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Ferrari’s Antonio Fuoco beat GP3 newcomer Jake Dennis to top the times in the morning session on day two of post-season testing in Abu Dhabi.
Remaining for a second day with the Trident team that took Luca Ghiotto to second place in the 2015 season, Fuoco claimed top spot inside the final hour by moving ahead of the Arden duo of Dennis and Charles Leclerc.
Both Arden drivers improved before the end but couldn’t topple Fuoco, with Dennis falling 0.058s short.
Leclerc, who set the pace for ART on day one, was 0.288s behind Fuoco and just ahead of Koiranen’s Matevos Isaakyan.
The remaining part of a stellar line-up at Arden, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Jake Aitken took fifth just ahead of his season-long team-mate Jake Hughes, in evaluation with new team DAMS behind the wheel of a Status-run car.
The other two Trident entries made the top 10 with Kevin Jorg seventh and Steijn Schothorst 10th.
Koiranen returnee Matt Parry was eighth ahead of top ART tester Nirei Fukuzumi, whose team-mates Nyck de Vries and Alex Albon wound up 15th and 16th respectively in their first GP3 drives.
Day two morning session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Antonio Fuoco | Trident | 1:55.135 | 21 | |
| 2 | Jake Dennis | Arden International | 1:55.193 | 0.058 | 26 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Arden International | 1:55.423 | 0.288 | 30 |
| 4 | Matevos Isaakyan | Koiranen GP | 1:55.429 | 0.294 | 17 |
| 5 | Jack Aitken | Arden International | 1:55.445 | 0.310 | 27 |
| 6 | Jake Hughes | Status Grand Prix | 1:55.475 | 0.340 | 26 |
| 7 | Kevin Jorg | Trident | 1:55.664 | 0.529 | 26 |
| 8 | Matt Parry | Koiranen GP | 1:55.685 | 0.550 | 17 |
| 9 | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.861 | 0.726 | 30 |
| 10 | Steijn Schothorst | Trident | 1:56.196 | 1.061 | 23 |
| 11 | Konstantin Tereshchenko | Campos Racing | 1:56.288 | 1.153 | 15 |
| 12 | Tatiana Calderon | Status Grand Prix | 1:56.436 | 1.301 | 22 |
| 13 | Will Palmer | Status Grand Prix | 1:56.757 | 1.622 | 29 |
| 14 | Nabil Jeffri | Koiranen GP | 1:56.783 | 1.648 | 21 |
| 15 | Nyck De Vries | ART Grand Prix | 1:56.846 | 1.711 | 27 |
| 16 | Alex Albon | ART Grand Prix | 1:56.874 | 1.739 | 22 |
| 17 | Leonardo Pulcini | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:57.043 | 1.908 | 24 |
| 18 | Giuliano Alesi | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:57.153 | 2.018 | 29 |
| 19 | Antoni Ptak | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:57.644 | 2.509 | 26 |
| 20 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | Campos Racing | 1:57.701 | 2.566 | 29 |
| 21 | Rahul Raj Mayer | Campos Racing | 1:59.433 | 4.298 | 23 |