Afanasiev tops Brno final practice

The circuit was fully dry following this morning's rain, with lap times nearly 20 seconds faster than in FP1.

Afanasiev, who finished on the podium last year at Brno in Formula Master, claimed the top spot by setting a time just 0.014s quicker than Kazim Vasiliauskas on the final flying lap of the session.

Tom Gladdis and Benjamin Bailly were third and fourth - the latter completing his first dry laps of the Czech circuit.

Philipp Eng and Nicola de Marco - who both finished on the podium here last season - were fifth and sixth, both within 0.020s of Bailly's time, while Dean Stoneman was just another three hundredths back in seventh.

Ivan Samarin was eighth, ahead of Steven Kane's best time in the test car, with Mihai Marinescu and Natalia Kowalska rounding out the top 10.

Jolyon Palmer, who was fastest in the earlier wet session, was only 12th this afternoon, while regular front runner Will Bratt was 17th.

Palmer, Eng and Stoneman were the only drivers to spin during the session, up until Plamen Kralev's off brought out the red flags two minutes before time.

Pos Driver                        Time       Gap     Laps
 1. Sergei Afanasiev              1m47.362s            12
 2. Kazim Vasiliauskas            1m47.376s  +0.014    11
 3. Tom Gladdis                   1m47.752s  +0.390    13
 4. Benjamin Bailly               1m47.870s  +0.508    13
 5. Philipp Eng                   1m47.872s  +0.510    12
 6. Nicola de Marco               1m47.890s  +0.528    12
 7. Dean Stoneman                 1m47.921s  +0.559    12
 8. Ivan Samarin                  1m48.057s  +0.695    13
 9. Mihai Marinescu               1m48.391s  +1.029    13
10. Natalia Kowalska              1m48.452s  +1.090    14
11. Kelvin Snoeks                 1m48.509s  +1.147    13
12. Jolyon Palmer                 1m48.601s  +1.239    12
13. Jack Clarke                   1m48.620s  +1.258    12
14. Julian Theobald               1m48.709s  +1.347    15
15. Armaan Ebrahim                1m49.002s  +1.640    12
16. Benjamin Lariche              1m49.053s  +1.691    13
17. Will Bratt                    1m49.065s  +1.703    12
18. Ricardo Teixeira              1m49.078s  +1.716    11
19. Plamen Kralev                 1m50.522s  +3.160     9
20. Parthiva Sureshwaren          1m50.806s  +3.444    13