofer broke up the British dominance of the session, going third fastest in his ART machine.
Emil Bernstorff was fourth quickest for Carlin, ahead of Arden's Jann Mardenborough. Points leader Alex Lynn was a lowly 11th.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Nick Yelloly Status 1m47.504 16 2. Dino Zamparelli ART 1m47.798s +0.294s 15 3. Marvin Kirchhofer ART 1m47.934s +0.430s 16 4. Emil Bernstorff Carlin 1m48.137s +0.633s 15 5. Jann Mardenborough Arden 1m48.199s +0.695s 14 6. Alex Fontana ART 1m48.244s +0.740s 15 7. Patrick Kujala Manor 1m48.316s +0.812s 14 8. Alfonso Celis Status 1m48.518s +1.014s 15 9. Matheo Tuscher Jenzer 1m48.586s +1.082s 11 10. Roman de Beer Trident 1m48.605s +1.101s 15 11. Alex Lynn Carlin 1m48.706s +1.202s 12 12. Adderly Fong Jenzer 1m48.840s +1.336s 14 13. Richie Stanaway Status 1m48.918s +1.414s 11 14. Robert Visoiu Arden 1m48.949s +1.445s 16 15. Riccardo Agostini Hilmer 1m49.133s +1.629s 13 16. Luis Sa Silva Carlin 1m49.283s +1.779s 15 17. Nelson Mason Hilmer 1m49.366s +1.862s 14 18. Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen 1m49.428s +1.924s 11 19. Mitch Gilbert Trident 1m49.812s +2.308s 14 20. Ryan Cullen Manor 1m49.934s +2.430s 1? 21. Patric Niederhauser Arden 1m50.124s +2.620s 15 22. Victor Carbone Trident 1m50.555s +3.051s 16 23. Dean Stoneman Manor 1m50.604s +3.100s 9 24. Santiago Urrutia Koiranen 1m51.414s +3.910s 12 25. Pal Varhaug Jenzer 1m52.349s +4.845s 14 26. Sebastian Balthasar Hilmer 1m52.697s +5.193s 16 27. Carmen Jorda Koiranen 1m55.008s +7.504s 13
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