The GP2 Series field is back on track this week for the second 2016 pre-season test session at Circuito de Jerez.

The paddock was greeted by blue skies but cold temperatures. When the pitlane turned green, it was Alex Lynn who fed onto the track first but he was closely followed by his teammate Nicholas Latifi and the rest of the pack.

After all cars had completed their installation lap, it was a quiet morning with the proceedings halted due to foggy conditions. When the action picked up again, Russian Time's Raffaele Marciello set the early pace in a laptime of 1:26.762.

With half an hour left on the clock, Racing Engineering's Jordan King went quickest in a 1:26.201 ahead of Lynn and Mitch Evans. But Norman Nato (right) found some extra pace to dip under 1m26s and sit pretty at the top of the timesheets.

At the chequered flag, Nato headed Pierre Gasly by 0.1s with King in P3. Lynn, Antonio Giovinazzi, Evans, Sergey Sirotkin, Arthur Pic, Oliver Rowland and Gustav Malja completed the top ten.

In the afternoon, the session started under blue skies and in warmer temperatures. Latifi ventured onto the track first but it was his teammate Lynn who set the early pace with a 1:26.442 - 0.1s quicker than Nato in P2. In the opening hour, Arden International's Jimmy Eriksson caused a red flag after he clipped the barrier at Turn one.

The rest of the session was trouble-free and studious with most drivers completing long runs and practice starts. With one hour left on the clock, Gasly topped the timesheet in a 1:26.375 and took P1 from Lynn with Nato P3.

At the chequered flag, the top three remained unchanged. Giovinazzi, King, Luca Ghiotto, Marvin Kirchhöfer, Marciello, Oliver Rowland and Pic rounded the top ten.

Morning results

1. Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:25.811
2. Pierre Gasly PREMA Racing 1:25.961
3. Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:26.124
4. Alex Lynn DAMS 1:26.280
5. Antonio Giovinazzi PREMA Racing 1:26.322
6. Mitch Evans Jagonya Ayam Campos Racing 1:26.350
7. Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:26.405
8. Arthur Pic Rapax 1:26.650
9. Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:26.674
10. Gustav Malja Rapax 1:26.706
11. Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:26.762
12. Danïel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:26.805
13. Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:26.888
14. Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:26.928
15. Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:27.065 13
16. Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:27.273
17. Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam Campos Racing 1:27.421
18. Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:27.657
19. Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:28.193
20. Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:28.744
21. Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:35.360

Afternoon results

1. Pierre Gasly PREMA Racing 1:26.375
2. Alex Lynn DAMS 1:26.442
3. Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:26.558
4. Antonio Giovinazzi PREMA Racing 1:26.566
5. Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:26.617
6. Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:26.855
7. Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:26.883
8. Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:26.989
9. Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:27.101
10. Arthur Pic Rapax 1:27.112
11. Gustav Malja Rapax 1:27.151
12. Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:27.154
13. Mitch Evans Jagonya Ayam Campos Racing 1:27.222
14. Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:27.224
15. Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:27.275
16. Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:27.487
17. Danïel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:27.734
18. Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam Campos Racing 1:27.824
19. Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:27.838
20. Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:27.846
21. Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:28.352