GP2 testing: Red Bull F1 junior Pierre Gasly fastest on day two
Formula Renault 3.5 runner-up Pierre Gasly continued to set the pace in GP2 testing at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi on the second day
The Frenchman, still driving for DAMS, went three tenths of a second quicker than his best time from Thursday to top the afternoon session and the overall classification with a best time of 1m48.663s.
The Red Bull junior, the only driver to lap in the 1m48s, outpaced Formula 3 European champion Esteban Ocon by nearly four tenths of a second as DAMS secured the top two spots.
Campos Racing's Arthur Pic was third quickest and also fastest in the morning session, when the times were slower.
Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello joined the test and, driving the Status car, posted the fourth fastest time ahead of Trident's Rene Binder.
Two red flags - one caused by debris and the second by Norman Nato stopping on track - disrupted the morning session.
Russian Sergey Sirotkin made contact with the barriers in the afternoon and caused another red flag.
His Rapax car suffered damaged and Sirotkin had to sit out the remainder of the session.
GP2 testing continues on Saturday.
Results
Morning session:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1m49.645s | - | 21 |
2 | Jordan King | Arden International | 1m49.759s | 0.114s | 29 |
3 | Esteban Ocon | DAMS | 1m49.812s | 0.167s | 22 |
4 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 1m49.821s | 0.176s | 24 |
5 | Nathanael Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1m49.834s | 0.189s | 27 |
6 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1m50.070s | 0.425s | 27 |
7 | Rene Binder | Trident | 1m50.250s | 0.605s | 17 |
8 | Raffaele Marciello | Status Grand Prix | 1m50.283s | 0.638s | 18 |
9 | Alex Lynn | Carlin | 1m50.490s | 0.845s | 23 |
10 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1m50.496s | 0.851s | 28 |
11 | Nicholas Latifi | Hilmer Motorsport | 1m50.584s | 0.939s | 23 |
12 | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1m50.632s | 0.987s | 22 |
13 | Artem Markelov | RT RUSSIAN TIME | 1m50.668s | 1.023s | 21 |
14 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1m50.705s | 1.060s | 11 |
15 | Marlon Stockinger | MP Motorsport | 1m50.835s | 1.190s | 16 |
16 | Jazeman Jaafar | Racing Engineering | 1m50.864s | 1.219s | 28 |
17 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 1m50.895s | 1.250s | 20 |
18 | Zoel Amberg | Trident | 1m51.002s | 1.357s | 24 |
19 | Kevin Ceccon | Rapax | 1m51.029s | 1.384s | 26 |
20 | Dino Zamparelli | Status Grand Prix | 1m51.060s | 1.415s | 26 |
21 | Emil Bernstorff | Hilmer Motorsport | 1m51.097s | 1.452s | 21 |
22 | Sandy Stuvik | ART Grand Prix | 1m51.244s | 1.599s | 36 |
23 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | ART Grand Prix | 1m51.386s | 1.741s | 36 |
24 | Beitske Visser | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1m52.079s | 2.434s | 36 |
25 | Simon Trummer | Racing Engineering | 1m52.186s | 2.541s | 20 |
- | Norman Nato | RT RUSSIAN TIME | - | - | 24 |
Afternoon session:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1m48.663s | - | 30 |
2 | Esteban Ocon | DAMS | 1m49.048s | 0.385s | 24 |
3 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1m49.204s | 0.541s | 30 |
4 | Raffaele Marciello | Status Grand Prix | 1m49.287s | 0.624s | 30 |
5 | Rene Binder | Trident | 1m49.320s | 0.657s | 24 |
6 | Jordan King | Arden International | 1m49.321s | 0.658s | 25 |
7 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1m49.600s | 0.937s | 23 |
8 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 1m49.639s | 0.976s | 28 |
9 | Artem Markelov | RT RUSSIAN TIME | 1m49.645s | 0.982s | 26 |
10 | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1m49.669s | 1.006s | 22 |
11 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 1m49.690s | 1.027s | 42 |
12 | Dino Zamparelli | Status Grand Prix | 1m49.833s | 1.170s | 32 |
13 | Nathanael Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1m49.836s | 1.173s | 26 |
14 | Emil Bernstorff | Hilmer Motorsport | 1m49.857s | 1.194s | 35 |
15 | Nicholas Latifi | Hilmer Motorsport | 1m49.883s | 1.220s | 25 |
16 | Jazeman Jaafar | Racing Engineering | 1m49.956s | 1.293s | 27 |
17 | Norman Nato | RT RUSSIAN TIME | 1m50.010s | 1.347s | 28 |
18 | Marlon Stockinger | MP Motorsport | 1m50.040s | 1.377s | 26 |
19 | Zoel Amberg | Trident | 1m50.076s | 1.413s | 24 |
20 | Alex Lynn | Carlin | 1m50.138s | 1.475s | 20 |
21 | Sandy Stuvik | ART Grand Prix | 1m50.189s | 1.526s | 34 |
22 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1m50.190s | 1.527s | 29 |
23 | Kevin Ceccon | Rapax | 1m50.226s | 1.563s | 25 |
24 | Simon Trummer | Racing Engineering | 1m50.604s | 1.941s | 24 |
25 | Beitske Visser | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1m50.799s | 2.136s | 23 |
26 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 1m51.937s | 3.274s | 5 |
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