British driver Jon Lancaster laid down the fastest time on the final day of GP2 Series pre-season testing at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi.
Lancaster produced the best time of the two sessions in the opening morning run, clocking 1:49.653s in his MP Motorsport machine.
Lancaster has not yet finalised his 2014 plans but hopes to continue to test for MP at the Bahrain tests next week.
He managed to shade Trident’s Johnny Cecotto who posted a 1:49.880s best.
Jolyon Palmer (DAMS) was third best in 1:49.972, the only time during the three-day best when he has been dislodged from the top of the time sheets.
Kiwi star Mitch Evans (Russian Time) continued strong runs for his new team, ending fifth in 1:50.181s.
Evans has been consistently in the top 10 across the three days of testing as he settles into his second season of GP2 after winning the 2012 GP3 title.
Track conditions slowed for the afternoon which saw Arthur Pic (Campos) rack up the best tour in 1:51.006s with Evans ending second in 1:51.415s ahead of Cecotto in 1:51.432s.
Stoffel Vandoorne (ART Grand Prix) had set the running early in the opening session before the red flag halted proceedings after Facu Regalia stopped at turn 19. Vandoorne would eventually finish sixth best in the morning.
The GP2 Series will now head to Sakhir for the second and final pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit from March 19-21.
GP2 test Day 3 – morning session
| 1 | Jon Lancaster | MP Motorsport | 1:49.653 | 26 |
| 2 | Johnny Cecotto | Trident | 1:49.880 | 24 |
| 3 | Jolyon Palmer | DAMS | 1:49.972 | 25 |
| 4 | Daniel Abt | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:50.090 | 29 |
| 5 | Mitch Evans | RT RUSSIAN TIME | 1:50.181 | 21 |
| 6 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:50.278 | 32 |
| 7 | Stefano Coletti | Racing Engineering | 1:50.344 | 19 |
| 8 | Alexander Rossi | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:50.476 | 29 |
| 9 | Raffaele Marciello | Racing Engineering | 1:50.485 | 30 |
| 10 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:50.565 | 22 |
| 11 | Kimiya Sato | Campos Racing | 1:50.748 | 35 |
| 12 | Facu Regalia | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:50.778 | 28 |
| 13 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:50.830 | 23 |
| 14 | Rio Haryanto | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:50.976 | 38 |
| 15 | André Negrao | Arden International | 1:51.020 | 27 |
| 16 | Rene Binder | Arden International | 1:51.184 | 33 |
| 17 | Daniiel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:51.198 | 21 |
| 18 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Rapax | 1:51.401 | 27 |
| 19 | Nathanaël Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:51.510 | 15 |
| 20 | Axcil Jefferies | Trident | 1:51.556 | 18 |
| 21 | Stéphane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:51.674 | 33 |
| 22 | Artem Markelov | RT RUSSIAN TIME | 1:51.736 | 30 |
| 23 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:52.014 | 21 |
| 24 | Takuya Izawa | ART Grand Prix | 1:52.020 | 38 |
| 25 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:52.329 | 30 |
| 26 | Conor Daly | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:52.825 | 7 |
GP2 test Day 3 – afternoon session
| 1 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:51.006 | 22 |
| 2 | Mitch Evans | RT RUSSIAN TIME | 1:51.415 | 28 |
| 3 | Johnny Cecotto | Trident | 1:51.432 | 24 |
| 4 | Jolyon Palmer | DAMS | 1:51.563 | 29 |
| 5 | Daniel Abt | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:51.786 | 22 |
| 6 | Stéphane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:51.843 | 22 |
| 7 | Conor Daly | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:51.994 | 16 |
| 8 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Rapax | 1:52.059 | 21 |
| 9. | Jon Lancaster | MP Motorsport | 1:52.293 | 19 |
| 10 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:52.476 | 25 |
| 11 | Daniiel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:52.562 | 16 |
| 12 | Nathanaël Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:52.647 | 16 |
| 13 | Facu Regalia | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:52.846 | 37 |
| 14 | Axcil Jefferies | Trident | 1:53.200 | 23 |
| 15 | André Negrao | Arden International | 1:53.941 | 31 |
| 16 | Artem Markelov | RT RUSSIAN TIME | 1:54.383 | 40 |
| 17 | Raffaele Marciello | Racing Engineering | 1:54.404 | 33 |
| 18 | Kimiya Sato | Campos Racing | 1:54.473 | 32 |
| 19 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:54.581 | 36 |
| 20 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:54.608 | 42 |
| 21 | Rene Binder | Arden International | 1:54.754 | 26 |
| 22 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:54.883 | 35 |
| 23 | Alexander Rossi | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:54.968 | 45 |
| 24 | Stefano Coletti | Racing Engineering | 1:55.233 | 33 |
| 25 | Takuya Izawa | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.531 | 32 |
| 26 | Rio Haryanto | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:55.554 | 30 |
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