Norris leads Carlin 1-2 on Day 2 of Paul Ricard test

Norris – McLaren's Formula 1 reserve driver – clocked the fastest time during the morning session and remained unbeaten across the remainder of the day's running.

Norris' time of 1m42.226s was over eight tenths faster than his Tuesday benchmark as he wound up 0.161s clear of Carlin teammate Sergio Sette Camara, whose best time also came in the morning.

However, unlike in Tuesday's wet/dry running, Norris did not lead both sessions, with Alexander Albon heading the times during the afternoon action.

Albon, who has switched to DAMS after racing for ART last season, placed third overall on the combined timesheets, within two tenths of Norris' fastest effort.

Renault F1 reserve driver Jack Aitken was fourth, in front of Louis Deletraz, driving for series newcomers Charouz, the team which guided Pietro Fittipaldi to the 2017 Formula 3.5 title.

GP3 graduate Arjun Maini finished sixth for Trident as his morning time eclipsed Prema's Nyck de Vries by just 0.001s, the Dutchman placing runner-up to ex GP3 teammate Albon across the afternoon action.

Williams junior Oliver Rowland, testing once more for DAMS in place of the unwell Nicholas Latifi, wound up eighth, in front of Mercedes-backed GP3 champion George Russell (ART) and Honda protege Nirei Fukuzumi (Arden).

Test results:

Pos.	Driver	Entrant	Morning	Afternoon
1	Lando Norris	Carlin	1'42.226	1'43.375
2	Sergio Sette Camara	Carlin	1'42.387	1'43.391
3	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1'43.197	1'42.406
4	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1'42.566	1'44.745
5	Louis Deletraz	Charouz Racing System	1'42.698	1'42.803
6	Arjun Maini	Trident	1'42.700	1'42.903
7	Nyck de Vries	Prema Racing	1'43.008	1'42.701
8	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	1'43.363	1'42.840
9	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1'42.951	1'45.980
10	Nirei Fukuzumi	Arden	1'43.343	1'43.081
11	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Racing	1'43.197	1'43.720
12	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1'43.608	1'43.324
13	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1'44.893	1'43.328
14	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	1'43.345	1'44.055
15	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1'44.564	1'43.495
16	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1'43.766	1'43.583
17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	1'43.720	1'44.020
18	Maximilian Gunther	BWT Arden	1'44.207	1'54.558
19	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1'45.872	1'44.380
20	Roy Nissany	Campos Racing	1'44.626	1'46.968