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Sochi GP3: Richie Stanaway quickest in practice

Richie Stanaway set the pace in the first-ever GP3 Series practice session at the new Sochi circuit in Russia on Friday evening

Stanaway lapped the Russian Grand Prix venue in 1m52.876s, ending the 45-minute session over a fifth of a second clear of Dean Stoneman, who joins the Koiranen GP squad this weekend as his usual Manor team has not made the trip to Russia.

Stanaway needs to overturn a 50-point deficit to points leader Alex Lynn over the next four races to wrest the title away.

Lynn finished the session sixth fastest on 1m53.365s, almost half a second down.

Behind Stoneman, fellow Briton Emil Bernstorff was third fastest for Carlin, ahead of another Briton, Dino Zamparelli, and his ART team-mate Marvin Kirchhofer.

Behind Lynn, the third ART of Alex Fontana was followed by Nick Yelloly (Status) and Jimmy Eriksson, who is third in the standings.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1m52.876s - 20
2 Dean Stoneman Koiranen GP 1m53.109s 0.233s 18
3 Emil Bernstorff Carlin 1m53.184s 0.308s 20
4 Dino Zamparelli ART Grand Prix 1m53.305s 0.429s 17
5 Marvin Kirchhofer ART Grand Prix 1m53.325s 0.449s 18
6 Alex Lynn Carlin 1m53.365s 0.489s 20
7 Alex Fontana ART Grand Prix 1m53.414s 0.538s 18
8 Nick Yelloly Status Grand Prix 1m53.464s 0.588s 18
9 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 1m53.485s 0.609s 17
10 Matheo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 1m53.550s 0.674s 20
11 Patric Niederhauser Arden International 1m53.570s 0.694s 20
12 Robert Visoiu Arden International 1m53.591s 0.715s 21
13 Patrick Kujala Trident 1m53.972s 1.096s 18
14 Pal Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 1m54.018s 1.142s 20
15 Jann Mardenborough Arden International 1m54.062s 1.186s 18
16 Kevin Ceccon Jenzer Motorsport 1m54.068s 1.192s 20
17 Nelson Mason Hilmer Motorsport 1m54.518s 1.642s 20
18 Riccardo Agostini Hilmer Motorsport 1m54.546s 1.670s 19
19 Alfonso Celis Status Grand Prix 1m54.672s 1.796s 20
20 Mitch Gilbert Trident 1m54.915s 2.039s 20
21 Luis Jorge Sa Silva Carlin 1m54.925s 2.049s 18
22 Santiago Urrutia Koiranen GP 1m54.991s 2.115s 18
23 Nikolay Martsenko Hilmer Motorsport 1m55.669s 2.793s 20


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