Carlin driver Jann Mardenborough narrowly edged out his rivals to set the pace on the opening day of the final pre-season GP3 test, The Nissan LMP1 driver was the only man to break the 1m35s barrier at the Spanish track, going fastest with a 1m34.910s in the quicker morning session – just 0.094 seconds ahead of Jenzer Motorsport’s Pal Varhaug. Marvin Kirchhofer, the highest returning driver from last year’s standings, was just a further thousandth of a second behind for ART Grand Prix, jumping up to third after a mid-session red flag caused by Samin Gomez’s Campos-run car stopping on circuit. GP3 newcomer Ralph Boschung (Jenzer), Jimmy Eriksson (Koiranen) and reigning Formula 3...
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