RSC Mucke Motorsport continued its good form as Nigel Melker took top honours for the first time at Circuit Paul Ricard this morning

Alexander Rossi was second quickest for Art while James Jakes claimed third spot for Manor.   The remainder of the top ten was filled with what has now become the usual suspects, and with just one second separating the top eighteen drivers we look set to have an extremely competitive season ahead.

Yesterday s fastest man Esteban Guierrez finished the morning session in fourth, while newcomer Felipe Guimaraes put in a strong finished sixth ahead of Robert Wickens for Status GP. Eighth spot was filled by Pedro Sanchez Lopez for Addax, ninth was Michael Christensen for MW Arden and Josef Newgarden rounded out the top ten.

The afternoon session in Le Castellet will start at 14:00 local time and finish at 17:00. Full results from the morning session:  

Pos Driver Team Best time Laps

1 Nigel Melker RSC MUCKE MOTORSPORT 1.20.210 14 2 Alexander Rossi ART GRAND PRIX 1.20.210 25 3 James Jakes MANOR RACING 1.20.210 21 4 Esteban Gutierrez ART GRAND PRIX 1.20.210 29 5 Felipe Guimaraes ADDAX TEAM 1.20.210 20 6 Miki Monras MW ARDEN 1.20.210 25 7 Robert Wickens STATUS GP 1.20.210 10 8 Pablo Sanchez Lopez ADDAX TEAM 1.20.210 20 9 Michael Christensen MW ARDEN 1.20.210 25 10 Josef Newgarden CARLIN 1.20.210 14 11 Renger Van Der Zande RSC MUCKE MOTORSPORT 1.20.210 36 12 Dean Smith CARLIN 1.20.210 9 13 Daniel Morad STATUS GP 1.20.210 20 14 Tobias Hegewald RSC MUCKE MOTORSPORT 1.20.210 19 15 Mirko Bortolotti ADDAX TEAM 1.20.210 16 16 Nico Muller JENZER MOTORSPORT 1.20.210 15 //...