Stoneman pulls clear in final practice

The Briton had topped the day's earlier session in which the top four cars were covered by less than one tenth. But this afternoon he improved significantly and finished the half hour seven tenths clear.

Will Bratt was second quickest, with Tom Gladdis another tenth back in third.

Armaan Ebrahim was fourth, ahead of championship leader Jolyon Palmer and Italian Nicola de Marco.

Philipp Eng was a contender at the top of the timesheet early on, but slipped to seventh by the end, with Benjamin Bailly, Sergei Afanasiev and Benjamin Lariche rounding out the top 10 ahead of this afternoon's first qualifying session.

Julian Theobald lost valuable track time on his first F2 weekend when he damaged his suspension in a collision with Mihai Marinescu on his out lap.

The session was red-flagged early on when Plamen Kralev spun into the gravel and Natalia Kowalska went off at Surtees and rejoined.

Pos Driver                    Time       Gap     Laps
 1. Dean Stoneman             1m16.008s            14
 2. Will Bratt                1m16.710s  +0.702    16
 3. Tom Gladdis               1m16.845s  +0.837    16
 4. Armaan Ebrahim            1m16.982s  +0.974    15
 5. Jolyon Palmer             1m17.080s  +1.072    16
 6. Nicola de Marco           1m17.104s  +1.096    16
 7. Philipp Eng               1m17.186s  +1.178    14
 8. Benjamin Bailly           1m17.245s  +1.237    16
 9. Sergei Afanasiev          1m17.404s  +1.396    16
10. Benjamin Lariche          1m17.459s  +1.451    16
11. Kazim Vasiliauskas        1m17.522s  +1.514    15
12. Ricardo Teixeira          1m17.534s  +1.526    15
13. Jack Clarke               1m17.642s  +1.634    18
14. Ivan Samarin              1m17.807s  +1.799    16
15. Parthiva Sureshwaren      1m18.080s  +2.072    14
16. Natalia Kowalska          1m18.397s  +2.389    14
17. Mihai Marinescu           1m18.419s  +2.411    15
18. Plamen Kralev             1m21.515s  +5.507     2
19. Julian Theobald           no time               1