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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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