The experienced Italian driver set the fastest lap time of the two-day testing in Barcelona.
One last test session before the launch of the GP2 Main Series 2008 season will take place next week in Le Castellet.
The afternoon session started thirty minutes earlier than originally scheduled and lasted for three and a half hours in order to make due for the shortened session this morning. Racing Engineering driver Giorgio Pantano was the quickest in a 1:26.351 and therefore set the GP2 track record.
Thirteen drivers overall posted times quicker than 1:27.000 despite the fact the session was interrupted by numerous red flags. This concluded another two-day testing. The GP2 Main Series circus will meet next week in Paul Ricard on March 12th and 13th for the last testing days before the opening of the 2008 Championship which will kick off in Barcelona on April 26th.
Afternoon session Driver Team Time Laps
1. Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:26.351 41 2. Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 1:26.402 30 3. Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:26.455 41 4. Luca Filippi ART Grand Prix 1:26.472 34 5. Adrian Valles Fisichella Motor Sport International 1:26.575 47 6. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:26.580 45 7. Bruno Senna iSport International 1:26.760 40 8. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:26.760 39 9. Sébastien Buemi Truste Team Arden 1:26.765 60 10. Alvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 1:26.769 24 11. Yelmer Buurman Trust Team Arden 1:26.779 24 12. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:26.905 54 13. Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 1:26.938 44 14. Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:27.077 31 15. Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:27.176 30 16. Andy Soucek Fisichella Motor Sport International 1:27.220 40 17. Michael Conway Trident Racing 1:27.350 46 18. Ben Hanley Barwa International Campos Team 1:27.683 44 19. Milos Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:27.685 31 20. Alberto Valerio Durango 1:27.622 17 21. Jérôme d’Ambrosio Dams 1:27.990 33 22. Diego Nunes DPR 1:28.024 49 23. Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 1:28.198 41 24. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova Racing 1:28.328 8 25. Paolo Nocera BCN Competicion 1:28.474 33 26. Michael Herck DPR 1:28.481 22
