Mitch Evans impresses at Silverstone GP3 test

New Zealander Mitch Evans has impressed in pre-season GP3 Series testing at Silverstone, finishing the day fourth fastest.

In front of a strong 28-car field, Evans set a time of 1m51.973s, just 0.2s off pace setter Michael Christianson.

Evans is driving for MW Arden, the GP3 Series team part-owned by Australian Formula One star Mark Webber.

Evans outpaced his MW Arden team-mates Lewis Williamson and Simon Trummer, who ended the session sixth and seventh respectively. Williamson was the fastest driver in the morning’s first session, held in mixed conditions.

GP3 Series will be back on track April 12-13-14 for the final pre-season test in Barcelona.

See below for times from the afternoon session at Silverstone.

POS	NO	NAME	NAT	ENTRY	TIME	ON	LAPS
1	30	Michael CHRISTENSEN	DEN	RSC Mucke Motorsport	1:51.799	22	47
2	4	Alexander SIMS	GBR	Status Grand Prix	1:51.868	13	41
3	7	Nico MULLER	SUI	Jenzer Motorsport	1:51.967	36	41
4	26	Mitch EVANS	NZL	MW Arden	1:51.973	22	33
5	11	Rio HARYANTO	INA	Marussia Manor Racing	1:52.018	24	42
6	28	Lewis WILLIAMSON	GBR	MW Arden	1:52.063	35	39
7	27	Simon TRUMMER	SUI	MW Arden	1:52.077	39	43
8	19	Tamas PAL KISS	HUN	Tech 1 Racing	1:52.147	16	33
9	18	Andrea CALDARELLI	ITA	Tech 1 Racing	1:52.176	38	42
10	5	Antonio Felix Da COSTA	POR	Status Grand Prix	1:52.219	34	34
11	2	Valtteri BOTTAS	FIN	Lotus ART	1:52.249	37	41
12	12	Matias LAINE	FIN	Marussia Manor Racing	1:52.413	34	34
13	24	Gabby CHAVES	USA	Addax Team	1:52.484	32	32
14	29	Willi STEINDL	AUT	RSC Mucke Motorsport	1:52.539	25	39
15	17	Aaro VAINIO	FIN	Tech 1 Racing	1:52.597	17	38
16	3	James CALADO	GBR	Lotus ART	1:52.608	13	41
17	20	Marlon STOCKINGER	PHI	Atech CRS GP	1:52.816	28	29
18	21	Nick YELLOLY	GBR	Atech CRS GP	1:52.821	30	30
19	10	Adrian QUAIFE-HOBBS	GBR	Marussia Manor Racing	1:52.955	14	17
20	15	Tom DILLMANN	FRA	Carlin	1:52.969	42	42
21	8	Maxim ZIMIN	RUS	Jenzer Motorsport	1:52.980	39	42
22	6	Ivan LUKASHEVICH	RUS	Status Grand Prix	1:53.053	44	48
23	14	Conor DALY	USA	Carlin	1:53.153	16	40
24	22	Zoel AMBERG	SUI	Atech CRS GP	1:53.227	27	39
25	1	Pedro NUNES	BRA	Lotus ART	1:53.750	17	18
26	9	Vittorio GHIRELLI	ITA	Jenzer Motorsport	1:53.850	33	39
27	25	Simon MOSS	RSA	Addax Team	1:54.223	18	31
28	16	Kotaro SAKURAI	JPN	Carlin	1:54.330	27	35