Stanaway ends Abu Dhabi test on top
Richie Stanaway set the pace on the final day of this week's GP2 testing in Abu Dhabi.
Richie Stanaway, Status GP
GP2 Series Media Service
The Status Grand Prix driver set the quickest time of the week with a 1:48.441 lap, set in the morning session, as teams continued to deal with the windy conditions on track.
Day-one pace-setter Pierre Gasly was again near the top with the second fastest time of the day, while Russian Time's Mitch Evans was third less than three tenths of a second behind Stanaway.
Trident's Raffaele Marciello was another of the drivers in the top five in all three sessions of the test, the Italian fourth quickest today ahead of American Alexander Rossi in the Racing Engineering car.
Sergey Sirotkin was fastest in the afternoon, but the times were significantly slower as teams focused on longer runs.
Evans caused the only red flag of the morning when he stopped at Turn 9, before Artem Markelov triggered the second stoppage in the afternoon, also stopping on track, this time on the start/finish straight.
The next GP2 test takes place in Bahrain on April 1-3.
Morning times
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 1:48.441 | 28 | |
2 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1:48.605 | +0.164 | 36 |
3 | Mitch Evans | RUSSIAN TIME | 1:48.717 | +0.276 | 25 |
4 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident | 1:48.850 | +0.409 | 35 |
5 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | 1:48.857 | +0.416 | 23 |
6 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:48.921 | +0.480 | 31 |
7 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 1:48.937 | +0.496 | 32 |
8 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 1:49.001 | +0.560 | 17 |
9 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 1:49.023 | +0.582 | 12 |
10 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:49.115 | +0.674 | 16 |
11 | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1:49.142 | +0.701 | 30 |
12 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 1:49.194 | +0.753 | 24 |
13 | Marco Sorensen | Carlin | 1:49.271 | +0.830 | 22 |
14 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:49.322 | +0.881 | 22 |
15 | Nathanael Berthon | Lazarus | 1:49.426 | +0.985 | 32 |
16 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 1:49.679 | +1.238 | 39 |
17 | Artem Markelov | RUSSIAN TIME | 1:49.693 | +1.252 | 30 |
18 | Rene Binder | Trident | 1:49.767 | +1.326 | 20 |
19 | Vittorio Ghirelli | MP Motorsport | 1:50.058 | +1.617 | 17 |
20 | Marlon Stockinger | Status Grand Prix | 1:50.109 | +1.668 | 32 |
21 | Norman Nato | Arden International | 1:50.551 | +2.110 | 9 |
22 | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:50.885 | +2.444 | 16 |
23 | Robert Visoiu | Rapax | 1:51.076 | +2.635 | 34 |
24 | Sergio Canamasas | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:51.134 | +2.693 | 34 |
25 | Zoel Amberg | Lazarus | 1:51.292 | +2.851 | 2 |
26 | Axcil Jefferies | Hilmer Motorsport | no time |
Afternoon times
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 1:49.158 | 29 | |
2 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:49.260 | +0.102 | 37 |
3 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 1:49.277 | +0.119 | 20 |
4 | Nathanaël Berthon | Lazarus | 1:49.379 | +0.221 | 18 |
5 | Norman Nato | Arden International | 1:49.391 | +0.233 | 23 |
6 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 1:49.431 | +0.273 | 35 |
7 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1:49.532 | +0.374 | 16 |
8 | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:49.859 | +0.701 | 15 |
9 | Mitch Evans | RUSSIAN TIME | 1:50.097 | +0.939 | 9 |
10 | Zoel Amberg | Lazarus | 1:50.197 | +1.039 | 21 |
11 | Sergio Canamasas | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:50.227 | +1.069 | 34 |
12 | André Negrao | Arden International | 1:50.741 | +1.583 | 26 |
13 | Vittorio Ghirelli | MP Motorsport | 1:50.842 | +1.684 | 23 |
14 | Robert Visoiu | Rapax | 1:51.024 | +1.866 | 20 |
15 | Rene Binder | Trident | 1:51.084 | +1.926 | 34 |
16 | Artem Markelov | RUSSIAN TIME | 1:52.058 | +2.900 | 25 |
17 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:52.501 | +3.343 | 38 |
18 | Marco Sorensen | Carlin | 1:52.709 | +3.551 | 37 |
19 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident | 1:53.118 | +3.960 | 24 |
20 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 1:53.290 | +4.132 | 40 |
21 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 1:53.296 | +4.138 | 38 |
22 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:53.611 | +4.453 | 36 |
23 | Marlon Stockinger | Status Grand Prix | 1:53.952 | +4.794 | 24 |
24 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | 1:53.991 | +4.833 | 29 |
25 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 1:54.005 | +4.847 | 24 |
26 | Axcil Jefferies | Hilmer Motorsport | no time |
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