Christensen leads GP3 test
Mucke driver Michael Christensen was quickest on the final day of this week's three-day GP3 test at Silverstone today
The Dane hit the front during the windy afternoon session with a 1m51.799s lap, beating Status' Alexander Sims by just under a tenth of a second.
Nico Muller (Jenzer), Mitch Evans (MW Arden) and Rio Haryanto (Manor) completed the top five.
Christensen had earlier been third in the morning session, which saw a wet track until the final stages. MW Arden's Lewis Williamson beat Addax's Gabby Chaves - the pacesetter earlier in the week - to the top spot in a late shoot-out on slicks.
The GP3 field has one more testing at Barcelona in a fortnight before the season opener during the Turkish Grand Prix weekend.
Morning session: Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Lewis Williamson MW Arden 1m52.963s 2. Gabby Chaves Addax 1m53.073s + 0.110s 3. Michael Christensen RSC Mucke 1m53.176s + 0.213s 4. Mitch Evans MW Arden 1m53.581s + 0.618s 5. Conor Daly Carlin 1m53.934s + 0.971s 6. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke 1m53.943s + 0.980s 7. Simon Trummer MW Arden 1m54.023s + 1.060s 8. Matias Laine Manor 1m54.119s + 1.156s 9. Tom Dillmann Carlin 1m54.392s + 1.429s 10. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Manor 1m54.659s + 1.696s 11. Antonio Felix da Costa Status 1m54.801s + 1.838s 12. Valtteri Bottas ART 1m54.922s + 1.959s 13. Maxim Zimin Jenzer 1m55.070s + 2.107s 14. Vittorio Ghirelli Jenzer 1m55.074s + 2.111s 15. James Calado ART 1m55.149s + 2.186s 16. Alexander Sims Status 1m55.385s + 2.422s 17. Aaro Vainio Tech 1 1m55.406s + 2.443s 18. Simon Moss Addax 1m55.913s + 2.950s 19. Tamas Pal Kiss Tech 1 1m55.948s + 2.985s 20. Nico Muller Jenzer 1m55.979s + 3.016s 21. Rio Haryanto Manor 1m56.056s + 3.093s 22. Ivan Lukashevich Status 1m56.166s + 3.203s 23. Pedro Nunes ART 1m56.275s + 3.312s 24. Andrea Caldarelli Tech 1 1m56.352s + 3.389s 25. Nick Yelloly Atech CRS 1m56.399s + 3.436s 26. Zoel Amberg Atech CRS 1m56.654s + 3.691s 27. Willi Steindl RSC Mucke 1m56.832s + 3.869s 28. Marlon Stockinger Atech CRS 1m57.132s + 4.169s 29. Thomas Hylkema Addax 2m13.738s + 20.775s 30. Kotaro Sakurai Carlin 2m14.291s + 21.328s Afternoon session: Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Michael Christensen RSC Mucke 1m51.799s 2. Alexander Sims Status 1m51.868s + 0.069s 3. Nico Muller Jenzer 1m51.967s + 0.168s 4. Mitch Evans MW Arden 1m51.973s + 0.174s 5. Rio Haryanto Manor 1m52.018s + 0.219s 6. Lewis Williamson MW Arden 1m52.063s + 0.264s 7. Simon Trummer MW Arden 1m52.077s + 0.278s 8. Tamas Pal Kiss Tech 1 1m52.147s + 0.348s 9. Andrea Caldarelli Tech 1 1m52.176s + 0.377s 10. Antonio Felix da Costa Status 1m52.219s + 0.420s 11. Valtteri Bottas ART 1m52.249s + 0.450s 12. Matias Laine Manor 1m52.413s + 0.614s 13. Gabby Chaves Addax 1m52.484s + 0.685s 14. Willi Steindl RSC Mucke 1m52.539s + 0.740s 15. Aaro Vainio Tech 1 1m52.597s + 0.798s 16. James Calado ART 1m52.608s + 0.809s 17. Marlon Stockinger Atech CRS 1m52.816s + 1.017s 18. Nick Yelloly Atech CRS 1m52.821s + 1.022s 19. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Manor 1m52.955s + 1.156s 20. Tom Dillmann Carlin 1m52.969s + 1.170s 21. Maxim Zimin Jenzer 1m52.980s + 1.181s 22. Ivan Lukashevich Status 1m53.053s + 1.254s 23. Conor Daly Carlin 1m53.153s + 1.354s 24. Zoel Amberg Atech CRS 1m53.227s + 1.428s 25. Pedro Nunes ART 1m53.750s + 1.951s 26. Vittorio Ghirelli Jenzer 1m53.850s + 2.051s 27. Simon Moss Addax 1m54.223s + 2.424s 28. Kotaro Sakurai Carlin 1m54.330s + 2.531s
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