Chaves tops second day of testing
American rookie Gabby Chaves set the quickest time during the second day of the GP3 test at Silverstone on Wednesday
The 17-year-old Addax driver posted a lap of 1m50.799s late in the morning session, displacing Arden's Lewis Williamson, who had topped the timesheets since mid-morning.
Just one second separated the first 19 drivers.
Rain was forecast for the afternoon but it arrived during the final minutes of the morning session.
Running on wet-weather Pirelli tyres, Lotus ART's Valtteri Bottas and James Calado initially set the pace in an afternoon session which had to be red-flagged several times.
2008 McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Alexander Sims ultimately set the fastest wet lap, but as the track dried out Lewis Williamson undercut his time by almost a second.
The session ended early because of another red flag.
Today's times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Gabby Chaves Addax Team 1:50.799 34 2. Lewis Williamson MW Arden 1:50.894 24 3. Michael Christensen RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:50.966 31 4. Nico Muller Jenzer Motorsport 1:51.059 31 5. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:51.082 26 6. Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 1:51.085 31 7. Simon Trummer MW Arden 1:51.127 38 8. James Calado Lotus ART 1:51.138 39 9. Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:51.154 25 10. Marlon Stockinger Atech CRS GP 1:51.179 34 11. Valtteri Bottas Lotus ART 1:51.189 33 12. Andrea Caldarelli Tech 1 Racing 1:51.319 27 13. Aaro Vainio Tech 1 Racing 1:51.348 25 14. Tamas Pal Kiss Tech 1 Racing 1:51.387 19 15. Antonio Felix Da Costa Status Grand Prix 1:51.409 28 16. Vittorio Ghirelli Jenzer Motorsport 1:51.630 18 17. Nick Yelloly Atech CRS GP 1:51.635 19 18. Rio Haryanto Marussia Manor Racing 1:51.713 33 19. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Marussia Manor Racing 1:51.749 19 20. Tom Dillmann Carlin 1:51.893 34 21. Thomas Hylkema Addax Team 1:52.067 30 22. Conor Daly Carlin 1:52.111 29 23. Pedro Nunes Lotus ART 1:52.134 30 24. Willi Steindl RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:52.195 36 25. Ivan Lukashevich Status Grand Prix 1:52.318 37 26. Zoel Amberg Atech CRS GP 1:52.526 32 27. Maxim Zimin Jenzer Motorsport 1:52.542 34 28. Matias Laine Marussia Manor Racing 1:52.595 15 29. Fernando Monje Addax Team 1:52.704 34 30. Kotaro Sakurai Carlin 1:54.141 8 Afternoon times Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Lewis Williamson MW Arden 2:06.902 34 2. Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 2:07.708 37 3. Tom Dillmann Carlin 2:07.719 24 4. Gabby Chaves Addax Team 2:07.782 34 5. Valtteri Bottas Lotus ART 2:07.855 37 6. Rio Haryanto Marussia Manor Racing 2:07.864 27 7. Mitch Evans MW Arden 2:08.073 36 8. Michael Christensen RSC Mucke Motorsport 2:08.154 22 9. Conor Daly Carlin 2:08.156 39 10. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Marussia Manor Racing 2:08.401 26 11. Matias Laine Marussia Manor Racing 2:08.593 24 12. Marlon Stockinger Atech CRS GP 2:08.608 32 13. Nick Yelloly Atech CRS GP 2:08.667 36 14. Tamas Pal Kiss Tech 1 Racing 2:08.741 23 15. Antonio Felix Da Costa Status Grand Prix 2:08.869 36 16. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke Motorsport 2:09.181 31 17. Zoel Amberg Atech CRS GP 2:09.252 35 18. Simon Trummer MW Arden 2:09.258 36
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