Di Grassi on top for ART in testing

Reigning champions ART showed a return to form as di Grassi set the pace in both the morning and afternoon sessions, while Michael Ammermuller was third fastest on the day.

The pair were run close by the iSport duo of Andreas Zuber and Timo Glock, who were second and fourth fastest respectively.

Borja Garcia was best of the rest with the fifth quickest time for Durango, while rookie Kazuki Nakajima was sixth fastest for DAMS.

The French squad had shown promise in the morning session when Nicolas Lapierre was third quickest, although he would finish the day outside of the top 10.

Nakajima's countryman Kohei Hirate was seventh fastest for Trident Racing, while Karun Chandhok helped his chances of landing a drive with Durango by setting the eighth quickest time.

Luca Filippi was ninth fastest for Super Nova, while Giorgio Pantano was only 10th after being quickest on the first day, when the cars used a different track layout at the French track.

Afternoon times:

Pos  Driver              Team                   Time     Laps
 1. Lucas di Grassi      ART Grand Prix         1:09.768   50
 2. Andreas Zuber        Isport International   1:09.847   48
 3. Michael Ammermuller  ART Grand Prix         1:09.990   46
 4. Timo Glock           Isport International   1:10.044   46
 5. Borja Garcia         Durango                1:10.175   38
 6. Kazuki Nakajima      DAMS                   1:10.193   66
 7. Kohei Hirate         Trident Racing         1:10.200   45
 8. Karun Chandhok       Durango                1:10.232   40
 9. Luca Filippi         Super Nova Int.        1:10.250   35
10. Giorgio Pantano      Campos Grand Prix      1:10.252   54
11. Mike Conway          Super Nova Int.        1:10.288   44
12. Nicolas Lapierre     DAMS                   1:10.356   56
13. Franck Perera        Racing Engineering     1:10.408   53
14. Javier Villa         Racing Engineering     1:10.412   41
15. Bruno Senna          Arden International    1:10.417   53
16. Antonio Pizzonia     Petrol Ofisi FMS       1:10.418   46
17. Pastor Maldonado     Trident Racing         1:10.492   46
18. Ricardo Risatti      BCN Competicion        1:10.493   30
19. Roldan Rodriguez     Minardi Piquet Sports  1:10.598   55
20. Jason Tahinci        Petrol Ofisi FMS Int.  1:10.741   49
21. Alexandre Negrao     Minardi Piquet Sports  1:10.885   48
22. Adrian Zaugg         Arden International    1:11.038   45
23. Christian Bakkerud   DPR                    1:11.219   37
24. Andy Soucek          DPR                    1:11.287   50
25. Vitaly Petrov        Campos Grand Prix      1:11.409   52
26. Sakon Yamamoto       BCN Competicion        1:11.527   47

Morning times:

Pos  Driver             Team                      Time     Laps
 1. Lucas Di Grassi     ART Grand Prix            1:10.464   42
 2. Nicolas Lapierre    DAMS                      1:11.094   38
 3. Alexandre Negrao    Minardi Piquet Sports     1:11.122   26
 4. Michael Ammermulle  ART Grand Prix            1:11.254   41
 5. Kazuki Nakajima     DAMS                      1:11.378   27
 6. Karun Chandhok      Durango                   1:11.455   20
 7. Antonio Pizzonia    Petrol Ofisi FMS Int.     1:11.482   21
 8. Roldan Rodriguez    Minardi Piquet Sports     1:11.617   28
 9. Ricardo Risatti     BCN Competicion           1:11.689   28
10. Mike Conway         Super Nova International  1:11.690   37
11. Andreas Zuber       Isport International      1:11.702   45
12. Borja Garcia        Durango                   1:11.935   21
13. Sakon Yamamoto      BCN Competicion           1:11.941   43
14. Andy Soucek         DPR                       1:12.013   31
15. Christian Bakkerud  DPR                       1:12.211   35
16. Pastor Maldonado    Trident Racing            1:12.281   25
17. Luca Filippi        Super Nova International  1:12.428   29
18. Vitaly Petrov       Campos Grand Prix         1:12.551   21
19. Timo Glock          Isport International      1:12.675   42
20. Javier Villa        Racing Engineering        1:12.826   36
21. Franck Perera       Racing Engineering        1:13.004   35
22. Bruno Senna         Arden International       1:13.441   34
23. Adrian Zaugg        Arden International       1:18.769   23
24. Kohei Hirate        Trident Racing            1:22.752   9
25. Jason Tahinci       Petrol Ofisi FMS Int.     1:26.761   36
26. Giorgio Pantano     Campos Grand Prix         1:36.522   14