Herck tops final day at Ricard

The 19-year-old led a Prema one-two with Miguel Molina in the afternoon session, although Daniil Move's best lap from the morning session was the second fastest overall.

"I'm happy with the days I've had here," said Herck. "Test sessions aren't races, but it's important to show what you're capable of. I feel like I've learnt more in three days of testing than in a whole season of racing."

The top times in the morning were extremely close, with three drivers covered by one hundredth of a second.

Edoardo Piscopo and Dani Clos were marginally faster than Molina's afternoon time as well, while Aleix Alcaraz set the sixth fastest time overall.

Draco Racing created some interest in the pitlane when they handed one of their cars over to Fabrice Walfisch, who raced for the team in Formula 3000 in 1999.

The 34-year-old only completed 23 laps through the entire day, but his best effort put him 11th in the afternoon session.

Pos  Driver                 Team               Time      Laps
 1.  Michael Herck          Prema FRenault     1:15.570   56
 2.  Miguel Molina          Prema FRenault     1:15.765   53
 3.  Aleix Alcaraz          Pons               1:15.779   54
 4.  Pippa Mann             Cram               1:15.790   38
 5.  Edoardo Piscopo        Fortec             1:15.792   46
 6.  Daniil Move            Tech 1             1:15.819   40
 7.  Bertrand Baguette      Draco Racing Team  1:15.911   34
 8.  Mario Romancini        Tech 1             1:15.965   32
 9.  Johnny Cecotto         RC Msport          1:15.968   41
10.  Valtteri Bottas        Epsilon Euskadi    1:15.972   59
11.  Fabrice Walfish        Draco Racing Team  1:15.982   10
12.  Alexandre Marsoin      KTR                1:15.996   46
13.  Marco Bonanomi         Interwetten        1:16.000   56
14.  Oliver Oakes           COMTEC             1:16.161   45
15.  Dani Clos              Epsilon Euskadi    1:16.214   32
16.  Robert Wickens         Carlin             1:16.308   41
17.  Marcello Pugliesi      Cram               1:16.514   18
18.  Pasquale Di Sabatino   COMTEC             1:16.518   24
19.  Mathieu Arzeno         KTR                1:16.622   37
20.  Sergio Perez           Interwetten        1:17.337   24
21.  Xavier Maassen         Fortec                         1

All Timing Unofficial