Jérôme d’Ambrosio tops second day at Barcelona

Dams racer sets fastest laptime during morning session History taught us the best window to set the fastest laptime at the Spaniard track is during the morning session. In the second day of the last pre-season tests, this theory was again verified with Jérôme d’Ambrosio claiming the top spot ahead of newcomer Christian Vietoris and Pastor Maldonado in the first half of the day. The morning session though was red flagged seven times starting with Jules Bianchi who span at turn 4 nine minutes after the pitlane opened. It was then Adrian Zaugg’s turn to halt the session. Coloni’s Vladimir Arabadzhiev span at turn 7 on the two hour mark followed twenty minutes later by Dani Clos who stopped his Racing Engineering car near turn 5. Rodolfo Gonzalez lost control of his Arden machine at Turn 6 on the one hour mark. Six minutes later, it was Giacomo Ricci who span at Turn 5 and the last red flag was courtesy of Max Chilton who stopped at Turn 4. Amidst all this, d’Ambrosio managed to climb on top of the timesheet in a 1:27.182 closely followed by Vietoris and Maldonado.

In fourth, Fabio Leimer at Ocean followed by Bianchi, Sam Bird and Clos.

Luiz Razia finished in eighth place ahead of Ricci and Charles Pic. Things went smoother in the afternoon expect for Marcus Ericsson who hit the barriers at the chicane before the last corner and had to sit through the rest of the session. Leimer took the lead early in the session and kept it until the ten minute mark when d’Ambrosio improved his laptime by one tenth, but soon enough, it was Maldonado who claimed top spot lapping the Spanish track just four hundredths faster than the Belgian.

Leimer confirmed his strong form finishing third fastest ahead of Sergio Perez at Addax, Vietoris, Razia, Davide Valsecchi, Pic, Clos and Oliver Turvey on the second iSport car. The session will start again tomorrow at 9am, local time.

Morning results
Driver License Team Time Laps
1. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL Dams 1:27.182 12
2. Christian Vietoris GER Racing Engineering 1:27.262 24
3. Pastor Maldonado VEN Rapax 1:27.296 29
4. Fabio Leimer SUI Ocean Racing Technology 1:27.402 13
5. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1:27.471 24
6. Sam Bird GBR ART Grand Prix 1:27.539 29
7. Dani Clos ESP Racing Engineering 1:27.603 20
8. Luiz Razia BRA Rapax 1:27.635 28
9. Giacomo Ricci ITA DPR 1:27.671 12
10. Charles Pic FRA Arden International 1:27.845 22
11. Davide Valsecchi ITA iSport International 1:27.903 17
12. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1:27.910 21
13. Giedo van der Garde NED Barwa Addax Team 1:27.979 19
14. Alberto Valerio BRA Scuderia Coloni 1:28.048 18
15. Josef Kral CZE Super Nova Racing 1:28.241 11
16. Adrian Zaugg RSA Trident Racing 1:28.408 26
17. Sergio Perez MEX Barwa Addax Team 1:28.443 34
18. Michael Herck ROU DPR 1:28.446 31
19. Marcus Ericsson SWE Super Nova Racing 1:28.537 7
20 Vladimir Arabadzhiev BUL Scuderia Coloni 1:28.642 22
21. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1:28.687 14
22. Ho-Pin Tung CHN Dams 1:28.964 35
23. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Arden International 1:29.001 32
24. Max Chilton GBR Ocean Racing Technology 1:29.288 19

Afternoon results
Driver License Team Time Laps
1. Pastor Maldonado VEN Rapax 1:27.539 24
2. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL Dams 1:27.586 24
3. Fabio Leimer SUI Ocean Racing Technology 1:27.628 14
4. Sergio Perez MEX Barwa Addax Team 1:27.697 21
5. Christian Vietoris GER Racing Engineering 1:27.747 26
6. Luiz Razia BRA Rapax 1:28.034 24
7. Davide Valsecchi ITA iSport International 1:28.054 23
8. Charles Pic FRA Arden International 1:28.068 26
9. Dani Clos ESP Racing Engineering 1:28.104 29
10. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1:28.124 24
11. Josef Kral CZE Super Nova Racing 1:28.465 16
12. Michael Herck ROU DPR 1:28.466 28
13. Giacomo Ricci ITA DPR 1:28.532 6
14. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Arden International 1:28.586 25
15. Alberto Valerio BRA Scuderia Coloni 1:28.589 13
16. Adrian Zaugg RSA Trident Racing 1:28.783 23
17. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1:29.003 23
18. Giedo van der Garde NED Barwa Addax Team 1:29.035 18
19. Ho-Pin Tung CHN Dams 1:29.422 28
20 Max Chilton GBR Ocean Racing Technology 1:29.501 17
21. Sam Bird GBR ART Grand Prix 1:29.590 33
22. Marcus Ericsson SWE Super Nova Racing 1;29.770 3
23. Vladimir Arabadzhiev BUL Scuderia Coloni 1:30.011 12
24. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1:30.279 22