Zampieri quickest in FR3.5 testing

The Pons driver waited until the end of the second session before putting in the 1m29.840s that would stand as the day's quickest lap.

"We were on the pace in Barcelona, but a technical problem stopped me putting in a good time," said Zampieri. "Today we worked out a good set-up, and that meant we could confirm [our pace].

"It's a good way to start my collaboration with the Ferrari Driver Academy. I've still got a lot to learn, but I'm 200 per cent motivated."

Fortec's Sten Pentus had been quickest in the morning and took second in combined times, ahead of SG Formula's Jean-Eric Vergne, who had topped the previous test at Barcelona but was sanguine about being beaten this time.

"Up to now, I've finished all the sessions at the top of the timing chart, and that's encouraging," he said. "We're still exploring many settings on my car and little by little we're getting good results. We know that the performance is there, our next goal is to work on the whole duration of a race."

Keisuke Kunimoto was second for Epsilon Euskadi in the morning and fourth overall, ahead of Junior Lotus driver Nelson Panciatici and Draco's Nathanael Berthon. Kunimoto's team-mate Albert Costa was only able to complete five laps due to discomfort from a hand injury sustained at the previous test.

Sportscar convert Jan Charouz was only 13th overall for P1, but had been quickest for most of the afternoon session until the new tyre runs began at the end.

Alexander Sims stood in at Carlin while Jake Rosenzweig was driving in the GP2 Asia event at Sakhir, and took 12th place.

Julien Jousse was also on substitute duties at Tech 1, where Brendon Hartley was busy with his Red Bull Formula 1 reserve role in Bahrain, and Daniel Ricciardo was unable to drive having injured his hand in a cycling accident. Hartley will fly back from Sakhir to take part in today's session at Jerez.

Pos  Driver             Team             Time       Gap       Laps
 1.  Daniel Zampieri    Pons             1m29.840s            52
 2.  Sten Pentus        Fortec           1m30.026s  + 0.186s  54
 3.  Jean Eric Vergne   SG Formula       1m30.053s  + 0.213s  61
 4.  Keisuke Kunimoto   Epsilon Euskadi  1m30.186s  + 0.346s  93
 5.  Nelson Panciatici  Junior Lotus     1m30.210s  + 0.370s  71
 6.  Nathanael Berthon  Draco            1m30.228s  + 0.388s  72
 7.  Victor Garcia      KMP              1m30.300s  + 0.460s  74
 8.  Greg Mansell       Comtec           1m30.391s  + 0.551s  65
 9.  Stefano Coletti    Comtec           1m30.404s  + 0.564s  58
10.  Federico Leo       Pons             1m30.448s  + 0.608s  68
11.  Walter Grubmuller  P1               1m30.528s  + 0.688s  72
12.  Alexander Sims     Carlin           1m30.575s  + 0.735s  79
13.  Jan Charouz        P1               1m30.794s  + 0.954s  61
14.  William Buller     Fortec           1m30.838s  + 0.998s  74
15.  Julian Leal        Draco            1m30.887s  + 1.047s  65
16.  Sergio Canamasas   ISR              1m30.983s  + 1.143s  56
17.  Mikhail Aleshin    Carlin           1m30.990s  + 1.150s  77
18.  Filip Salaquarda   ISR              1m31.414s  + 1.574s  30
19.  Anton Nebylitskyi  KMP              1m31.714s  + 1.874s  80
20.  Daniil Move        Junior Lotus     1m31.775s  + 1.935s  71
21.  Julien Jousse      Tech 1           1m32.024s  + 2.184s  57
22.  Albert Costa       Epsilon Euskadi  1m33.751s  + 3.911s  5