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Valtteri Bottas tops second GP3 practice in Hungary

Valtteri Bottas led an ART Grand Prix one-two in the second GP3 free practice session at the Hungaroring

The Finn edged his team-mate and this morning's pacesetter James Calado by just 0.064 seconds, while the pair enjoyed a gap of 0.2s over their closest challenger.

That role eventually went to Addax's Tom Dillmann, who made a late improvement to jump Mitch Evans (MW Arden) for third place with just over a minute to go. The Frenchman had been on course to better his time earlier on, but he backed off in the second sector to give himself clear space for another flying lap.

Antonio Felix da Costa was next up for Status, while Manor's Rio Haryanto was another to save his best lap for the end as he moved up to sixth.

Championship leader Alexander Sims brought a difficult day to an end down in 18th position. The Status driver had ended up 26th in the morning's disrupted session, and he was unable to put that right in the afternoon despite getting a handful of reasonably clear laps.

Pos  Driver                  Team       Time       Gap
 1.  Valtteri Bottas         ART        1m37.947s
 2.  James Calado            ART        1m38.011s  + 0.064s
 3.  Tom Dillmann            Addax      1m38.233s  + 0.286s
 4.  Mitch Evans             MW Arden   1m38.287s  + 0.340s
 5.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Status     1m38.463s  + 0.516s
 6.  Rio Haryanto            Manor      1m38.470s  + 0.523s
 7.  Nico Muller             Jenzer     1m38.491s  + 0.544s
 8.  Michael Christensen     RSC Mucke  1m38.626s  + 0.679s
 9.  Simon Trummer           MW Arden   1m38.653s  + 0.706s
10.  Vittorio Ghirelli       Jenzer     1m38.702s  + 0.755s
11.  Lewis Williamson        MW Arden   1m38.712s  + 0.765s
12.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs     Manor      1m38.779s  + 0.832s
13.  Ivan Lukashevich        Status     1m38.869s  + 0.922s
14.  Aaro Vainio             Tech 1     1m38.875s  + 0.928s
15.  Marlon Stockinger       Atech CRS  1m38.902s  + 0.955s
16.  Matias Laine            Manor      1m38.932s  + 0.985s
17.  Conor Daly              Carlin     1m38.934s  + 0.987s
18.  Alexander Sims          Status     1m39.074s  + 1.127s
19.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Tech 1     1m39.170s  + 1.223s
20.  Nick Yelloly            Atech CRS  1m39.219s  + 1.272s
21.  Nigel Melker            RSC Mucke  1m39.231s  + 1.284s
22.  Dean Smith              Addax      1m39.262s  + 1.315s
23.  Zoel Amberg             Atech CRS  1m39.316s  + 1.369s
24.  Maxim Zimin             Jenzer     1m39.329s  + 1.382s
25.  Pedro Nunes             ART        1m39.408s  + 1.461s
26.  Leonardo Cordeiro       Carlin     1m39.669s  + 1.722s
27.  Luciano Bacheta         RSC Mucke  1m40.288s  + 2.341s
28.  Thomas Hylkema          Tech 1     1m40.399s  + 2.452s
29.  Callum MacLeod          Carlin     1m40.617s  + 2.670s
30.  Gabby Chaves            Addax

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