Lucas di Grassi fastest at Paul Ricard
The top four drivers were covered by just 0.3 seconds in an incredibly close final session of the first GP2 series test of 2007, with ART Grand Prix and iSport International dominating proceedings.
Perhaps dominating is too strong a word however, for while the top four positions were locked out by the current champions and the team many expect to be their closest rivals in 2007, the top 20 drivers were covered by just one second at the close of play today. This figure is an incredible feat when one considers that it was only yesterday that the field of 2007 got their hands on their new cars to test them for real for the first time.
With expectation already high for the forthcoming season, these kind of close test times will only serve to lift spirits yet higher.
Driver Team Time Laps
1 Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:09.768 50
2 Andreas Zuber Isport International 1:09.847 48
3 Michael Ammermuller ART Grand Prix 1:09.990 46
4 Timo Glock Isport International 1:10.044 46
5 Borja Garcia Durango 1:10.175 38
6 Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1:10.193 66
7 Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:10.200 45
8 Karun Chandhok Durango 1:10.232 40
9 Luca Filippi Super Nova Int. 1:10.250 35
10 Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:10.252 54
11 Mike Conway Super Nova Int. 1:10.288 44
12 Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:10.356 56
13 Franck Perera Racing Engineering 1:10.408 53
14 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:10.412 41
15 Bruno Senna Arden International 1:10.417 53
16 Antonio Pizzonia Petrol Ofisi FMS 1:10.418 46
17 Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 1:10.492 46
18 Ricardo Risatti BCN Competicion 1:10.493 30
19 Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:10.598 55
20 Jason Tahinci Petrol Ofisi FMS Int. 1:10.741 49
21 Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:10.885 48
22 Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:11.038 45
23 Christian Bakkerud DPR 1:11.219 37
24 Andy Soucek DPR 1:11.287 50
25 Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:11.409 52
26 Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competicion 1:11.527 47