Davide Valsecchi and Jules Bianchi quickest in GP2 Series first winter test day in Jerez Morning session As winter testing begins this week in Jerez, the GP2 Paddock welcomes many new names and new faces for a first three-day session. A total of ten newcomers entered today’s entry list namely Christian Vietoris, Max Chilton, Alexander Rossi, Esteban Gutierrez, Jules Bianchi, Edoardo Piscopo, Francesco Castellacci, Philip Eng, Josef Kral and Victor Garcia. Barwa Addax Team, 2009 GP2 Series champions ART Grand Prix and Ocean Racing Technology worked with a line-up solely composed of newcomers. On a dry track and under blue skies, Davide Valsecchi set the pace this morning on new tyres at the wheel of Party Poker Racing.com Scuderia Coloni in a 1:26:408, three tenths faster than Roldan Rodriguez at Fat Burner Racing Engineering. Newcomer Jules Bianchi completed the Top three with ART Grand Prix.
The session was briefly red flagged twice when another newcomer, Max Chilton, ran off track in the last corner and broke his front wing early in the session.
Then, rookie Oliver Turvey stopped on the track eight minutes before the chequered flag. Morning results
1. Davide Valsecchi ITA Party Poker Racing.com SC 1:26.408 19 2. Roldan Rodriguez ESP Fat Burner Racing Eng. 1:26.707 22 3. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1:27.184 26 4. Diego Nunes BRA Fat Burner Racing Eng. 1:27.187 28 5. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL iSport International 1:27.322 22 6. Charles Pic FRA Telmex Arden International 1:27.380 16 7. Christian Vietoris GER Barwa Addax Team 1:27.413 24 8. Luiz Razia BRA Piquet GP 1:27.635 18 9. Stefano Coletti MON DAMS 1:27.728 23 10. Sam Bird GBR DAMS 1:27.767 27 11. Esteban Gutierrez MEX ART Grand Prix 1:27.987 23 12. Michael Herck ROM DPR 1:28.196 10 13. James Jakes GBR Super Nova Racing 1:28.251 23 14. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1:28.260 25 15. Alexander Rossi USA Piquet GP 1:28.480 29 16. Edoardo Piscopo ITA Trident Racing 1:28.489 27 17. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Telmex Arden International 1:28.509 25 18. Philip Eng AUT Ocean Racing Technology 1:28.551 31 19. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1:28.907 19 20 Fabio Onidi ITA Party Poker Racing.com SC 1:28.924 23 21. Ricardo Teixeira POR Super Nova Racing 1:29.111 22 22. Josef Kral CZE Ocean Racing Technology 1:29.901 30 23. Victor Garcia ESP DPR 1:29.941 21 24. Max Chilton GBR Barwa Addax Team 1:31.968 7
Afternoon session In the afternoon, as the temperature rose, it was Frenchman Bianchi who signed the quickest laptime in a 1:26.919, two hundredth away from Jérôme d’Ambrosio at the wheel of an iSport International car. Diego Nunes with Fat Burner Racing Engineering completed the Top three ahead
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