Sebastian Vettel (RC Motorsport) clocked the best time on the second day of collective testing at the Magny-Cours circuit. Miguel Molina (Pons Racing) and Alvaro Parente (Tech 1 Racing) took the second and third best times respectively behind the German driver, while Filipe Albuquerque and the Epsilon-Euskadi team were in better spirits again as they claimed the day's fourth-fastest time. Drenched by overnight showers, the track had dried out almost completely by the start of the morning session. As has often been the case so far this season, Alvaro Parente (Tech 1 Racing) clocked the best time before lunch. With a time of 1'25''065, the Portuguese driver eclipsed yesterday's quickest time of 1'25''248, set by Clivio Piccione (RC Motorsport). "And yet I only used fresh tyres for one lap. I could have done better still. In any case, I'm satisfied with everything we've tried out on the car over the two days," declared the championship leader.

Once again, the track at Nevers got quicker in the afternoon session as the temperature rose. With a new engine fitted to his Formula Renault 3.5 by Carlin Motorsport's mechanics – the old one had reached the authorized mileage limit – Sebastian Vettel could not be seen for dust as he went round the circuit in 1'24''500: "It was a good lap, but it wasn't perfect, because I couldn't put my best three splits together. Everything went well even though I haven't driven here very much. That augurs well for the Nürburgring.»

Disqualified yesterday for having too light a car, Miguel Molina reminded everyone of his talents by claiming the second-fastest time of the day, less than a tenth of a second behind Vettel: "Getting good times is nice, but the really important thing is to work on your setup. In that respect, I know that we'll be taking a good car to the Nürburgring."

With the fourth-fastest time of the day, Filipe Albuquerque was all smiles again after a difficult weekend at Monza: "We worked well throughout the two days, even if it didn't always show on the time sheets. We waited until the start of the afternoon session to put on fresh tyres. There are still a few little things for us to improve, but the car is great. I'm feeling more confident and I know that I can try more things when I'm driving."

Another driver to resurface today after a disappointing weekend at Monza was Ben Hanley (Prema Power Team), who clocked the eighth-best time behind Van der Garde, Duran and Risatti: "Monza was a very difficult weekend. I had gearbox trouble in race 1, which meant I had to start from the back of the grid the next day. I'm pleased with the improvement we've shown today. I'm still sixth tenths of a second behind the quickest driver, but yesterday the gap was over a second. The car is better now and we were in good shape at the Nürburgring tests, so I'm confident about the coming weekend."

Andy Soucek, who finished fourth in the 2005 championship, made a one-off return to the Interwetten.com team: "I was interested in doing some tests on this circuit with a view to the GP2 races here. It was great to see the team and all the World Series drivers again. As usual I really enjoyed myself in the car, and I was able to give my opinion on the setup. The engineers can use the data collected to work with the lead drivers."

Pos Nbr Name Team name Fastest In Diff Gap Laps Speed 1 8 Sebastian VETTEL CARLIN MOTORSPORT 1:24.541 29     33 187.83 2 23 Miguel MOLINA PONS RACING 1:24.625 24 0.084 0.084 26 187.65 3 32 Alvaro PARENTE TECH 1 RACING 1:24.819 20 0.278 0.194 24 187.22 4 21 Filipe ALBUQUERQUE EPSILON EUSKADI 1:24.877 31 0.336 0.058 36 187.09 5 11 Giedo VAN DER GARDE VICTORY ENGINEERING 1:25.002 20 0.461 0.125 23 186.81 6 1 Salvador DURAN INTERWETTEN.COM 1:25.008 17 0.467 0.006 23 186.80 7 27 Ricardo RISATTI GD RACING 1:25.147 32 0.606 0.139 40 186.50 8 18 Ben HANLEY PREMA POWERTEAM 1:25.183 47 0.642 0.036 48 186.42 9 7 Michael ALESHIN CARLIN MOTORSPORT 1:25.288 13 0.747 0.105 25 186.19 10 22 Davide VALSECCHI EPSILON EUSKADI 1:25.321 39 0.780 0.033 42 186.12 11 14 Guillaume MOREAU KTR 1:25.359 19 0.818 0.038 21 186.03 12 29 James WALKER FORTEC MOTORSPORT 1:25.412 45 0.871 0.053 54 185.92 13 10 Marco BONANOMI RC MOTORSPORT 1:25.425 34 0.884 0.013 34 185.89 14 31 Julien JOUSSE TECH 1 RACING 1:25.446 21 0.905 0.021 24 185.84 15 15 Bertrand BAGUETTE KTR 1:25.586 31 1.045 0.140 33 185.54 16 28 Pasquale DI SABATINO GD RACING 1:25.715 40 1.174 0.129 41 185.26 17 12 Charlie KIMBALL VICTORY ENGINEERING 1:25.837 24 1.296 0.122 30 185.00 18 24 Carlos IACONELLI PONS RACING 1:25.968 19 1.427 0.131 26 184.72 19 5 Jaap VAN LAGEN RED DEVIL TEAM COMTEC 1:26.195 36 1.654 0.227 41 184.23 20 2 Daniil MOVE INTERWETTEN.COM 1:26.195 19 1.654   24 184.23 21 9 Clivio PICCIONE RC MOTORSPORT 1:26.223 6 1.682 0.028 10 184.17 22 6 Alejandro NUÑEZ RED DEVIL TEAM COMTEC 1:26.229 5 1.688 0.006 10 184.16 23 3 Milos PAVLOVIC INTERNATIONAL DRACO RACING 1:26.388 9 1.847 0.159 11 183.82 24 26 Alessandro CIOMPI EUROINTERNATIONAL 1:26.407 25 1.866 0.019 31 183.78 25 102 Andy SOUCEK Interwetten 1:26.699 23 2.158 0.292 25 183.16 26 4 Alvaro BARBA INTERNATIONAL DRACO RACING 1:26.757 6 2.216 0.058 6 183.04 27 25 Celso MIGUEZ EUROINTERNATIONAL 1:27.262 12 2.721 0.505 12 181.98 28 16 Xavier MAASSEN PREMA POWERTEAM 1:27.294 13 2.753 0.032 33 181.91 29 20 Pippa MANN CRAM COMPETITION 1:27.367 8 2.826 0.073 10 181.76 30 19 Fairuz FAUZY CRAM COMPETITION         4 0.00

