FR3.5 testing: Nicholas Latifi ends final day on top at Aragon

The Canadian, who took his maiden podium in the series last month at Jerez, set his best time just before the lunch break at the Spanish circuit.

Latifi's best time knocked Oliver Rowland back to second place in the morning session, and despite the Briton - a two-time winner in 2014 - improving his time in the final minutes of the day to top the afternoon running, it was not enough to take top spot overall.

Jazeman Jaafar, driving for DAMS on the final day, was knocked back to second in the afternoon session by Rowland's time, giving him third overall.

Latifi's best lap also gave him the fastest time of the three-day test, as he edged out Matthieu Vaxiviere's best effort from day two.

"I've really enjoyed these three days," said Latifi, who was in action for Arden on day three.

"In the end I'm pleased to get the fastest time of the three days. After setting the second best time at Jerez, I'd like to keep it this way."

Rowland felt that he was capable of a much quicker time but he felt he made too many mistakes while his tyres were at their best earlier in the day.

Lotus drivers Vaxiviere and Andrea Pizzitola were the only other cars within half a second of Latifi's benchmark, while regular testing frontrunner Pietro Fantin completed the top six.

McLaren junior Nyck de Vries, one of the few drivers confirmed already for 2015, was 13th fastest for DAMS, and he held the same position on the combined times for all three days of the test, which featured 33 drivers in total.

Pos Driver                Team            Time       Gap
 1. Nicholas Latifi       Arden           1m40.479s
 2. Oliver Rowland        Fortec          1m40.764s  +0.285s
 3. Jazeman Jaafar        DAMS            1m40.820s  +0.341s
 4. Matthieu Vaxiviere    Lotus           1m40.943s  +0.464s
 5. Andrea Pizzitola      Lotus           1m40.963s  +0.484s
 6. Pietro Fantin         Draco           1m41.016s  +0.537s
 7. Lucas Auer            Arden           1m41.069s  +0.590s
 8. Egor Orudzhev         Fortec          1m41.085s  +0.606s
 9. Beitske Visser        AVF             1m41.140s  +0.661s
10. Dennis Olsen          Strakka         1m41.248s  +0.769s
11. Bruno Bonifacio       Draco           1m41.350s  +0.871s
12. Gustav Malja          Zeta Corse      1m41.394s  +0.915s
13. Nyck De Vries         DAMS            1m41.402s  +0.923s
14. Luca Ghiotto          Strakka         1m41.556s  +1.077s
15. Oscar Tunjo           Pons            1m41.702s  +1.223s
16. Vasily Romanov        Zeta Corse      1m41.837s  +1.358s
17. Meindert Van Buuren   Comtec          1m41.922s  +1.443s
18. Nelson Mason          Pons            1m42.078s  +1.599s
19. Alex Bosak            AVF             1m42.190s  +1.711s
20. Marvin Kirchhöfer     Comtec          1m42.298s  +1.819s