Ricard Formula 2 testing: McLaren reserve Lando Norris fastest

Norris clocked the fastest time during the morning session, and it remained unbeaten across the remainder of the day's running.

His time of 1m42.226s was over eight tenths of a second faster than his Tuesday benchmark as he wound up 0.161s clear of Carlin team-mate Sergio Sette Camara, whose best time also came in the morning.

Unlike in Tuesday's wet/dry running, Norris did not lead both sessions, with Alexander Albon heading the times during the afternoon action.

Albon, who has switched to DAMS after racing for ART last season, placed third overall on the combined timesheets, within two tenths of Norris's fastest effort.

Renault F1 reserve driver Jack Aitken was fourth, in front of Louis Deletraz (pictured above) - who is this year driving for series newcomer Charouz, the team that guided Pietro Fittipaldi to the 2017 Formula V8 3.5 title.

GP3 graduate Arjun Maini finished sixth for Trident as his morning time eclipsed Prema's Nyck de Vries by just 0.001s, de Vries placing runner-up to ex GP3 team-mate Albon across the afternoon action.

Williams junior Oliver Rowland, testing once more for DAMS in place of the unwell Nicholas Latifi, wound up eighth, in front of Mercedes-backed GP3 champion George Russell and Honda protege Nirei Fukuzumi.

Morning times

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris	Carlin	1m42.226s	-	41
2	Sergio Sette Camara	Carlin	1m42.387s	0.161s	38
3	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1m42.566s	0.340s	46
4	Louis Deletraz	Charouz Racing System	1m42.698s	0.472s	35
5	Arjun Maini	Trident	1m42.700s	0.474s	48
6	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1m42.951s	0.725s	37
7	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1m43.008s	0.782s	20
8	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1m43.197s	0.971s	38
9	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1m43.197s	0.971s	37
10	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1m43.343s	1.117s	33
11	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1m43.345s	1.119s	36
12	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	1m43.363s	1.137s	17
13	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1m43.608s	1.382s	29
14	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	1m43.720s	1.494s	42
15	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1m43.766s	1.540s	29
16	Maximilian Guenther	BWT Arden	1m44.207s	1.981s	14
17	Artem Markelov	RUSSIAN TIME	1m44.564s	2.338s	38
18	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1m44.626s	2.400s	33
19	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1m44.893s	2.667s	5
20	Tadasuke Makino	RUSSIAN TIME	1m45.872s	3.646s	8

Afternoon times

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1m42.406s	-	32
2	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1m42.701s	0.295s	36
3	Louis Deletraz	Charouz Racing System	1m42.803s	0.397s	45
4	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	1m42.840s	0.434s	35
5	Arjun Maini	Trident	1m42.903s	0.497s	42
6	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1m43.081s	0.675s	39
7	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1m43.324s	0.918s	46
8	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1m43.328s	0.922s	38
9	Lando Norris	Carlin	1m43.375s	0.969s	35
10	Sergio Sette Camara	Carlin	1m43.391s	0.985s	36
11	Artem Markelov	RUSSIAN TIME	1m43.495s	1.089s	43
12	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1m43.583s	1.177s	35
13	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1m43.720s	1.314s	33
14	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	1m44.020s	1.614s	30
15	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1m44.055s	1.649s	28
16	Tadasuke Makino	RUSSIAN TIME	1m44.380s	1.974s	33
17	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1m44.745s	2.339s	37
18	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1m45.980s	3.574s	9
19	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1m46.968s	4.562s	46
20	Maximilian Guenther	BWT Arden	1m54.558s	12.152s	4