Soucek sets pace in Donington test

The Spaniard set his best time of 1m23.053s in the final minutes of the last afternoon session to move well clear of the pack at the top of the timesheet.

"Today was a good day, we made progress with the car and came away with a very good time compared to the rest of the field," said Soucek. "We tried a lot of things with the set-up and finally ended up with a great car - but there is still work to do.

"It wasn't really a surprise to set such a good time as we were very quick in the morning on old tyres, but for sure it's not going to be as comfortable for me at the weekend. Everything can still change, but today gives me a lot of confidence before the races and hopefully I can extend my championship lead."

Milos Pavlovic set the second quickest time of the test on his final flying lap of the day, nearly three tenths of a second behind Soucek. Julian Jousse finished up third ahead of Edoardo Piscopo, Mikhail Aleshin and Carlos Iaconelli.

Soucek's nearest title challenger Robert Wickens was only 14th fastest, while fellow race winners Tobias Hegewald and Philipp Eng were 11th and 15th.

Pos Driver                     Time          Gap
 1. Andy Soucek                1m23.053s
 2. Milos Pavlovic             1m23.344s  +0.291
 3. Julien Jousse              1m23.606s  +0.553
 4. Edoardo Piscopo            1m23.611s  +0.558
 5. Mikhail Aleshin            1m23.633s  +0.580
 6. Carlos Iaconelli           1m23.707s  +0.654
 7. Sebastian Hohenthal        1m23.770s  +0.717
 8. Mirko Bortolotti           1m23.853s  +0.800
 9. Jason Moore                1m23.856s  +0.803
10. Kazim Vasiliauskas         1m23.883s  +0.830
11. Tobias Hegewald            1m23.930s  +0.877
12. Jolyon Palmer              1m23.977s  +0.924
13. Alex Brundle               1m24.068s  +1.015
14. Robert Wickens             1m24.150s  +1.097
15. Philipp Eng                1m24.291s  +1.238
16. Armaan Ebrahim             1m24.387s  +1.334
17. German Sanchez             1m24.456s  +1.403
18. Tom Gladdis                1m24.564s  +1.511
19. Jens Hoing                 1m24.570s  +1.517
20. Jack Clarke                1m24.579s  +1.526
21. Henri Karjalainen          1m24.590s  +1.537
22. Nicola De Marco            1m24.716s  +1.663
23. Natacha Gachnang           1m24.948s  +1.895
24. Pietro Gandolfi            1m25.832s  +2.779