Rodriguez leads wet final test day

In the final testing session until March next year, all the GP2 teams bar BCN took this last opportunity to evaluate potential contenders for 2009 seats or just to gather data with stalwart drivers.

But a foggy start to the day, then persistent rain and red flags, disrupted both today's sessions.

Piquet Sports driver Rodriguez, who currently leads the GP2 Asia Series after a victory at the Shanghai season-opener last month, beat DAMS' Kamui Kobayashi to the top spot in the afternoon - the pair enjoying a 0.5-second margin over the rest of the field, which was led by Vitaly Petrov (Campos).

Asian Series competitor Luiz Razia took fourth for ART, with Formula 3 graduate Dani Clos the best of the rookies in fifth place for main series champions Racing Engineering.

Durango's Davide Valsecchi had led the way in the slower morning session, lapping 0.024 seconds quicker than Rodriguez.

Kobayashi, Clos and Petrov completed the top five.

Afternoon times:

Pos  Driver              Team                        Time      Laps
 1.  Roldan Rodriguez    Piquet Sports               1:27.038  32
 2.  Kamui Kobayashi     DAMS                        1:27.259  48
 3.  Vitaly Petrov       Barwa Int Campos Team       1:27.718  57
 4.  Luiz Razia          ART Grand Prix              1:27.775  52
 5.  Dani Clos           Racing Engineering          1:27.813  31
 6.  Julien Jousse       Fisichella Motor Sport Int  1:27.822  53
 7.  Karun Chandhok      iSport International        1:27.858  39
 8.  Mike Conway         iSport International        1:27.922  37
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg     ART Grand Prix              1:27.955  41
10.  Sergio Perez        Piquet Sports               1:28.006  41
11.  Fabio Onidi         Super Nova Racing           1:28.077  46
12.  Marcello Puglisi    Durango                     1:28.232  59
13.  Koudai Tsukakoshi   Barwa Int Campos Team       1:28.313  50
14.  Charles Pic         Super Nova Racing           1:28.400  23
15.  Jerome D'Ambrosio   DAMS                        1:28.425  38
16.  Davide Valsecchi    Durango                     1:28.448  43
17.  Diego Nunes         Trust Team Arden            1:28.536  48
18.  Michael Herck       DPR                         1:28.692  37
19.  Nelson Panciatici   Trident Racing              1:29.066  48
20   Sten Pentus         Racing Engineering          1:29.098  44
21.  Alvaro Parente      Trust Team Arden            1:29.127  35
22.  Fabrizio Crestani   DPR                         1:29.786  19
23.  Christian Ebbesvik  Fisichella Motor Sport Int  1:29.806  34
24.  Carlos Iaconelli    Trident Racing              1:30.689  33

Morning times:

Pos  Driver                Team                        Time      Laps
 1.  Davide Valsecchi      Durango                     1:27.826  46
 2.  Roldan Rodriguez      Piquet Sports               1:27.850  47
 3.  Kamui Kobayashi       DAMS                        1:28.213  50
 4.  Dani Clos             Racing Engineering          1:28.247  45
 5.  Vitaly Petrov         Barwa Int Campos Team       1:28.332  50
 6.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     DAMS                        1:28.344  55
 7.  Alvaro Parente        Trust Team Arden            1:28.395  49
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg       ART Grand Prix              1:28.423  54
 9.  Koudai Tsukakoshi     Barwa Int Campos Team       1:28.697  44
10.  Fabrizio Crestani     DPR                         1:28.757  61
11.  Luiz Razia            ART Grand Prix              1:28.852  45
12.  Michael Herck         DPR                         1:28.895  49
13.  Karun Chandhok        iSport International        1:28.972  24
14.  Mike Conway           iSport International        1:29.010  20
15.  Sergio Perez          Piquet Sports               1:29.244  25
16.  Fabio Onidi           Super Nova Racing           1:29.598  40
17.  Christian Ebbesvik    Fisichella Motor Sport Int  1:29.600  47
18.  Charles Pic           Super Nova Racing           1:29.626  37
19.  Nelson Panciatici     Trident Racing              1:29.830  48
20   Sten Pentus           Racing Engineering          1:30.406  17
21.  Diego Nunes           Trust Team Arden            1:30.582  47
22.  Marcello Puglisi      Trident Racing              1:31.215  36
23.  Michael Dalle Stelle  Durango                     1:36.497  34
24.  Julien Jousse         Fisichella Motor Sport Int  1:37.736  3