Swedish newcomer tops last day Morning session After two sunny days in Jerez, the third and last day started on wet conditions as raindrops continuously fell onto the Spanish track for most of the three-hour morning session. Five new drivers joined the field today namely 2008 GP2 runner-up Bruno Senna returning to iSport, Chris van der Drift driving for Piquet GP, Edoardo Mortara at Telmex Arden, newcomer Jon Lancaster joining DAMS and the much anticipated five times Rallye World Champion Sébastien Loeb at DPR. In difficult track conditions, the session was briefly interrupted twice, first by Fabio Onidi at Trident following mechanical gremlins and then after Marco Bonanomi (Party Poker Racing.com SC) and van der Drift simultaneously span and stopped at two different parts of the circuit. In a drying session, the drivers’ laptimes improved notably towards its latest stages and it was both Fat Burner Racing Engineering racers, Dani Clos leading Jérôme d’Ambrosio, who claimed the top spot ahead of Luiz Razia driving with Barwa Addax today. Will Bratt (Party Poker Racing.com SC) finished the morning first rookie although newcomer Alexander Rossi at DAMS was fastest in wet conditions until fifteen minutes before the chequered flag a hydraulic pump problem ruined the American’s efforts.
Morning results Driver License Team Time Laps
1. Dani Clos ESP Fat Burner Racing Eng. 1:28.875 17 2. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL Fat Burner Racing Eng. 1:28.936 26 3. Luis Razia BRA Barwa Addax Team 1:29.095 35 4. Edoardo Mortara ITA Telmex Arden International 1:29.372 23 5. Will Bratt GBR Party Poker Racing.com SC 1:29.527 22 6. Michael Herck ROM DPR 1:29.850 33 7. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1:29.932 17 8. Fabio Leimer SUI Ocean Racing Technology 1:30.071 20 9. Roldan Rodriguez ESP Telmex Arden International 1:30.125 24 10. Filip Salaquarda CZE Trident Racing 1:30.197 30 11. Davide Valsecchi ITA Super Nova Racing 1:30.489 10 12. James JAKES GBR Super Nova Racing 1:30.498 7 13. Fabio Onidi ITA Trident Racing 1:30.611 25 14. Bruno Senna BRA iSport International 1:30.995 26 15. Vladimir Arabadhziev BUL Piquet GP 1:31.039 28 16. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Ocean Racing Technology 1:31.128 25 17. Jon Lancaster GBR DAMS 1:31.391 34 18. Sébastien Loeb FRA DPR 1:31.487 32 19. Max Chilton GBR Barwa Addax Team 1:32.083 22 20 Marco Bonanomi ITA Party Poker Racing.com SC 1:32.210 19 21. Alexander Rossi USA DAMS 1:33.592 35 22. Francesco Castellacci ITA Durango 1:34.135 7 23. Marcus Ericsson SWE ART Grand Prix 1:41.867 22 24. Chris van der Drift NZL Piquet GP 1:42.140 25 25. Jan Charouz CZE ART Grand Prix 1:43.143 15 Afternoon session The sun eventually made an appearance shortly before the start of the afternoon session. However, although the track conditions seemed less tricky than in the morning, the session was still interspersed by six red flags, including one following a shunt from Mortara who lost control of his car at Turn 9 and forcing the Italian to prematurely end his testing day. The surprise of the day came from newcomer Marcus Ericsson who, at the wheel of the ART car, signed the best laptime of the day in a 1:25.970. Clos, d’Ambrosio and Razia confirmed their good form again in the Top five while another impressive newcomer, Swiss Fabio Leimer at Ocean Racing, found his way to third place. This concludes GP2 testing in Spain. Next test session will take place in Le Castellet on November 10, 11 and 12. In the meantime, the GP2 teams - minus Racing Engineering, will fly to Abu Dhabi where they will be joined by Meritus for the opening of the third GP2 Asia season. A pre-season test session will take place on October 23-24 at the Yas Marina Circuit.
Afternoon results Driver License Team Time Laps
1. Marcus Ericsson SWE ART Grand Prix 1.25.970 34 2. Dani Clos ESP Fat Burner Racing Eng. 1.26.105 33 3. Fabio Leimer SUI Ocean Racing Technology 1.26.193 24 4. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL Fat Burner Racing Eng. 1.26.483 27 5. Luis Razia BRA Barwa Addax Team 1.26.546 27 6. Marco Bonanomi ITA Party Poker Racing.com SC 1.26.607 30 7. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1.26.648 33 8. Davide Valsecchi ITA Super Nova Racing 1.26.651 32 9. Alexander RossiI USA DAMS 1.26.740 34 10. Roldan Rodriguez ESP Telmex Arden International 1.26.846 31 11. Chris Van der Drift NZL Piquet GP 1.26.858 42 12. James Jakes GBR Super Nova Racing 1.26.956 29 13. William Bratt GBR Party Poker Racing.com SC 1.27.137 27 14. Bruno Senna BRA iSport International 1.27.173 39 15. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Ocean Racing Technology 1.27.186 35 16. Edoardo Mortara ITA Telmex Arden International 1.27.311 11 17. Michael Herck ROM DPR 1.27.327 25 18. Filip Salaquarda CZE Trident Racing 1.27.421 39 19. Max Chilton GBR Barwa Addax Team 1.27.438 30 20 Francesco Castellacci ITA Durango 1.27.615 33 21. Fabio Onidi ITA Trident Racing 1.27.698 26 22. Jan Charouz CZE ART Grand Prix 1.27.845 25 23. Jon Lancaster GBR DAMS 1.27.893 48 24. Vladimir Arabadhziev BUL Piquet GP 1.28.059 34 25. Sébastien Loeb FRA DPR 1.28.114
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