Bonanomi fastest on day two of test
Marco Bonanomi set the pace on the second day of World Series by Renault testing at Paul Ricard on Wednesday
The Italian set his best lap in the closing stages with GD Racing, who were keen to make a point after missing out on an entry for next year.
"As everyone knows this team won't be racing in the championship in 2008," said Bonanomi, who has also gone well in recent GP2 tests. "They wanted to show what they were capable of, and I've really enjoyed this day."
Behind Bonanomi were the Tech 1 cars of Julien Jousse and Tuesday's pacesetter Charles Pic, while Aleix Alcaraz and Bertrand Baguette completed the top five.
The faster times were set mainly in the afternoon session, although two drivers who were consistent in both sessions were Michael Herck, and F3 Euro Series racer Dani Clos.
The second day of the three-day test was marred by several red flags, and many drivers believed that they could have set faster times if their runs had not been interrupted.
Morning times Pos Driver Team Time 1. Bertrand Baguette Draco Racing Team 1:16.059 2. Julien Jousse Tech 1 1:16.136 3. Marco Bonanomi GD Racing 1:16.201 4. Michael Herck Pons 1:16.254 5. Charles Pic Tech 1 1:16.335 6. Dani Clos Epsilon Euskadi 1:16.346 7. Craig Dolby Fortec 1:16.375 8. Daniil Move RC Motorsport 1:16.376 9. Carlos Iaconelli KTR 1:16.420 10. Marco Barba Draco Racing Team 1:16.450 11. Pasquale Di Sabatino GD Racing 1:16.451 12. Edoardo Piscopo Fortec 1:16.496 13. Robert Mehri Epsilon Euskadi 1:16.566 14. Johnny Cecotto RC Motorsport 1:16.579 15. Oliver Oakes Comtec 1:16.644 16. Pippa Mann Cram 1:16:820 17. Robert Wickens Carlin 1:16.927 18. Sergio Perez Interwetten 1:17.114 19. Simeon Ivanov Prema 1:17.235 20. Pablo Sanchez Interwetten 1:17.380 21. Alexandre Marsoin KTR 1:17.718 22. Mario Romancini Prema 1:17.977 23. Juan Polar Comtec 1:18.364 24. Aleix Alcaraz Pons 1:19.097 Afternoon times Pos Driver Team Time 1. Marco Bonanomi GD Racing 1:15.649 2. Julien Jousse Tech 1 1:15.774 3. Charles Pic Tech 1 1:15.915 4. Aleix Alcaraz Pons 1:16.007 5. Marco Barba Draco Racing 1:16.069 6. Dani Clos Epsilon Euskadi 1:16.135 7. Pippa Mann Cram 1:16.147 8. Edoardo Piscopo Fortec 1:16.172 9. Michael Herck Pons 1:16.192 10. Robert Mehri Epsilon Euskadi 1:16.210 11. Craig Dolby Fortec 1:16.252 12. Carlos Iaconelli KTR 1:16.370 13. Robert Wickens Carlin 1:16.376 14. Oliver Oakes Comtec 1:16.452 15. Pasquale Di Sabatino GD Racing 1:16.543 16. Daniil Move RC Motorsport 1:16.548 17. Simeon Ivanov Prema 1:16.657 18. Sergio Perez Interwetten 1:16.687 19. Johnny Cecotto Jr RC Motorspor 1:16.845 20. Alexandre Marsoin KTR 1:16.905 21. Mario Romancini Prema 1:16.958 22. Marcello Pugliesi Cram 1:16.974 23. Juan Polar Comtec 1:17.150 24. Pablo Sanchez Interwetten 1:17.388
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