Gutierrez navigates his Lotus GP car through the opening turns at Barcelona today - Photo Credit: Daniel Kalisz/GP2 Series Media Service
Esteban Gutierrez posted the fastest time on the penultimate day of GP2 pre-season testing at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.
The Mexican Lotus GP driver recorded the best time of the morning session, just four thousandths of a second faster than Caterham pilot Giedo van der Garde.
In what was an extremely close session, Carlin's Max Chilton was just a further four thousandths behind in third place.
Close behind was Davide Valsecchi for DAMS, ahead of Stefano Coletti of Coloni. Luiz Razia (back in the hotseat at Arden after feeling ill yesterday) ensured there were six different teams in the top six places. James Calado took seventh in the second Lotus car, ahead of yesterday's surprise pacesetter Fabrizio Crestani, Jolyon Palmer and Fabio Onidi.
In the afternoon session it was the Trident Racing pairing of Julian Leal and Stephane Richelmi who hit the front early on. Leal remained there until the checkered flag, while Richelmi was demoted to third place by Ocean's Nigel Melker.
Josef Kral took fourth place for Addax, just ahead of Tom Dillmann – the Frenchman back in the driving seat at Rapax. Razia was sixth again, ahead of Jon Lancaster, who announced his race seat with Ocean yesterday. Angola's Ricardo Teixeira took an impressive eighth for Rapax, ahead of Rio Haryanto and Gutierrez.
Morning results
| Driver | Team | Laptime | Laps | |
| 1. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Lotus GP | 1:28.740 | 36 |
| 2. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham Racing | 1:28.744 | 30 |
| 3. | Max Chilton | Carlin | 1:28.748 | 29 |
| 4. | Davide Valsecchi | DAMS | 1:28.785 | 25 |
| 5. | Stefano Coletti | Scuderia Coloni | 1:29.047 | 24 |
| 6. | Luiz Razia | Arden International | 1:29.065 | 35 |
| 7. | James Calado | Lotus GP | 1:29.100 | 37 |
| 8. | Fabrizio Crestani | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:29.150 | 22 |
| 9. | Jolyon Palmer | iSport International | 1:29.195 | 21 |
| 10. | Fabio Onidi | Scuderia Coloni | 1:29.198 | 27 |
| 11. | Tom Dillmann | Rapax | 1:29.289 | 26 |
| 12. | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 1:29.339 | 28 |
| 13. | Nathanaël Berthon | Racing Engineering | 1:29.397 | 29 |
| 14. | Rio Haryanto | Carlin | 1:29.515 | 26 |
| 15. | Jon Lancaster | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:29.533 | 30 |
| 16. | Nigel Melker | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:29.540 | 28 |
| 17. | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 1:29.547 | 27 |
| 18. | Josef Kral | Barwa Addax Team | 1:29.621 | 32 |
| 19. | Felipe Nasr | DAMS | 1:29.865 | 35 |
| 20. | Simon Trummer | Arden International | 1:29.881 | 33 |
| 21. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Caterham Racing | 1:30.169 | 36 |
| 22. | Johnny Cecotto | Barwa Addax Team | 1:30.200 | 28 |
| 23. | Stéphane Richelmi | Trident Racing | 1:30.553 | 24 |
| 24. | Julian Leal | Trident Racing | 1:30.747 | 6 |
| 25. | Ricardo Teixeira | Rapax | 1:31.220 | 22 |
| 26. | Giancarlo Serenelli | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:32.740 | 37 |
Afternoon results
| Driver | Team | Laptime | Laps | |
| 1. | Julian Leal | Trident Racing | 1:29.653 | 42 |
| 2. | Nigel Melker | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:29.680 | 16 |
| 3. | Stéphane Richelmi | Trident Racing | 1:29.860 | 37 |
| 4. | Josef Kral | Barwa Addax Team | 1:29.924 | 27 |
| 5. | Tom Dillmann | Rapax | 1:29.937 | 23 |
| 6. | Luiz Razia | Arden International | 1:29.970 | 30 |
| 7. | Jon Lancaster | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:30.259 | 34 |
| 8. | Ricardo Teixeira | Rapax | 1:31.877 | 28 |
| 9. | Rio Haryanto | Carlin | 1:32.581 | 30 |
| 10. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Lotus GP | 1:32.613 | 47 |
| 11. | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 1:32.751 | 36 |
| 12. | Fabrizio Crestani | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:32.842 | 21 |
| 13. | Giancarlo Serenelli | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:33.089 | 24 |
| 14. | Stefano Coletti | Scuderia Coloni | 1:33.154 | 30 |
| 15. | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | 1:33.225 | 37 |
| 16. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham Racing | 1:33.387 | 48 |
| 17. | Jolyon Palmer | iSport International | 1:33.410 | 41 |
| 18. | Felipe Nasr | DAMS | 1:33.461 | 32 |
| 19. | Davide Valsecchi | DAMS | 1:33.485 | 32 |
| 20. | Max Chilton | Carlin | 1:33.485 | 37 |
| 21. | Fabio Onidi | Scuderia Coloni | 1:33.616 | 33 |
| 22. | James Calado | Lotus GP | 1:33.677 | 49 |
| 23. | Nathanaël Berthon | Racing Engineering | 1:33.751 | 45 |
| 24. | Simon Trummer | Arden International | 1:33.761 | 52 |
| 25. | Johnny Cecotto | Barwa Addax Team | 1:34.542 | 34 |
| 26. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Caterham Racing | 1:35.054 | 47 |
