Jehan Daruvala was back at the top of the timesheet in today’s post-season testing at the Yas Marina Circuit. The Indian driver set the quickest laptime at wheel of a Campos Racing car in both sessions.
The final day of post-season testing opened once again at 9am local time. There were some changes in the entry list: GP3 race winner David Beckmann re-joined ART Grand Prix whilst Marcus Armstrong tests with Trident after having spent Day 1 with Charouz Racing System. German driver Lirim Zendeli returned to Charouz as Sebastian Fernandez went back to Campos Racing after testing in Formula 2 on Day 2. Finally, Dutchman Bent Viscaal can be seen today in the MP Motorsport car while a new face has joined the rest of the pack in the form of Estonian driver Juri Vips who tests with Trident.
On the third day of testing, the teams dedicated their morning programme to long runs. Therefore, the classification at the top was pretty much set in the opening hour: Trident’s Logan Sargeant set the early pace in a 1:55.721, but Daruvala who has been quick all three days clocked in a laptime of 1:55.093 on the thirty minute mark. It was not bettered until the chequered flag.
The trouble-free morning session ended with Daruvala on top ahead of Sargeant, Sebastian Fernandez, Devlin DeFrancesco, Alex Peroni, Oscar Piastri, Ben Hingeley, Lorenzo Colombo, Ye Yifei and Armstrong.
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Fabio Scherer (CHE, Charouz Racing System)[/caption]
The afternoon session was also pretty studious: Armstrong set the early pace, but once again, Daruvala claimed the top spot until his laptime was bettered by Honda protégé Yuki Tsunoda. The Japanese driver lapped the track in a 1:55.273 with one hour left in the session. He stayed sat pretty at the top until the dying minutes: Daruvala found some extra pace to take P1 in 1:55.090.
At the chequered flag, the Indian driver led Tsunoda, Yifei, Piastri, Colombo, Fernandez, Armstrong, Viscaal, Vips and Peroni.
This marked the very last running of the GP3 Series, a category that crowned Esteban Gutiérrez, Valtteri Bottas, Mitch Evans, Daniil Kvyat, Alex Lynn, Esteban Ocon, Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Anthoine Hubert.
We invite you to take a trip down memory lane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03hviPYWQk&t=16s
2018 Post-season testing – Day 3: morning session classification
| DRIVER | TEAM | TIME | LAPS | |
| 1 | Jehan Daruvala | Campos Racing | 1:55.093 | 35 |
| 2 | Logan Sargeant | Trident | 1:55.159 | 28 |
| 3 | Sebastian Fernandez | Campos Racing | 1:55.307 | 31 |
| 4 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Trident | 1:55.346 | 21 |
| 5 | Alex Peroni | Campos Racing | 1:55.448 | 23 |
| 6 | Oscar Piastri | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:55.511 | 25 |
| 7 | Ben Hingeley | Charouz Racing System | 1:55.604 | 25 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Colombo | MP Motorsport | 1:55.691 | 25 |
| 9 | Ye Yifei | MP Motorsport | 1:55.710 | 29 |
| 10 | Marcus Armstrong | Trident | 1:55.723 | 32 |
| 11 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.806 | 35 |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:55.829 | 29 |
| 13 | David Beckmann | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.861 | 32 |
| 14 | Bent Viscaal | MP Motorsport | 1:56.233 | 20 |
| 15 | Maximilian Fewtrell | ART Grand Prix | 1:56.261 | 29 |
| 16 | Federico Malvestiti | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:56.332 | 31 |
| 17 | Juri Vips | Trident | 1:56.365 | 31 |
| 18 | Enaam Ahmed | ART Grand Prix | 1:56.430 | 31 |
| 19 | Fabio Scherer | Charouz Racing System | 1:56.510 | 24 |
| 20 | Lirim Zendeli | Charouz Racing System | 1:56.535 | 34 |
2018 Post-season testing – Day 3: afternoon session classification
| DRIVER | TEAM | TIME | LAPS | |
| 1 | Jehan Daruvala | Campos Racing | 1:55.090 | 17 |
| 2 | Yuki Tsunoda | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:55.136 | 25 |
| 3 | Ye Yifei | MP Motorsport | 1:55.174 | 27 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:55.249 | 25 |
| 5 | Lorenzo Colombo | MP Motorsport | 1:55.269 | 24 |
| 6 | Sebastian Fernandez | Campos Racing | 1:55.290 | 23 |
| 7 | Marcus Armstrong | Trident | 1:55.313 | 34 |
| 8 | Bent Viscaal | MP Motorsport | 1:55.465 | 30 |
| 9 | Juri Vips | Trident | 1:55.544 | 34 |
| 10 | Alex Peroni | Campos Racing | 1:55.570 | 17 |
| 11 | Ben Hingeley | Charouz Racing System | 1:55.629 | 25 |
| 12 | Logan Sargeant | Trident | 1:55.675 | 34 |
| 13 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.809 | 32 |
| 14 | Maximilian Fewtrell | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.815 | 30 |
| 15 | David Beckmann | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.896 | 30 |
| 16 | Lirim Zendeli | Charouz Racing System | 1:55.897 | 33 |
| 17 | Enaam Ahmed | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.914 | 28 |
| 18 | Fabio Scherer | Charouz Racing System | 1:56.119 | 33 |
| 19 | Federico Malvestiti | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:56.294 | 27 |
| 20 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Trident | 1:57.654 | 23 |
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