Pastor Maldonado still leads the way
On a 2A configuration track, the Venezuelan clocked in a best lap time of 1:09.769, one tenth quicker than Dani Clos who led the field most of the day.
The trouble-free morning session started under clear blue skies and saw sophomore Dani Clos at Racing Engineering shine and top the timesheets in a 1:10.288 ahead of yesterday’s quicker man Maldonado while rookies Jules Bianchi and Sam Bird confirmed ART’s good form finishing respectively third and fourth.
Christian Vietoris placed the second Racing Engineering car in the Top five, four hundredths faster than Arden’s Charles Pic.
Temperatures dropped slightly at the beginning of the afternoon session.
With twenty minutes left on the clock, Maldonado bettered Clos’ morning time by half a second while the Spaniard also improved his personal best, but not enough to claim quickest of the day.
They were the only two drivers able to lap the French track in less than 1m10s.
Already in the Top ten this morning, Super Nova’s rookie Josef Kral finished with the third best performance of the day ahead of iSport’s Oliver Turvey and GP2 returnee Ho-Pin Tung at Dams.
The French squad put both their cars in the top ten along with Rapax, iSport, and ART.
Marcus Ericsson lost control of his Super Nova car at the pit exit at the beginning of the afternoon session and could not complete any lap.
The three-day test session will conclude tomorrow.
Morning results
Driver License Team Time Laps
1. Dani Clos ESP Racing Engineering 1.10.288 38
2. Pastor Maldonado VEN Rapax 1.10.375 36
3. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1.10.481 34
4. Sam Bird GBR ART Grand Prix 1.10.497 54
5. Christian Vietoris GER Racing Engineering 1.10.532 42
6. Charles Pic FRA Arden International 1.10.576 40
7. Sergio Perez MEX Barwa Addax Team 1.10.619 50
8. Josef Kral CZE Super Nova Racing 1.10.651 39
9. Giacomo Ricci ITA DPR 1.10.746 16
10. Luiz Razia BRA Rapax 1.10.816 28
11. Michael Herck ROU DPR 1.10.838 34
12. Giedo Van der Garde NED Barwa Addax Team 1.10.921 42
13. Jerome D’Ambrosio BEL Dams 1.10.934 44
14. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1.10.934 33
15. Davide Valsecchi ITA iSport International 1.10.972 48
16. Alberto Valerio BRA Scuderia Coloni 1.11.030 31
17. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Arden International 1.11.095 39
18. Ho-Pin Tung CHN Dams 1.11.113 49
19. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1.11.266 47
20. Max Chilton GBR Ocean Racing Technology 1.11.304 43
21. Adrian Zaugg RSA Trident Racing 1.11.318 24
22. Marcus Ericsson SWE Super Nova Racing 1.11.343 39
23. Fabio Leimer SUI Ocean Racing Technology 1.11.355 38
24. Vladimir Arabadzhiev BUL Scuderia Coloni 1.11.963 19
Afternoon results
Driver License Team Time Laps
1. Pastor Maldonado VEN Rapax 1:09.769 28
2. Dani Clos ESP Racing Engineering 1.09.876 43
3. Josef Kral CZE Super Nova Racing 1.10.045 37
4. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1.10.082 30
5. Ho-Pin Tung CHN Dams 1.10.160 46
6. Sam Bird GBR ART Grand Prix 1.10.164 38
7. Davide Valsecchi ITA iSport International 1.10.185 27
8. Jerome D’Ambrosio BEL Dams 1.10.256 43
9. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1.10.264 43
10. Luiz Razia BRA Rapax 1.10.276 31
11. Adrian Zaugg RSA Trident Racing 1.10.305 52
12. Giedo Van der Garde NED Barwa Addax Team 1.10.326 39
13. Alberto Valerio BRA Scuderia Coloni 1.10.414 34
14. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1.10.423 17
15. Vladimir Arabadzhiev BUL Scuderia Coloni 1.10.485 51
16. Charles Pic FRA Arden International 1.10.500 34
17. Sergio Perez MEX Barwa Addax Team 1.10.579 28
18. Michael Herck ROU DPR 1.10.629 41
19. Fabio Leimer SUI Ocean Racing Technology 1.10.647 29
20 Giacomo Ricci ITA DPR 1.10.754 15
21. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Arden International 1.10.771 47
22. Christian Vietoris GER Racing Engineering 1.11.089 17
23. Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1.09.876 28