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Valsecchi tops testing at Jerez

Italian Davide Valsecchi set the pace on the opening day of GP2 testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain on Tuesday

Valsecchi, driving for Scuderia Coloni team, posted a best time of 1:26.408 in the morning session to finish fastest overall.

The Italian was over nearly three tenths of a second quicker than Spaniard Roldan Rogriguez, who joined the Racing Engineering team for the test.

F3 Euro Series champion Jules Bianchi was an impressive third quickest on his GP2 debut, the Frenchman also topping the times in the afternoon session with the ART team.

Bianchi was one of ten newcomers in today's test.

The morning session was red-flagged briefly when Max Chilton went off at last corner and broke his front wing early in the day.

The after session was also interrupted, first when Rodolfo Gonzales spun his Arden car at the chicane, and later when Edoardo Piscopo crashed his Trident machine on the final corner.

The Jerez test continues for two more days.

Morning times:

Pos Driver                Team                            Time     Laps
 1. Davide Valsecchi      Party Poker Racing.com SC       1:26.408  19
 2. Roldan Rodriguez      Fat Burner Racing Eng.          1:26.707  22
 3. Jules Bianchi         ART Grand Prix                  1:27.184  26
 4. Diego Nunes           Fat Burner Racing Eng.          1:27.187  28
 5. Jerome d'Ambrosio     iSport International            1:27.322  22
 6. Charles Pic           Telmex Arden International      1:27.380  16
 7. Christian Vietoris    Barwa Addax Team                1:27.413  24
 8. Luiz Razia            Piquet GP                       1:27.635  18
 9. Stefano Coletti       DAMS                            1:27.728  23
10. Sam Bird              DAMS                            1:27.767  27
11. Esteban Gutierrez     ART Grand Prix                  1:27.987  23
12. Michael Herck         DPR                             1:28.196  10
13. James Jakes           Super Nova Racing               1:28.251  23
14. Oliver Turvey         iSport International            1:28.260  25
15. Alexander Rossi       Piquet GP                       1:28.480  29
16. Edoardo Piscopo       Trident Racing                  1:28.489  27
17. Rodolfo Gonzalez      Telmex Arden International      1:28.509  25
18. Philip Eng            Ocean Racing Technology         1:28.551  31
19. Johnny Cecotto        Trident Racing                  1:28.907  19
20. Fabio Onidi           Party Poker Racing.com SC       1:28.924  23
21. Ricardo Teixeira      Super Nova Racing               1:29.111  22
22. Josef Kral            Ocean Racing Technology         1:29.901  30
23. Victor Garcia         DPR                             1:29.941  21
24. Max Chilton           Barwa Addax Team                1:31.968   7

All Timing Unofficial

Afternoon times:

Pos  Driver                 Team                          Time     Laps
 1.  Jules Bianchi          ART Grand Prix                1:26.919  23
 2.  Jerome d'Ambrosio      iSport International          1:26.938  25
 3.  Diego Nunes            Fat Burner Racing Eng.        1:26.967  21
 4.  Roldan Rodriguez       Fat Burner Racing Eng.        1:27.087  20
 5.  Christian Vietoris     Barwa Addax Team              1:27.299  25
 6.  Esteban Gutierrez      ART Grand Prix                1:27.403  20
 7.  Johnny Cecotto         Trident Racing                1:27.503  29
 8.  Charles Pic            Telmex Arden International    1:27.638  28
 9.  Sam Bird               DAMS                          1:27.787  20
10.  Oliver Turvey          iSport International          1:27.849  21
11.  Ricardo Teixeira       Super Nova Racing             1:28.004  19
12.  Alexander Rossi        Piquet GP                     1:28.005  21
13.  Fabio Onidi            Party Poker Racing.com SC     1:28.369  27
14.  Philip Eng             Ocean Racing Technology       1:28.371  18
15.  Victor Garcia          DPR                           1:28.476  16
16.  Josef Kral             Ocean Racing Technology       1:28.636  20
17.  Michael Herck          DPR                           1:28.700  12
18.  Luiz Razia             Piquet GP                     1:28.744  13
19.  Edoardo Piscopo        Trident Racing                1:28.872  26
20.  Rodolfo Gonzalez       Telmex Arden International    1:29.169  23
21.  James Jakes            Super Nova Racing             1:29.472  12
22.  Stefano Coletti        DAMS                          1:29.529  13
23.  Davide Valsecchi       Party Poker Racing.com SC     1:30.675  12
24.  Max Chilton            Barwa Addax Team              1:31.870  6
25.  Francesco Castellaci   Durango                       1:37.504  10

All Timing Unofficial

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