Chaves tops Silverstone testing
Gabby Chaves posted the quickest time of the day in GP3 testing at the Silverstone circuit on Tuesday
The Addax team driver's 1m51.449s, set in the afternoon session, was enough to put him on top of the times, over a tenth of a second ahead of Nico Muller in the Jenzer Motorsport car.
In what was the second of three pre-season tests for GP3, Lotus ART's Valtteri Bottas finished as third quickest with the fastest time of the morning session. Lewis Williamson in the Arden car and Alexander Sims in the Status Grand Prix machine completed the top five.
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs and Mitch Evans caused the two red flags of the day in the afternoon session, with rain hitting the circuit later on to keep American Chaves on top.
Morning times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Valtteri Bottas Lotus ART 1:51.608 32 2. Lewis Williamson MW Arden 1:51.688 31 3. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:51.755 28 4. Simon Trummer MW Arden 1:51.801 26 5. Nico Muller Jenzer Motorsport 1:51.816 26 6. Antonio Felix da Costa Status Grand Prix 1:51.821 41 7. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Marussia Manor Racing 1:51.920 20 8. Marlon Stockinger Atech CRS GP 1:52.017 27 9. James Calado Lotus ART 1:52.025 33 10. Pedro Nunes Lotus ART 1:52.053 34 11. Michael Christensen RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:52.213 35 12. Rio Haryanto Marussia Manor Racing 1:52.348 25 13. Nick Yelloly Atech CRS GP 1:52.422 18 14. Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:52.505 32 15. Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 1:52.510 25 16. Tamas Pal Kiss Tech 1 Racing 1:52.518 30 17. Aaro Vainio Tech 1 Racing 1:52.556 25 18. Gabby Chaves Addax Team 1:52.563 28 19. Conor Daly Carlin 1:52.777 33 20. Matias Laine Marussia Manor Racing 1:52.794 34 21. Andrea Caldarelli Tech 1 Racing 1:52.803 34 22. Vittorio Ghirelli Jenzer Motorsport 1:52.935 31 23. Willi Steindl RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:52.955 32 24. Kotaro Sakurai Carlin 1:53.009 28 25. Zoel Amburg Atech CRS GP 1:53.315 38 26. Maxim Zimin Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.490 27 27. Thomas Hylkema Addax Team 1:53.563 40 28. Tom Dillmann Carlin 1:53.858 31 29. Ivan Lukashevich Status Grand Prix 1:54.344 36 30. Fernando Monje Addax Team 1:54.504 35 Afternoon times Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Gabby Chaves Addax Team 1:51.449 22 2. Nico Muller Jenzer Motorsport 1:51.596 19 3. Lewis Williamson MW Arden 1:51.641 27 4. Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 1:51.752 24 5. Marlon Stockinger Atech CRS GP 1:51.775 11 6. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Marussia Manor Racing 1:51.981 28 7. Vittorio Ghirelli Jenzer Motorsport 1:52.328 26 8. Rio Haryanto Marussia Manor Racing 1:52.472 30 9. Simon Trummer MW Arden 1:52.538 24 10. Tom Dillmann Carlin 1:52.557 19 11. Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:52.741 22 12. Michael Christensen RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:52.770 25 13. James Calado Lotus ART 1:52.886 29 14. Antonio Felix da Costa Status Grand Prix 1:52.940 23 15. Fernando Monje Addax Team 1:52.976 22 16. Pedro Nunes Lotus ART 1:53.021 30 17. Thomas Hylkema Addax Team 1:53.081 18 18. Matias Laine Marussia Manor Racing 1:53.214 23 19. Valtteri Bottas Lotus ART 1:53.249 31 20. Aaro Vainio Tech 1 Racing 1:53.263 19 21. Maxim Zimin Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.436 24 22. Zoel Amberg Atech CRS GP 1:53.682 24 23. Willi Steindl RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:53.803 27 24. Tamas Pal Kiss Tech 1 Racing 1:53.895 27 25. Kotaro Sakurai Carlin 1:53.941 11 26. Andrea Caldarelli Tech 1 Racing 1:53.980 21 27. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:53.989 27 28. Conor Daly Carlin 1:54.967 15 29. Nick Yelloly Atech CRS GP 1:55.075 20 30. Ivan Lukashevich Status Grand Prix 1:59.785 19
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