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FIA F2 Yas Marina March test

Lynn keeps DAMS on top in Abu Dhabi test

GP3 champion Alex Lynn kept the DAMS team on top of the timesheets on the second day of GP2 testing at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi.

Pablo Elizalde

Edited: Jul 9, 2015, 9:59 AM

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Alex Lynn, DAMS

Sergey Sirotkin

Andre Negrao, Arden International

Sergey Sirotkin

Norman Nato, Arden International

Pierre Gasly, DAMS

Daniel De Jong, MP Motorsport

Sergio Canamasas, Hilmer Motorsport

Nobuharu Matsushita, ART Grand Prix

Sergio Canamasas, Hilmer Motorsport

Alex Lynn, DAMS

Marlon Stockinger, Status GP

Stoffel Vandoorne, ART Grand Prix

Alexander Rossi, Racing Engineering

The Briton, however, did not match the benchmark time set yesterday by teammate Pierre Gasly.

Lynn's best of 1:49.648, set in the morning session, was nearly a full second slower than Gasly's time from yesterday.

The Frenchman continued to show good pace today too, finishing as third quickest behind Lynn and Norman Nato.

The DAMS duo was split by Nato, who set the second fastest time of the day with the quickest time in the afternoon session in the Arden car.

Since the start of the day most drivers focused on long runs and race simulations under windy conditions.

Raffaele Marciello had another promising day in the Trident car, finishing as fourth quickest ahead of McLaren junior Stoffel Vandoorne.

Campos Racing's Rio Haryanto triggered the first red flag of the day when he stopped near the start/finish line an hour from the lunch break.

Nato caused the second stoppage later on, his car coming to a half at Turn 20.

Morning times

Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1 Alex Lynn DAMS 1:49.648 15 2 Pierre Gasly DAMS 1:50.104 +0.456 15 3 Raffaele Marciello Trident 1:50.620 +0.972 20 4 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1:50.620 +0.972 21 5 Mitch Evans RUSSIAN TIME 1:50.625 +0.977 17 6 Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering 1:50.767 +1.119 15 7 Julian Leal Carlin 1:50.906 +1.258 30 8 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1:50.996 +1.348 20 9 Andre Negrao Arden International 1:51.040 +1.392 25 10 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:51.073 +1.425 20 11 Marco Sorensen Carlin 1:51.117 +1.469 15 12 Rene Binder Trident 1:51.146 +1.498 16 13 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 1:51.248 +1.600 14 14 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1:51.620 +1.972 6 15 Artem Markelov RUSSIAN TIME 1:51.623 +1.975 19 16 Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:51.758 +2.110 19 17 Zoel Amberg Lazarus 1:51.891 +2.243 22 18 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:51.908 +2.260 27 19 Vittorio Ghirelli MP Motorsport 1:51.969 +2.321 28 20 Robert Visoiu Rapax 1:52.112 +2.464 26 21 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1:52.192 +2.544 24 22 Norman Nato Arden International 1:52.319 +2.671 20 23 Sergio Canamasas Hilmer Motorsport 1:52.360 +2.712 31 24 Marlon Stockinger Status Grand Prix 1:52.764 +3.116 30 25 Nathanael Berthon Lazarus 1:52.949 +3.301 13 26 Axcil Jefferies Hilmer Motorsport no time

Afternoon times

Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1 Norman Nato Arden International 1:49.697 15 2 Andre Negrao Arden International 1:50.941 +1.244 15 3 Raffaele Marciello Trident 1:50.973 +1.276 20 4 Sergio Canamasas Hilmer Motorsport 1:51.171 +1.474 21 5 Rene Binder Trident 1:51.219 +1.522 17 6 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1:51.251 +1.554 15 7 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1:51.264 +1.567 30 8 Zoel Amberg Lazarus 1:51.395 +1.698 20 9 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:51.556 +1.859 25 10 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1:51.648 +1.951 20 11 Mitch Evans RUSSIAN TIME 1:51.656 +1.959 15 12 Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:51.675 +1.978 16 13 Artem Markelov RUSSIAN TIME 1:51.783 +2.086 14 14 Nathanael Berthon Lazarus 1:52.012 +2.315 6 15 Vittorio Ghirelli MP Motorsport 1:52.133 +2.436 19 16 Robert Visoiu Rapax 1:52.196 +2.499 19 17 Marlon Stockinger Status Grand Prix 1:52.694 +2.997 22 18 Alex Lynn DAMS 1:53.223 +3.526 27 19 Pierre Gasly DAMS 1:53.550 +3.853 28 20 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:53.684 +3.987 26 21 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 1:53.804 +4.107 24 22 Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering 1:54.024 +4.327 20 23 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1:54.354 +4.657 31 24 Julian Leal Carlin 1:54.735 +5.038 30 25 Marco Sorensen Carlin 1:54.818 +5.121 13 26 Axcil Jefferies Hilmer Motorsport no time

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