Gutierrez takes another GP3 pole

The times dropped incrementally for most of the session, with several drivers taking turns on top, but no one had an answer for the Mexican's 1m51.451s effort that left him a massive 0.589 seconds clear of nearest rival Rio Haryanto of Manor. The gap between the pair was equivalent to the margin that covered Haryanto and the eight drivers behind him.

Haryanto could perhaps count himself fortunate to have secured his front row spot as he encountered a spinning Tobias Hegewald on his best lap, which potentially could have been meant that his best time could have been set under yellows.

Nico Muller and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs will start from the second row ahead of Alexander Rossi and Daniel Morad.

Morad's Status team-mate Robert Wickens benefited from an overnight engine change to go eighth-fastest, although he will start from 18th due to a 10-place grid penalty that is carried over from Valencia.

Pos  Driver                Team       Time       Gap
 1.  Esteban Gutierrez     ART        1m51.451s
 2.  Rio Haryanto          Manor      1m52.040s  + 0.589s
 3.  Nico Muller           Jenzer     1m52.089s  + 0.638s
 4.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs   Manor      1m52.112s  + 0.661s
 5.  Tobias Hegewald       RSC Mucke  1m52.152s  + 0.701s
 6.  Alexander Rossi       ART        1m52.188s  + 0.737s
 7.  Daniel Morad          Status     1m52.306s  + 0.855s
 8.  Robert Wickens        Status     1m52.312s  + 0.861s
 9.  James Jakes           Manor      1m52.316s  + 0.865s
10.  Dean Smith            Carlin     1m52.511s  + 1.060s
11.  Renger van der Zande  RSC Mucke  1m52.565s  + 1.114s
12.  Mirko Bortolotti      Addax      1m52.580s  + 1.129s
13.  Daniel Juncadella     Tech 1     1m52.581s  + 1.130s
14.  Michael Christensen   MW Arden   1m52.614s  + 1.163s
15.  Stefano Coletti       Tech 1     1m52.625s  + 1.174s
16.  Oliver Oakes          Atech CRS  1m52.636s  + 1.185s
17.  Simon Trummer         Jenzer     1m52.643s  + 1.192s
18.  Pal Varhaug           Jenzer     1m52.643s  + 1.192s
19.  Doru Sechelariu       Tech 1     1m52.692s  + 1.241s
20.  Josef Newgarden       Carlin     1m52.802s  + 1.351s
21.  Pablo Sanchez Lopez   Addax      1m52.814s  + 1.363s
22.  Felipe Guimaraes      Addax      1m52.904s  + 1.453s
23.  Nigel Melker          RSC Mucke  1m52.906s  + 1.455s
24.  Roberto Merhi         Atech CRS  1m53.072s  + 1.621s
25.  Miki Monras           MW Arden   1m53.197s  + 1.746s
26.  Lucas Foresti         Carlin     1m53.256s  + 1.805s
27.  Vittorio Ghirelli     Atech CRS  1m53.456s  + 2.005s
28.  Pedro Nunes           ART        1m53.590s  + 2.139s
29.  Leonardo Cordeiro     MW Arden   1m53.697s  + 2.246s
30.  Ivan Lukashevich      Status     1m54.044s  + 2.593s