Gutierrez Fastest Again On Final Day Of GP2 Pre-Season Testing

Esteban Gutierrez finished GP2 Series pre-season testing on top after posting the fastest time for a second day in succession.

The Mexican moved ahead of the morning session with an hour left to run before the lunch break. He finished the session a tenth and a half clear of nearest challenger and likely title rival Davide Valsecchi.

Tom Dillmann, who is yet to secure a seat for the coming season, made a point with the third fastest time for Rapax, edging out third year driver Max Chilton by just one thousandth of a second. Giedo van der Garde was close behind, with James Calado in sixth. Fabrizio Crestani was seventh for newcomers Lazarus, ahead of Nigel Melker, Fabio Onidi and Stephane Richelmi.

Dillmann further pushed his credentials for a race seat by hitting the top of the timesheets early on in the afternoon session, and remaining unbeaten until the end of the day.

Stefano Coletti was the only other man to go below the 1m30 mark during the afternoon, himself finishing nearly four tenths clear of Crestani. Rookies Felipe Nasr and Jon Lancaster were next up, ahead of Marcus Ericsson and Valsecchi. Onidi, Jolyon Palmer and Ricardo Teixeira completed the top ten.

Morning results

	Driver	Team	Laptime	Gap	Laps
1.	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:29.154		25
2.	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:29.318	0.164	26
3.	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:29.455	0.301	25
4.	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:29.456	0.302	25
5.	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:29.490	0.336	15
6.	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:29.599	0.445	19
7.	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.581	0.427	27
8.	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:29.632	0.478	36
9.	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:29.679	0.525	23
10.	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:29.694	0.540	28
11.	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:29.748	0.594	26
12.	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:29.849	0.695	22
13.	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:29.977	0.823	20
14.	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:30.031	0.877	29
15.	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:30.047	0.893	18
16.	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:30.055	0.901	20
17.	Julian Leal	Trident Racing	1:30.075	0.921	38
18.	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:30.211	1.057	35
19.	Josef Kral	Barwa Addax Team	1:30.250	1.096	30
20.	Johnny Cecotto	Barwa Addax Team	1:30.287	1.133	28
21.	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:30.477	1.323	23
22.	Rodolfo Gonzalez	Caterham Racing	1:30.680	1.526	24
23.	Jon Lancaster	Ocean Racing Technology	1:30.724	1.570	29
24.	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:31.029	1.875	25
25.	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:31.766	2.612	24
26.	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:32.872	3.718	35

Afternoon results

	Driver	Team	Laptime	Gap	Laps
1.	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:29.705		33
2.	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:29.918	0.213	24
3.	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:30.385	0.680	13
4.	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:30.740	1.035	36
5.	Jon Lancaster	Ocean Racing Technology	1:30.890	1.185	26
6.	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:31.175	1.470	31
7.	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:31.197	1.492	37
8.	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:31.324	1.619	25
9.	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:31.352	1.647	36
10.	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:31.406	1.701	35
11.	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:31.611	1.906	56
12.	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:32.295	2.590	28
13.	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:32.339	2.634	31
14.	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:32.364	2.659	51
15.	Julian Leal	Trident Racing	1:32.923	3.218	41
16.	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:33.459	3.754	52
17.	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:33.529	3.824	22
18.	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:33.579	3.874	52
19.	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:33.847	4.142	52
20.	Johnny Cecotto	Barwa Addax Team	1:34.086	4.381	52
21.	Josef Kral	Barwa Addax Team	1:34.088	4.383	40
22.	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:34.495	4.790	39
23.	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:34.521	4.816	34
24.	Rodolfo Gonzalez	Caterham Racing	1:34.750	5.045	46
25.	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:35.312	5.607	15
26.	Simon Trummer	Arden International	—		1