Pos Nbr Name Team name Fastest In Diff Gap Laps Speed 1 32 Alvaro PARENTE TECH 1 RACING 1:25.065 22     22 186.68 2 4 Alvaro BARBA INTERNATIONAL DRACO RACING 1:25.399 30 0.334 0.334 33 185.95 3 7 Michael ALESHIN CARLIN MOTORSPORT 1:25.427 26 0.362 0.028 28 185.89 4 3 Milos PAVLOVIC INTERNATIONAL DRACO RACING 1:25.458 27 0.393 0.031 28 185.82 5 31 Julien JOUSSE TECH 1 RACING 1:25.634 27 0.569 0.176 30 185.44 6 10 Marco BONANOMI RC MOTORSPORT 1:25.689 39 0.624 0.055 40 185.32 7 15 Bertrand BAGUETTE KTR 1:25.708 21 0.643 0.019 24 185.28 8 9 Clivio PICCIONE RC MOTORSPORT 1:25.746 42 0.681 0.038 43 185.19 9 6 Alejandro NUÑEZ RED DEVIL TEAM COMTEC 1:25.949 34 0.884 0.203 38 184.76 10 12 Charlie KIMBALL VICTORY ENGINEERING 1:25.955 28 0.890 0.006 31 184.74 11 11 Giedo VAN DER GARDE VICTORY ENGINEERING 1:25.997 19 0.932 0.042 27 184.65 12 27 Ricardo RISATTI GD RACING 1:26.005 30 0.940 0.008 30 184.64 13 23 Miguel MOLINA PONS RACING 1:26.005 44 0.940   44 184.64 14 22 Davide VALSECCHI EPSILON EUSKADI 1:26.038 32 0.973 0.033 33 184.56 15 18 Ben HANLEY PREMA POWERTEAM 1:26.084 39 1.019 0.046 44 184.47 16 28 Pasquale DI SABATINO GD RACING 1:26.090 40 1.025 0.006 46 184.45 17 5 Jaap VAN LAGEN RED DEVIL TEAM COMTEC 1:26.118 39 1.053 0.028 39 184.39 18 24 Carlos IACONELLI PONS RACING 1:26.125 42 1.060 0.007 43 184.38 19 29 James WALKER FORTEC MOTORSPORT 1:26.206 34 1.141 0.081 35 184.21 20 1 Salvador DURAN INTERWETTEN.COM 1:26.206 33 1.141   33 184.21 21 16 Xavier MAASSEN PREMA POWERTEAM 1:26.592 61 1.527 0.386 62 183.38 22 19 Fairuz FAUZY CRAM COMPETITION 1:26.613 23 1.548 0.021 38 183.34 23 14 Guillaume MOREAU KTR 1:26.811 9 1.746 0.198 17 182.92 24 25 Celso MIGUEZ EUROINTERNATIONAL 1:26.824 27 1.759 0.013 37 182.89 25 21 Filipe ALBUQUERQUE EPSILON EUSKADI 1:26.933 16 1.868 0.109 17 182.66 26 20 Pippa MANN CRAM COMPETITION 1:27.045 38 1.980 0.112 39 182.43 27 26 Alessandro CIOMPI EUROINTERNATIONAL 1:27.116 24 2.051 0.071 36 182.28 28 2 Daniil MOVE INTERWETTEN.COM 1:27.133 24 2.068 0.017 25 182.25 29 102 Andy SOUCEK Interwetten 1:27.717 28 2.652 0.584 29 181.03 NS 8 Sebastian VETTEL CARLIN MOTORSPORT