Leclerc retakes top spot on Day 3 of Yas Marina test

Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc ended the GP3 post-season test in Abu Dhabi in first place, going quickest in both sessions of the final day of running.

Jake Hughes, Arden International, Kevin Joerg, Arden International and Ralph Boschung, Arden International

Leclerc, who set the pace on Day 1 with ART before a detour to Arden, was back with the French team for the conclusion of the test.

And the Monegasque ended up going well below the existing track record for the Dallara GP3/13 machine as he surpassed the 1m55s mark for the first time.

Leclerc's morning time, a 1m55.115s, had already been good enough to stand as the new track record, the ART man taking the lead off Arden newcomer Kevin Jorg in the closing half-hour of the session.

Another ART man, Alex Albon, was third, with Arden's Jake Hughes fourth, meaning that the two frontrunning teams locked out the top four - while Leonardo Pulcini finished as best of the rest for Trident.

The afternoon saw Leclerc in control for most of the running and he eventually posted a 1m54.571s.

Arden duo Jorg and Hughes also managed to go below 1m55s, while Pulcini improved to fourth and Konstantin Tereshchenko made up the top five.

Pos.	Driver	Team	AM	PM
1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:55.115	1:54.571
2	Kevin Jorg	Arden International	1:55.173	1:54.791
3	Jake Hughes	Arden International	1:55.488	1:54.927
4	Leonardo Pulcini	Trident	1:55.605	1:55.174
5	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	1:55.849	1:55.334
6	Alex Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:55.485	1:55.370
7	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1:55.652	1:55.402
8	Jack Aitken	Status Grand Prix	1:55.836	1:55.438
9	Steijn Schothorst	Trident	1:56.241	1:55.481
10	Santino Ferrucci	Status Grand Prix	1:56.605	1:55.790
11	Ralph Boschung	Arden International	1:55.987	1:55.799
12	Will Palmer	ART Grand Prix	1:56.994	1:55.910
13	Antonio Fuoco	Status Grand Prix	1:56.069	1:55.929
14	Nabil Jeffri	Koiranen GP	1:56.158	1:58.173
15	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1:56.861	1:56.190
16	Mahaveer Raghunathan	Trident	1:57.221	1:56.454
17	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	1:57.390	1:56.573
18	Nico Rindlisbacher	Jenzer Motorsport	1:57.185	1:56.695
19	Giuliano Alesi	Jenzer Motorsport	1:56.729	1:56.772
20	Rahul Raj Mayer	Campos Racing	1:57.599	1:57.146
21	Antoni Ptak	Campos Racing	1:57.250	1:57.161