Jules Bianchi finishes pre-season GP2 testing on top
The afternoon session was a bit slower as teams mainly focused again on completing race simulations. Racing Engineering’s Dani Clos rapidly took control of the timesheet in a 1:36,619, with Johnny Cecotto at Super Nova in tow. With drivers upping their total of numbers of laps, the order remained unchanged for the first two hours, and the session was briefly red flagged twice. Entering into the final hour, Team AirAsia’s Luiz Razia edged Clos off the top. The Brazilian’s teammate Davide Valsecchi soon after moved up to P2 before snatching the top spot from Razia in a 1:36.211, and going even quicker the following lap with a 1:36.159. Marcus Ericsson moved up to P3 before another red flag occurred. A final interruption happened with 10 minutes left into the session when Valsecchi and Romain Grosjean collided. At the re-start, iSport’s Sam Bird slipped into P3 in the dying minutes of the day.
This concluded the two-day test session during which 13060 kms and 2761 laps were completed. The fourth season of the GP2 Asia Series will open this Thursday in Abu Dhabi.
Driver
|
Team
|
Lap time
|
Laps
|
|
1.
|
Jules Bianchi
|
Lotus ART
|
1:35.940
|
34
|
2.
|
Davide Valsecchi
|
Team AirAsia
|
1:36.025
|
37
|
3.
|
Sam Bird
|
iSport International
|
1:36.154
|
30
|
4.
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
iSport International
|
1:36.175
|
26
|
5.
|
Esteban Gutierrez
|
Lotus ART
|
1:36.366
|
30
|
6.
|
Josef Kral
|
Arden International
|
1:36.403
|
32
|
7.
|
Max Chilton
|
Carlin
|
1:36.413
|
24
|
8.
|
Dani Clos
|
Racing Engineering
|
1:36.430
|
23
|
9.
|
Charles Pic
|
Barwa Addax Team
|
1:36.491
|
37
|
10.
|
Andrea Caldarelli
|
Ocean Racing Technology
|
1:36.609
|
31
|
11.
|
Giedo van der Garde
|
Barwa Addax Team
|
1:36.613
|
26
|
12.
|
Luiz Razia
|
Team AirAsia
|
1:36.739
|
27
|
13.
|
Jolyon Palmer
|
Arden International
|
1:36.751
|
44
|
14.
|
Rodolfo Gonzalez
|
Trident Racing
|
1:36.771
|
26
|
15.
|
Stefano Coletti
|
Trident Racing
|
1:36.832
|
25
|
16.
|
Michael Herck
|
Scuderia Coloni
|
1:36.835
|
19
|
17.
|
Fairuz Fauzy
|
Super Nova Racing
|
1:36.914
|
28
|
18.
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Dams
|
1:36.983
|
28
|
19.
|
Fabio Leimer
|
Rapax
|
1:37.009
|
38
|
20.
|
Julian Leal
|
Rapax
|
1:37.055
|
35
|
21.
|
Mikhail Aleshin
|
Carlin
|
1:37.082
|
14
|
22.
|
Oliver Turvey
|
Ocean Racing Technology
|
1:37.244
|
24
|
23.
|
James Jakes
|
Scuderia Coloni
|
1:37.326
|
32
|
24.
|
Johnny Cecotto
|
Super Nova Racing
|
1:37.415
|
20
|
25.
|
Nathanael Berthon
|
Racing Engineering
|
1:37.521
|
22
|
26.
|
PÃ¥l Varhaug
|
Dams
|
1:37.540
|
32
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Laptime
|
Laps
|
|
1.
|
Davide Valsecchi
|
Team AirAsia
|
1:36.159
|
21
|
2.
|
Luiz Razia
|
Team AirAsia
|
1:36.172
|
31
|
3.
|
Sam Bird
|
iSport International
|
1:36.277
|
31
|
4.
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
iSport International
|
1:36.464
|
26
|
5.
|
Charles Pic
|
Barwa Addax Team
|
1:36.493
|
20
|
6.
|
Rodolfo Gonzalez
|
Trident Racing
|
1:36.527
|
26
|
7.
|
Josef Kral
|
Arden International
|
1:36.541
|
35
|
8.
|
Max Chilton
|
Carlin
|
1:36.568
|
37
|
9.
|
Stefano Coletti
|
Trident Racing
|
1:36.575
|
24
|
10.
|
Dani Clos
|
Racing Engineering
|
1:36.619
|
38
|
11.
|
Fabio Leimer
|
Rapax
|
1:36.670
|
22
|
12.
|
Julian Leal
|
Rapax
|
1:36.700
|
25
|
13.
|
Michael Herck
|
Scuderia Coloni
|
1:36.716
|
28
|
14.
|
Johnny Cecotto
|
Super Nova Racing
|
1:36.721
|
32
|
15.
|
Andrea Caldarelli
|
Ocean Racing Technology
|
1:36.727
|
35
|
16.
|
Fairuz Fauzy
|
Super Nova Racing
|
1:36.845
|
24
|
17.
|
Giedo van der Garde
|
Barwa Addax Team
|
1:36.918
|
16
|
18.
|
Mikhail Aleshin
|
Carlin
|
1:37.054
|
24
|
19.
|
Oliver Turvey
|
Ocean Racing Technology
|
1:37.201
|
29
|
20.
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Dams
|
1:37.219
|
20
|
21.
|
PÃ¥l Varhaug
|
Dams
|
1:37.311
|
35
|
22.
|
Jolyon Palmer
|
Arden International
|
1:37.554
|
30
|
23.
|
James Jakes
|
Scuderia Coloni
|
1:37.632
|
14
|
24.
|
Esteban Gutierrez
|
Lotus ART
|
1:38.548
|
42
|
25.
|
Nathanael Berthon
|
Racing Engineering
|
1:38.683
|
24
|
26.
|
Jules Bianchi
|
Lotus ART
|
1:38.707
|
34
|