Latifi ends post-season GP2 test on top
Renault test driver Nicholas Latifi was quickest on the third and final day of GP2's post-season Abu Dhabi test.
Photo by: GP2 Media Service
Latifi was the only driver to dip below 1m49s on Friday, the DAMS man ending the day two tenths clear of Johnny Cecotto (Rapax) and Jordan King (MP Motorsport).
His best time – a 1m48.929s – was 0.008s quicker than Raffaele Marciello's benchmark from Wednesday, with the Italian absent from the final day of the test.
Manor development driver King, running with MP Motorsport for a second day, was quickest by more than half a second in the morning, with a benchmark of 1m49.880s.
But, as always, times would go up significantly in the afternoon, Latifi eventually taking over at the top for good in the penultimate hour of the test.
The Canadian's DAMS teammate Oliver Rowland was a close fourth behind Cecotto and King, with Artem Markelov fifth for Russian Time.
Antonio Fuoco headed fellow Ferrari protege and 2017 Prema teammate Charles Leclerc in sixth, with the Monegasque just 0.001s ahead of Sean Gelael.
Alex Albon, who had topped the proceedings on Thursday, was ninth, with fellow ART tester Callum Ilott in tenth.
Day 3 results
Pos. | Driver | Team | AM | PM |
1 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 1:52.841 | 1:48.929 |
2 | Johnny Cecotto | Rapax | 1:50.543 | 1:49.141 |
3 | Jordan King | MP Motorsport | 1:49.880 | 1:49.148 |
4 | Oliver Rowland | DAMS | 1:50.618 | 1:49.188 |
5 | Artem Markelov | RUSSIAN TIME | 1:50.737 | 1:49.226 |
6 | Antonio Fuoco | PREMA Racing | 1:50.783 | 1:49.345 |
7 | Charles Leclerc | PREMA Racing | 1:52.598 | 1:49.384 |
8 | Sean Gelael | Arden International | 1:52.443 | 1:49.385 |
9 | Alexander Albon | ART Grand Prix | 1:52.866 | 1:49.405 |
10 | Callum Ilott | ART Grand Prix | 1:52.806 | 1:49.421 |
11 | Nyck de Vries | Rapax | 1:51.256 | 1:49.573 |
12 | Luca Ghiotto | Arden International | 1:52.694 | 1:49.585 |
13 | Gustav Malja | Racing Engineering | 1:50.547 | 1:49.775 |
14 | Louis Deletraz | Racing Engineering | 1:50.403 | 1:49.951 |
15 | Sergio Sette Camara | Carlin | 1:50.960 | 1:50.036 |
16 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 1:51.045 | 1:50.254 |
17 | Dani Juncadella | Pertamina Campos Racing | 1:51.479 | 1:50.665 |
18 | Christopher Hoher | RUSSIAN TIME | 1:51.762 | 1:50.668 |
19 | Nabil Jeffri | Trident | 1:52.245 | 1:50.719 |
20 | Egor Orudzhev | Pertamina Campos Racing | 1:51.028 | 1:51.600 |
21 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | MP Motorsport | 1:52.575 | 1:52.189 |
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