Dams racer sets fastest laptime during morning session

History  taught  us  the  best  window  to  set  the  fastest  laptime  at  the  Spaniard  track  is  during  the morning session. In the second day of the last pre-season tests, this theory was again verified with Jérôme  d’Ambrosio  claiming  the  top  spot  ahead  of  newcomer  Christian  Vietoris  and  Pastor Maldonado in the first half of the day.

The morning session though was red flagged seven times starting with Jules Bianchi who span at turn 4 nine minutes after the pitlane opened. It was then Adrian Zaugg’s turn to halt the session. Coloni’s Vladimir Arabadzhiev span at turn 7 on the two hour mark followed twenty minutes later by Dani Clos who stopped his Racing Engineering car near turn 5. Rodolfo Gonzalez lost control of his Arden machine at Turn 6 on the one hour mark.

Six minutes later, it was Giacomo Ricci who span at Turn 5 and the last red flag was courtesy of Max Chilton who stopped at Turn 4. Amidst all this, d’Ambrosio managed to climb on top of the timesheet in a 1:27.182 closely followed by Vietoris and Maldonado.  In  fourth,  Fabio  Leimer  at  Ocean  preceded  Bianchi,  Sam  Bird  and  Clos.  Luiz  Razia finished in eighth place ahead of Ricci and Charles Pic.

Things  went  smoother  in  the  afternoon  expect  for  Marcus  Ericsson  who  hit  the  barriers  at  the chicane before the last corner and had to sit through the rest of the session. Leimer took the lead early in the session and kept it until the ten minute mark when d’Ambrosio improved his laptime by one tenth, but soon enough, it was Maldonado who claimed top spot lapping the Spanish track just four  hundredths  faster  than  the  Belgian.  Leimer  confirmed  his  strong  form  finishing  third  fastest ahead of Sergio Perez at Addax, Vietoris, Razia, Davide Valsecchi, Pic, Clos and Oliver Turvey on the second iSport car

The session will start again todayat 9am, local time.

Morning results Driver License Team Time Laps

1. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL Dams 1:27.182 12 2. Christian Vietoris GER Racing Engineering 1:27.262 24 3. Pastor Maldonado VEN Rapax 1:27.296 29 4. Fabio Leimer SUI Ocean Racing Technology     1:27.402 13 5. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1:27.471 24 6. Sam Bird GBR ART Grand Prix 1:27.539 29 7. Dani Clos ESP Racing Engineering 1:27.603 20 8. Luiz Razia BRA Rapax 1:27.635 28 9. Giacomo Ricci ITA DPR 1:27.671 12 10. Charles Pic FRA Arden International 1:27.845 22 11. Davide Valsecchi ITA iSport International 1:27.903 17 12. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1:27.910 21 13. Giedo van der Garde NED Barwa Addax Team 1:27.979 19 14. Alberto Valerio BRA Scuderia Coloni 1:28.048 18 15. Josef Kral CZE Super Nova Racing 1:28.241 11 16. Adrian Zaugg RSA Trident Racing 1:28.408 26 17. Sergio Perez MEX Barwa Addax Team 1:28.443 34 18. Michael Herck ROU DPR 1:28.446 31 19. Marcus Ericsson SWE Super Nova Racing 1:28.537 7 20 Vladimir Arabadzhiev BUL Scuderia Coloni 1:28.642 22 21. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1:28.687 14 22. Ho-Pin Tung CHN Dams 1:28.964 35 23. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Arden International 1:29.001 32 24. Max Chilton GBR Ocean Racing Technology     1:29.288 19

Afternoon results Driver License Team Time Laps

1. Pastor Maldonado VEN Rapax 1:27.539 24 2. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL Dams 1:27.586 24 3. Fabio Leimer SUI Ocean Racing Technology 1:27.628 14 4. Sergio Perez MEX Barwa Addax Team 1:27.697 21 5. Christian Vietoris GER Racing Engineering 1:27.747 26 6. Luiz Razia BRA Rapax 1:28.034 24 7. Davide Valsecchi ITA iSport International 1:28.054 23 8. Charles Pic FRA Arden International 1:28.068 26 9. Dani Clos ESP Racing Engineering 1:28.104 29 10. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1:28.124 24 11. Josef Kral CZE Super Nova Racing 1:28.465 16 12. Michael Herck ROU DPR 1:28.466 28 13. Giacomo Ricci ITA DPR 1:28.532 6 14. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Arden International 1:28.586 25 15. Alberto Valerio BRA Scuderia Coloni 1:28.589 13 16. Adrian Zaugg RSA Trident Racing 1:28.783 23 17. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1:29.003 23 18. Giedo van der Garde NED Barwa Addax Team 1:29.035 18 19. Ho-Pin Tung CHN Dams 1:29.422 28 20 Max Chilton GBR Ocean Racing Technology 1:29.501 17 21. Sam Bird GBR ART Grand Prix 1:29.590 33 22. Marcus Ericsson SWE Super Nova Racing 1;29.770 3 23. Vladimir Arabadzhiev BUL Scuderia Coloni 1:30.011 12 24. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1:30.279 22