Det var vejret, der satte dagsordenen mere end kørerne i dagens test på Paul Ricard HTTT. Her skulle GP3-feltet i aktion for først gang i 2011.
Feltet blev mødt af regnvejr og en våd bane under lave temperaturer, og dagen startede sløvt ud. Som banen efterhånden tørrede op kom der mere gang i kørerne, og temperaturerne tog nogle dyk undervejs.
Det var dog først helt mod slut af første session, at der for alvor kom gang i sagerne. En rødflagsperiode afbrød sessionen tæt på det ternede flag, men fem minutter før var der tid til få omgange på slicks.
Her endte rookien Alexander Sims fra Status Grand Prix.
Anden session blev kørt på våd bane, og her var Lotus ARTs James Calado hurtigt.
Danske Michael K. Christensen, der var aktion for RSC Mücke Motorsport, sluttede som 21. og 16. i de to testsessioner.
Resultat fra formiddagens session:
| Kører | Team | Omg. | Tid | afstand | |
| 1 | Alexander Sims | STATUS GRAND PRIX | 1:21827 | ||
| 2 | Antonio Felix Da Costa | STATUS GRAND PRIX | 34 | 1:21.913 | 0.086 |
| 3 | Gabby Chaves | ADDAX TEAM | 49 | 1:22.067 | 0.240 |
| 4 | Lewis Williamson | MW ARDEN | 50 | 1:22.221 | 0.394 |
| 5 | MON Miki Monras | ADDAX TEAM | 52 | 1:22.375 | 0.548 |
| 6 | Tamas Pal Kiss | TECH 1 RACING | 34 | 1:22.488 | 0.661 |
| 7 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | MANOR RACING | 36 | 1:22.870 | 1.043 |
| 8 | Ivan Lukashevich | STATUS GRAND PRIX | 41 | 1:22.931 | 1.104 |
| 9 | Tom Dillmann | CARLIN | 37 | 1:23.034 | 1.207 |
| 10 | Vittorio Ghirelli | JENZER MOTORSPORT | 48 | 1:23.180 | 1.353 |
| 11 | Conor Daly | CARLIN | 40 | 1:23.278 | 1.451 |
| 12 | Daniel Morad | ADDAX TEAM | 38 | 1:23.668 | 1.841 |
| 13 | Marlon Stockinger | ATECH CRS GP | 48 | 1:23.993 | 2.166 |
| 14 | Kataro Sakurai | CARLIN | 46 | 1:24.959 | 3.132 |
| 15 | Zoel Amberg | ATECH CRS GP | 38 | 1:25.017 | 3.190 |
| 16 | Nick Yelloly | ATECH CRS GP | 51 | 1:26.584 | 4.757 |
| 17 | Valtteri Bottas | LOTUS ART | 36 | 1:27.312 | 5.485 |
| 18 | James Calado | LOTUS ART | 27 | 1:27.779 | 5.952 |
| 19 | Aaro Vainio | TECH 1 RACING | 24 | 1:27.868 | 6.041 |
| 20 | Nigel Melker | RSC M…UCKE MOTORSPORT | 33 | 1:28.207 | 6.380 |
| 21 | Michael Christensen | RSC MÜCKE MOTORSPORT | 37 | 1:28.299 | 6.472 |
| 22 | Simon Trummer | MW ARDEN | 36 | 1:28.363 | 6.536 |
| 23 | Rio Haryanto | MANOR RACING | 35 | 1:28.520 | 6.693 |
| 24 | Maxim Zimin | JENZER MOTORSPORT | 37 | 1:28.830 | 7.003 |
| 25 | Doru Sechelariu | TECH 1 RACING | 38 | 1:29.150 | 7.323 |
| 26 | Matias Laine | MANOR RACING | 15 | 1:31.104 | 9.277 |
| 27 | Nico Muller | JENZER MOTORSPORT | 36 | 1:31.823 | 9.996 |
| 28 | Willi Steindl | RSC MU…CKE MOTORSPORT | 34 | 1:32.335 | 10.50 |
| 29 | Pedro Nunes | LOTUS ART | 27 | 1:33.284 | 11.45 |
| 30 | Mitch Evans | MW ARDEN | 24 | 1:33.645 | 11.81 |
Full afternoon session times:
| Kører | Team | Omg. | Tid | afstand | |
| 1 | James Calado | LOTUS ART | 36 | 1:24.627 | |
| 2 | Ivan Lukashevich | STATUS GRAND PRIX | 30 | 1:25.795 | 1.168 |
| 3 | Lewis Williamson | MW ARDEN | 18 | 1:25.798 | 1.171 |
| 4 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | MANOR RACING | 33 | 1:25.966 | 1.339 |
| 5 | Tom Dillmann | CARLIN | 35 | 1:26.024 | 1.397 |
| 6 | Conor Daly | CARLIN | 45 | 1:26.085 | 1.458 |
| 7 | Valtteri Bottas | LOTUS ART | 39 | 1:26.092 | 1.465 |
| 8 | Antonio Felix Da Costa | STATUS GRAND PRIX | 24 | 1:26.109 | 1.482 |
| 9 | Alexander Sims | STATUS GRAND PRIX | 17 | 1:26.198 | 1.571 |
| 10 | Nigel Melker | RSC MÜCKE MOTORSPORT | 41 | 1:26.567 | 1.940 |
| 11 | Daniel Morad | ADDAX TEAM | 10 | 1:26.632 | 2.005 |
| 12 | Nick Yelloly | ATECH CRS GP | 8 | 1:26.794 | 2.167 |
| 13 | Maxim Zimin | JENZER MOTORSPORT | 33 | 1:26.895 | 2.268 |
| 14 | Vittorio Ghirelli | JENZER MOTORSPORT | 12 | 1:27.349 | 2.722 |
| 15 | Nico Müller | JENZER MOTORSPORT | 17 | 1:27.479 | 2.852 |
| 16 | Michael Christensen | RSC MÜCKE MOTORSPORT | 37 | 1:27.679 | 3.052 |
| 17 | Marlon Stockinger | ATECH CRS GP | 16 | 1:27.994 | 3.367 |
| 18 | Zoel Amberg | ATECH CRS GP | 30 | 1:28.623 | 3.996 |
| 19 | Tamas Pal Kiss | TECH 1 RACING | 39 | 1:29.390 | 4.763 |
| 20 | Kataro Sakurai | CARLIN | 36 | 1:29.923 | 5.296 |
| 21 | Matias Laine | MANOR RACING | 34 | 1:34.554 | 9.927 |
| 22 | Rio Haryanto | MANOR RACING | 24 | 1:35.164 | 10.537 |
| 23 | Willi Steindl | RSC MÜCKE MOTORSPORT | 37 | 1:35.203 | 10.576 |
| 24 | Mitch Evans | MW ARDEN | 41 | 1:37.480 | 12.853 |
| 25 | Gabby Chaves | ADDAX TEAM | 20 | 1:38.034 | 13.407 |
| 26 | Doru Sechelariu | TECH 1 RACING | 34 | 1:38.483 | 13.856 |
| 27 | Aaro Vainio | TECH 1 RACING | 42 | 1:38.545 | 13.918 |
| 28 | Pedro Nunes | LOTUS ART | 34 | 1:38.654 | 14.027 |
| 29 | Simon Trummer | MW ARDEN | 17 | 1:38.870 | 14.243 |
| 30 | Miki Monras | ADDAX TEAM | 12 | 1:39.256 | 14.629 |
Foto: Drew Gibson/GP3 Media Service
