Giedo van der Garde set the fastest time on the second day of pre-season testing for GP2 Asia, held at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit.
After Day 1 was hit first by a sandstorm and later by rain, Day 2 began with fog, delaying the morning session by an hour. Once the session got underway it was ART's Jules Bianchi who ended the morning at the top of the timesheets, with Addax's van der Garde second and Sam Bird third for iSport.
In the afternoon session the name at the top of the leaderboard changed throughout, as the track conditions continually improved. Van der Garde cut around one and a half seconds from his fastest morning time to end the day quickest, with Bird second and Bianchi third. Van der Garde's Addax teammate Charles Pic was fourth fastest, with Davide Valsecchi fifth for newcomers Team AirAsia. The session was cut short by 15 minutes after James Jakes went off the track and damaged a barrier.
Pre-season testing will resume on Sunday 6 February, with the fourth and final day on Monday 7 February.
Morning session
Driver | Team | Laptime | Laps | |
1. | Jules Bianchi | Lotus ART | 1:50.007 | 27 |
2. | Giedo van der Garde | Barwa Addax Team | 1:50.066 | 18 |
3. | Sam Bird | iSport International | 1:50.120 | 11 |
4. | Charles Pic | Barwa Addax Team | 1:50.166 | 19 |
5. | Max Chilton | Carlin | 1:50.276 | 13 |
6. | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 1:50.343 | 24 |
7. | Jolyon Palmer | Arden International | 1:50.539 | 15 |
8. | Davide Valsecchi | Team AirAsia | 1:50.544 | 15 |
9. | Josef Kral | Arden International | 1:50.561 | 18 |
10. | Dani Clos | Racing Engineering | 1:50.616 | 14 |
11. | Esteban Gutierrez | Lotus ART | 1:50.641 | 24 |
12. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Trident Racing | 1:50.787 | 16 |
13. | Luiz Razia | Team AirAsia | 1:50.894 | 20 |
14. | Nathanael Berthon | Racing Engineering | 1:5-.969 | 16 |
15. | Fabio Leimer | Rapax | 1:51.122 | 15 |
16. | Johnny Cecotto | Super Nova Racing | 1:51.190 | 16 |
17. | Julian Leal | Rapax | 1:51.198 | 18 |
18. | Romain Grosjean | Dams | 1:51.347 | 20 |
19. | James Jakes | Scuderia Coloni | 1:51.369 | 16 |
20. | Oliver Turvey | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:51.456 | 19 |
21. | Mikhail Aleshin | Carlin | 1:51.482 | 21 |
22. | Andrea Caldarelli | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:51.571 | 6 |
23. | Michael Herck | Scuderia Coloni | 1:51.615 | 16 |
24. | Stefano Coletti | Trident Racing | 1:51.760 | 14 |
25. | Pal Varhaug | Dams | 1:51.802 | 21 |
26. | Fairuz Fauzy | Super Nova Racing | 1:52.141 | 19 |
Afternoon session
Driver | Team | Laptime | Laps | |
1. | Giedo van der Garde | Barwa Addax Team | 1:48.499 | 17 |
2. | Sam Bird | iSport International | 1:48.778 | 14 |
3. | Jules Bianchi | Lotus ART | 1:48.868 | 12 |
4. | Charles Pic | Barwa Addax Team | 1:49.156 | 23 |
5. | Davide Valsecchi | Team AirAsia | 1:49.185 | 20 |
6. | Josef Kral | Arden International | 1:49.220 | 13 |
7. | Romain Grosjean | Dams | 1:49.340 | 25 |
8. | Max Chilton | Carlin | 1:49.413 | 25 |
9. | Dani Clos | Racing Engineering | 1:49.431 | 20 |
10. | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 1:49.474 | 14 |
11. | Luiz Razia | Team AirAsia | 1:49.591 | 20 |
12. | Stefano Coletti | Trident Racing | 1:49.627 | 19 |
13. | Esteban Gutierrez | Lotus ART | 1:49.740 | 15 |
14. | Andrea Caldarelli | Ocean racing Technology | 1:49.888 | 23 |
15. | Johnny Cecotto | Super Nova Racing | 1:49.914 | 24 |
16. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Trident Racing | 1:49.945 | 14 |
17. | Nathanael Berthon | Racing Engineering | 1:49.956 | 19 |
18. | Oliver Turvey | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:49.982 | 19 |
19. | James Jakes | Scuderia Coloni | 1:50.129 | 9 |
20. | Pal Varhaug | Dams | 1:50.207 | 16 |
21. | Julian Leal | Rapax | 1:50.310 | 15 |
22. | Fairuz Fauzy | Super Nova Racing | 1:50.495 | 22 |
23. | Michael Herck | Scuderia Coloni | 1:50.566 | 20 |
24. | Fabio Leimer | Rapax | 1:50.703 | 13 |
25. | Mikhail Aleshin | Carlin | 1:50.727 | 16 |
26. | Jolyon Palmer | Arden International | 1:50.995 | 17 |