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Gasly continues to shine on Saturday night as GP2 test concludes

by Peter Allen
Pierre Gasly

Photo: Dunbar/GP2 Series Media Service

GP2 post-season testing came to an end on Saturday night in Abu Dhabi with Pierre Gasly still dominating proceedings.

Driving for DAMS, the Red Bull Junior topped four of the six sessions during the week and posted the best time on each day.

His time in the final session was the best yet at 1m48.231s.

That put him over half a second clear of his team-mate for the week and compatriot Esteban Ocon.

Campos driver and DAMS alumni Arthur Pic made it another lockout of the top three places by Frenchmen, while Jordan King finished a strong week with fourth for MP Motorsport.

Sergey Sirotkin took fifth place for Rapax ahead of Rio Haryanto of Campos and GP2 debutant Dino Zamparelli at Status.

Series veteran Nathanael Berthon was eighth for Lazarus ahead of Raffaele Marciello and Alex Lynn of Racing Engineering and ART respectively.

Day 3, session 2 times
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Pierre Gasly DAMS 1:48.231 24
2 Esteban Ocon DAMS 1:48.798 0.567 27
3 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1:49.091 0.860 32
4 Jordan King MP Motorsport 1:49.129 0.898 26
5 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1:49.200 0.969 27
6 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 1:49.206 0.975 31
7 Dino Zamparelli Status Grand Prix 1:49.265 1.034 31
8 Nathanael Berthon Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:49.266 1.035 26
9 Raffaele Marciello Racing Engineering 1:49.285 1.054 32
10 Alex Lynn ART Grand Prix 1:49.306 1.075 30
11 Kevin Ceccon Rapax 1:49.369 1.138 25
12 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:49.492 1.261 30
13 Norman Nato Arden International 1:49.537 1.306 30
14 Andre Negrao Arden International 1:49.577 1.346 25
15 Mitch Evans Racing Engineering 1:49.595 1.364 25
16 Nicholas Latifi Hilmer Motorsport 1:49.607 1.376 30
17 Emil Bernstorff Carlin 1:49.628 1.397 27
18 Marlon Stockinger MP Motorsport 1:49.672 1.441 36
19 Rene Binder Hilmer Motorsport 1:50.004 1.773 23
20 Julian Leal Carlin 1:50.026 1.795 27
21 Kimiya Sato Russian Time 1:50.165 1.934 32
22 Pal Varhaug Status Grand Prix 1:50.217 1.986 35
23 Luis Sa Silva Trident 1:50.313 2.082 24
24 Simon Trummer Trident 1:50.436 2.205 29
25 Sandy Stuvik ART Grand Prix 1:50.480 2.249 28
26 Beitske Visser Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:50.624 2.393 20