American rookie Gabby Chaves set the quickest time during the second day of the GP3 test at Silverstone on Wednesday.
The 17-year-old Addax driver posted a lap of 1m50.799sec late in the morning session, displacing Arden's Lewis Williamson, who had topped the time sheets since mid-morning. Just one second separated the first 19 drivers.
Rain was forecast for the afternoon but it arrived during the final minutes of the morning session. Running on wet-weather Pirelli tires, Lotus ART's Valtteri Bottas and James Calado initially set the pace in an afternoon session which had to be red-flagged several times.
Alexander Sims ultimately set the fastest wet lap, but as the track dried out Lewis Williamson undercut his time by almost a second. The session ended early because of another red flag.
Today's times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Gabby Chaves Addax Team 1:50.799 34
2. Lewis Williamson MW Arden 1:50.894 24
3. Michael Christensen RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:50.966 31
4. Nico Muller Jenzer Motorsport 1:51.059 31
5. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:51.082 26
6. Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 1:51.085 31
7. Simon Trummer MW Arden 1:51.127 38
8. James Calado Lotus ART 1:51.138 39
9. Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:51.154 25
10. Marlon Stockinger Atech CRS GP 1:51.179 34
11. Valtteri Bottas Lotus ART 1:51.189 33
12. Andrea Caldarelli Tech 1 Racing 1:51.319 27
13. Aaro Vainio Tech 1 Racing 1:51.348 25
14. Tamas Pal Kiss Tech 1 Racing 1:51.387 19
15. Antonio Felix Da Costa Status Grand Prix 1:51.409 28
16. Vittorio Ghirelli Jenzer Motorsport 1:51.630 18
17. Nick Yelloly Atech CRS GP 1:51.635 19
18. Rio Haryanto Marussia Manor Racing 1:51.713 33
19. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Marussia Manor Racing 1:51.749 19
20. Tom Dillmann Carlin 1:51.893 34
21. Thomas Hylkema Addax Team 1:52.067 30
22. Conor Daly Carlin 1:52.111 29
23. Pedro Nunes Lotus ART 1:52.134 30
24. Willi Steindl RSC Mucke Motorsport 1:52.195 36
25. Ivan Lukashevich Status Grand Prix 1:52.318 37
26. Zoel Amberg Atech CRS GP 1:52.526 32
27. Maxim Zimin Jenzer Motorsport 1:52.542 34
28. Matias Laine Marussia Manor Racing 1:52.595 15
29. Fernando Monje Addax Team 1:52.704 34
30. Kotaro Sakurai Carlin 1:54.141 8
Afternoon times
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Lewis Williamson MW Arden 2:06.902 34
2. Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 2:07.708 37
3. Tom Dillmann Carlin 2:07.719 24
4. Gabby Chaves Addax Team 2:07.782 34
5. Valtteri Bottas Lotus ART 2:07.855 37
6. Rio Haryanto Marussia Manor Racing 2:07.864 27
7. Mitch Evans MW Arden 2:08.073 36
8. Michael Christensen RSC Mucke Motorsport 2:08.154 22
9. Conor Daly Carlin 2:08.156 39
10. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Marussia Manor Racing 2:08.401 26
11. Matias Laine Marussia Manor Racing 2:08.593 24
12. Marlon Stockinger Atech CRS GP 2:08.608 32
13. Nick Yelloly Atech CRS GP 2:08.667 36
14. Tamas Pal Kiss Tech 1 Racing 2:08.741 23
15. Antonio Felix Da Costa Status Grand Prix 2:08.869 36
16. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke Motorsport 2:09.181 31
17. Zoel Amberg Atech CRS GP 2:09.252 35
18. Simon Trummer MW Arden 2:09.258 36