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Maldonado fastest again at Ricard

Pastor Maldonado continued with his domination of GP2 testing after topping the times for the third day in a row at Paul Ricard

The Venezuelan, onboard the Rapax car, clocked a best lap of 1:09.784 in the afternoon session to complete a hat trick of fastest times as the first test of the 2010 season came to an end.

Rookie Jules Bianchi had another strong session in the ART car, the Frenchman finishing as second fastest after having led the way in the morning session. Ocean's Fabio Leimer was third quickest in an incident-filled afternoon.

A total of six red flags hindered the second session, the last one caused by a crash between Marcus Ericsson and Adrian Zaugg with 15 minutes left on the clock.

The second and final pre-season test kicks off at the Barcelona circuit in two weeks' time, before the start of the season there on 8 May.

Morning times

Pos  Driver                  Team                          Time      Laps
 1.  Jules Bianchi           ART Grand Prix                1.10.268   40
 2.  Sam Bird                ART Grand Prix                1.10.323   45
 3.  Christian Vietoris      Racing Engineering            1.10.431   43
 4.  Pastor Maldonado        Rapax                         1.10.480   24
 5.  Marcus Ericsson         Super Nova Racing             1.10.532   39
 6.  Dani Clos               Racing Engineering            1.10.559   45
 7.  Jerome D'Ambrosio       Dams                          1.10.661   47
 8.  Charles Pic             Arden International           1.10.692   47
 9.  Sergio Perez            Barwa Addax Team              1.10.705   35
10.  Alberto Valerio         Scuderia Coloni               1.10.714   49
11.  Davide Valsecchi        iSport International          1.10.725   35
12.  Michael Herck           DPR                           1.10.867   45
13.  Josef Kral              Super Nova Racing             1.10.882   26
14.  Giedo Van der Garde     Barwa Addax Team              1.10.890   30
15.  Luiz Razia              Rapax                         1.10.899   29
16.  Rodolfo Gonzalez        Arden International           1.11.056   43
17.  Johnny Cecotto          Trident Racing                1.11.122   44
18.  Max Chilton             Ocean Racing Technology       1.11.274   44
19.  Vladimir Arabadzhiev    Scuderia Coloni               1.11.297   60
20.  Giacomo Ricci           DPR                           1.11.443   13
21.  Adrian Zaugg            Trident Racing                1.11.526   24
22.  Fabio Leimer            Ocean Racing Technology       1.11.633   24

Afternoon times

Pos  Driver                  Team                          Time      Laps
 1.  Pastor Maldonado        Rapax                         1.09.784   36
 2.  Jules Bianchi           ART Grand Prix                1.09.899   33
 3.  Fabio Leimer            Ocean Racing                  1.10.022   42
 4.  Christian Vietoris      Racing Engineering            1.10.033   45
 5.  Sam Bird                ART Grand Prix                1.10.117   47
 6.  Josef Kral              Super Nova Racing             1.10.143   45
 7.  Marcus Ericsson         Super Nova Racing             1.10.205   42
 8.  Johnny Cecotto          Trident Racing                1.10.256   45
 9.  Dani Clos               Racing Engineering            1.10.281   45
10.  Giedo Van der Garde     Barwa Addax                   1.10.320   45
11.  Charles Pic             Arden International           1.10.330   44
12.  Luiz Razia              Rapax                         1.10.331   41
13.  Jerome D'Ambrosio       Dams                          1.10.347   43
14.  Oliver Turvey           iSport International          1.10.375   42
15.  Adrian Zaugg            Trident Racing                1.10.402   18
16.  Davide Valsecchi        iSport International          1.10.452   31
17.  Max Chilton             Ocean Racing                  1.10.459   47
18.  Michael Herck           DPR                           1.10.464   36
19.  Alberto Valerio         Scuderia Coloni               1.10.672   36
20.  Rodolfo Gonzalez        Arden International           1.10.710   48
21.  Giacomo Ricci           DPR                           1.10.746   28
22.  Sergio Perez            Barwa Addax                   1.10.775   39
23.  Vladimir Arabadzhiev    Scuderia Coloni               1.11.062   50
24.  Ho-Pin Tung             Dams                          1.11.106   37

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