GP3 Winter Test (Jerez, Oct 20th)

Antonio Felix da Costa made his presence felt at Jerez on the first day of the second GP3 Series winter test.
The Portuguese driver topped both the morning and afternoon sessions for MW Arden, leading ART Grand Prix Alexander Sims on both occasions.

It was interesting that da Costa was also fastest in the afternoon –  the 19-year-old had been sidelined for much of the session with a mechanical issue, but immediately set the pace upon heading out on track.

Wednesday also saw the introduction of several new faces to the GP3 paddock – some with already familiar names, others with names we get to know. Arthur Pic, brother of GP2 racer Charles, ran for Status Grand Prix, and Eddie Cheever III (son of ex-Formula 1 driver and 1998 Indy 500 winner, Eddie Cheever Jr.) sat in at Jenzer Motorsports.
In an effort to confuse, World Series by Renault driver Albert Costa tried a GP3 machine for the first time, securing top-six times in both sessions for Tech-1 Racing.

To showcase the competitive nature of today’s field, the top-16 were within one second of each other in the morning session and in the after one second covered the top-22.  The session will run twice more this week, as both tomorrow and Friday will see plenty of action on Spanish soil.