Kamui Kobayashi sets an outstanding lap time yesterday afternoon in a 1:26.806 in Barcelona.

The Dams driver ended at the top of the time sheet in the afternoon session in a terrific lap time at the wheel of the 2008 GP2 car when the 2007 car’s best time on the Spanish track was set last year by Andreas Zuber with iSport in a 1:27.024.

Also quick, another rookie: Yelmer Buurman at the wheel of his Trust Team Arden car,  followed  by  Javier  Villa  and  Davide  Valsecchi. 

Frenchman  Romain  Grosjean  makes  his way back into the Top 5 after a frustrating morning session. Tomorrow’s session will start at 9am local time.

Afternoon session Driver Team Time Laps

1. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:26.806 36 2. Yelmer Buurman Trust Team Arden 1:27.344 34 3. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:27.522 26 4. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:27.564 18 5. Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:27.597 35 6. Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 1:27.605 12 7. Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:28.071 13 8. Jérôme d’Ambrosio Dams 1:28.306 35 9. Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 1:28.321 26 10. Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:28.336 27 11. Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 1:28.381 21 12. Adrian Valles Fisichella Motor Sport International 1:28.396 15 13. Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:28.418 15 14. Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:28.481 31 15. Ben Hanley Barwa International Campos Team 1:28.549 18 16. Alberto Valerio Durango 1:28.555 25 17. Paolo Nocera BCN Competicion 1:28.666 25 18. Luca Filippi ART Grand Prix 1:28.697 19 19. Andy Soucek Fisichella Motor Sport International 1:28.822 18 20 Mike Conway Trident Racing 1:28.880 17 21. Alvaro Parente Super nova Racing 1:28.887 22 22. Milos Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:29.304 20 23. Bruno Senna iSport International 1:29.338 6 24. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova Racing 1:29.342 25 25 Michael Herk DPR 1:30.864 27 26 Diego Nunes DPR -- --