GP3 testing: Ralph Boschung fastest on day two at Estoril

The 17-year-old Swiss driver set his 1m27.789s lap midway through the morning session, which was dry, unlike the first day's action on Wednesday.

On his 21st birthday, ART's Marvin Kirchhofer was Boschung's closest challenger, almost two-tenths adrift, while Emil Bernstorff, Jimmy Eriksson and day one pacesetter Antonio Fuoco completed the top five.

Fuoco's Carlin team-mate Mitchell Gilbert was sixth fastest, before topping the afternoon session.

In warmer conditions, Gilbert's 1m28.517s was 0.728 seconds off the morning benchmark, but still good enough to lead Matheo Tuscher, Bernstorff, Pal Varhaug and Boschung.

Confirmed by Carlin as its third driver on the eve of the test, Jann Mardenborough was eighth in the morning and 10th in the afternoon and the busiest driver of the day, logging 103 laps.

Valencia will host the next pre-season test on April 9-10.

MORNING TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Ralph Boschung	Jenzer Motorsport	1m27.789s	-	36
2	Marvin Kirchhofer	ART Grand Prix	1m27.967s	0.178s	36
3	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	1m28.049s	0.260s	39
4	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	1m28.050s	0.261s	25
5	Antonio Fuoco	Carlin	1m28.268s	0.479s	36
6	Mitch Gilbert	Carlin	1m28.312s	0.523s	35
7	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1m28.366s	0.577s	38
8	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	1m28.520s	0.731s	37
9	Esteban Ocon	ART Grand Prix	1m28.546s	0.757s	33
10	Sandy Stuvik	Status Grand Prix	1m28.594s	0.805s	37
11	Matheo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	1m28.601s	0.812s	39
12	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	1m28.749s	0.960s	37
13	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1m28.772s	0.983s	33
14	Pal Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	1m28.848s	1.059s	30
15	Seb Morris	Status Grand Prix	1m28.941s	1.152s	31
16	Alex Fontana	Status Grand Prix	1m29.015s	1.226s	19
17	Alfonso Celis	ART Grand Prix	1m29.031s	1.242s	35
18	Adderly Fong	Koiranen GP	1m29.052s	1.263s	33
19	Oscar Tunjo	Trident	1m29.091s	1.302s	29
20	Kevin Ceccon	Arden International	1m29.239s	1.450s	34
21	Artur Janosz	Trident	1m29.866s	2.077s	29
22	Alex Bosak	Arden International	1m29.932s	2.143s	24
23	Zaid Ashkanani	Campos Racing	1m30.846s	3.057s	27

AFTERNOON TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Mitch Gilbert	Carlin	1m28.517s	-	56
2	Matheo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	1m28.628s	0.111s	29
3	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	1m28.751s	0.234s	39
4	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1m28.786s	0.269s	35
5	Pal Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	1m28.953s	0.436s	30
6	Ralph Boschung	Jenzer Motorsport	1m28.962s	0.445s	46
7	Kevin Ceccon	Arden International	1m29.120s	0.603s	35
8	Alex Fontana	Status Grand Prix	1m29.126s	0.609s	25
9	Artur Janosz	Trident	1m29.406s	0.889s	29
10	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	1m29.611s	1.094s	66
11	Oscar Tunjo	Trident	1m29.630s	1.113s	19
12	Adderly Fong	Koiranen GP	1m29.682s	1.165s	40
13	Seb Morris	Status Grand Prix	1m29.811s	1.294s	43
14	Sandy Stuvik	Status Grand Prix	1m30.086s	1.569s	47
15	Zaid Ashkanani	Campos Racing	1m30.257s	1.740s	31
16	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1m30.450s	1.933s	26
17	Alex Bosak	Arden International	1m30.749s	2.232s	35
18	Esteban Ocon	ART Grand Prix	1m30.763s	2.246s	47
19	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	1m30.925s	2.408s	42
20	Antonio Fuoco	Carlin	1m31.102s	2.585s	59
21	Marvin Kirchhofer	ART Grand Prix	1m31.283s	2.766s	53
22	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	1m31.454s	2.937s	59
23	Alfonso Celis	ART Grand Prix	1m32.236s	3.719s	51