Michael Herck set the fastest time as GP2 Asia pre-season testing resumed in Abu Dhabi.
For the second of the two-day testing sessions, a shorter configuration of the Yas Marina Circuit is being used, as it is the layout that will be used for the opening GP2 Asia round next weekend. This meant that much of the focus of today's running was to find a good setup for the new layout.
Arden's Josef Kral topped the morning session, beating iSport's Marcus Ericsson by 0.3 seconds. Dani Clos was third fastest for Racing Engineering, with Jules Bianchi fourth for ART and Herck fifth for Coloni.
In the afternoon session, Davide Valsecchi set the early pace for newcomers Team AirAsia. Kral then took first place, before Bianchi went quickest. Valsecchi returned to top spot towards the end of the session, but was beaten by Herck in the dying moments. Behind Herck and Valsecchi, Ericsson ended in third, ahead of Bianchi and Clos.
Pre-season testing concludes with the fourth day on Monday.
Morning Session
Driver | Team | Laptime | Laps | |
1. | Josef Kral | Arden International | 1:36.609 | 26 |
2. | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 1:36.912 | 21 |
3. | Dani Clos | Rcaing Engineering | 1:37.000 | 32 |
4. | Jules Bianchi | Lotus ART | 1:37.114 | 23 |
5. | Michael Herck | Scuderia Coloni | 1:37.240 | 25 |
6. | Jolyon Palmer | Arden International | 1:37.389 | 29 |
7. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Trident Racing | 1:37.484 | 22 |
8. | Max Chilton | Carlin | 1:37.495 | 18 |
9. | Charles Pic | Barwa Addax Team | 1:37.503 | 30 |
10. | Giedo van der Garde | Barwa Addax Team | 1:37.592 | 21 |
11. | Esteban Gutierrez | Lotus ART | 1:37.715 | 21 |
12. | Sam Bird | iSport International | 1:37.725 | 17 |
13. | Stefano Coletti | Trident Racing | 1:37.809 | 27 |
14. | Julian Leal | Rapax | 1:37.814 | 24 |
15. | Andrea Caldarelli | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:37.822 | 36 |
16. | Davide Valsecchi | Team AirAsia | 1:37.846 | 21 |
17. | Nathanael Berthon | Racing Engineering | 1:37.876 | 32 |
18. | Oliver Turvey | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:37.961 | 40 |
19. | Fabio Leimer | Rapax | 1:38.077 | 20 |
20. | Luiz Razia | Team AirAsia | 1:38.095 | 24 |
21. | Mikhail Aleshin | Carlin | 1:38.098 | 24 |
22. | Fairuz Fauzy | Super Nova Racing | 1:38.226 | 11 |
23. | Romain Grosjean | Dams | 1:38.421 | 24 |
24. | James Jakes | Scuderia Coloni | 1:38.622 | 14 |
25. | Pal Varhaug | Dams | 1:39.438 | 30 |
26. | Johnny Cecotto | Super Nova Racing | 1:40.006 | 6 |
Afternoon Session
Driver | Team | Laptime | Laps | |
1. | Michael Herck | Scuderia Coloni | 1:36.467 | 27 |
2. | Davide Valsecchi | Team AirAsia | 1:36.477 | 27 |
3. | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 1:36.477 | 22 |
4. | Jules Bianchi | Lotus ART | 1:36.592 | 28 |
5. | Dani Clos | Racing Engineering | 1:36.655 | 24 |
6. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Trident Racing | 1:36.826 | 19 |
7. | Josef Kral | Arden International | 1:36.834 | 28 |
8. | Esteban Gutierrez | Lotus ART | 1:36.907 | 35 |
9. | Max Chilton | Carlin | 1:36.908 | 16 |
10. | James Jakes | Scuderia Coloni | 1:37.022 | 22 |
11. | Sam Bird | iSport International | 1:37.030 | 32 |
12. | Romain Grosjean | Dams | 1:37.076 | 36 |
13. | Luiz Razia | Team AirAsia | 1:37.147 | 27 |
14. | Andrea Caldarelli | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:37.155 | 21 |
15. | Johnny Cecotto | Super Nova Racing | 1:37.226 | 27 |
16. | Fairuz Fauzy | Super Nova Racing | 1:37.231 | 28 |
17. | Fabio Leimer | Rapax | 1:37.304 | 32 |
18. | Oliver Turvey | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:37.305 | 16 |
19. | Stefano Coletti | Trident Racing | 1:37. 331 | 26 |
20. | Mikhail Aleshin | Carlin | 1:37.419 | 24 |
21. | Pal Varhaug | Dams | 1:37.734 | 36 |
22. | Jolyon Palmer | Arden International | 1:37.912 | 9 |
23. | Julian Leal | Rapax | 1:38.059 | 23 |
24. | Nathanael Berthon | Racing Engineering | 1:38.523 | 24 |
25. | Giedo van der Garde | Barwa Addax Team | 1:39.176 | 31 |
26. | Charles Pic | Barwa Addax Team | 1:39.495 | 36 |