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Herck tops final day of GP2 testing

Scuderia Coloni's Michael Herck led the way in GP2 testing at the Barcelona circuit, on the final day of preparations ahead of the start of the season next month

The Belgian-Romanian driver posted a 1m29.608s, the quickest time of the two days of testing, to outpace Sam Bird by less then 0.030 seconds.

The morning session was incredibly close, with 12 drivers covered by less than four tenths and 18 finishing within the same second. The 16 fastest times of the day were set in the morning.

GP2 Asia champion Romain Grosjean was third quickest, with yesterday's pace-setter Davide Valsecchi in fourth and compatriot Luca Filippi in fifth.

Three red flags interrupted the session, which again took place under sunny conditions.

The GP2 Series kicks off in Turkey next month.

Morning times:

Pos  Driver                Team                      Time      Laps
 1.  Michael Herck         Scuderia Coloni           1:29.608    34
 2.  Sam Bird              iSport International      1:29.633    20
 3.  Romain Grosjean       Dams                      1:29.639    31
 4.  Davide Valsecchi      Team Air Asia             1:29.669    38
 5.  Luca Filippi          Super Nova Racing         1:29.697    34
 6.  Davide Rigon          Scuderia Coloni           1:29.754    32
 7.  Christian Vietoris    Racing Engineering        1:29.805    30
 8.  Oliver Turvey         Carlin                    1:29.860    31
 9.  Luiz Razia            Team AirAsia              1:29.970    47
10.  Max Chilton           Carlin                    1:29.973    32
11.  Giedo van der Garde   Barwa Addax Team          1:29.983    33
12.  Stefano Coletti       Trident Racing            1:29.993    24
13.  Charles Pic           Barwa Addax Team          1:30.051    26
14.  Jules Bianchi         Lotus ART                 1:30.052    38
15.  Josef Kral            Arden International       1:30.123    29
16.  Marcus Ericsson       iSport International      1:30.264    35
17.  Dani Clos             Racing Engineering        1:30.376    24
18.  Pal Varhaug           Dams                      1:30.405    28
19.  Jolyon Palmer         Arden International       1:30.640    28
20.  Fabio Leimer          Rapax                     1:30.649    23
21.  Rodolfo Gonzalez      Trident Racing            1:30.679    34
22.  Johnny Cecotto        Ocean Racing Technology   1:30.772    22
23.  Esteban Gutierrez     Lotus ART                 1:30.847    27
24.  Fairuz Fauzy          Super Nova Racing         1:30.994    32
25.  Kevin Mirocha         Ocean Racing Technology   1:31.096    22
26.  Julian Leal           Rapax                     1:32.743    14

Afternoon times:

Pos  Driver                Team                      Time      Laps
 1.  Davide Valsecchi      Team AirAsia              1:30.316    35
 2.  Davide Rigon          Scuderia Coloni           1:30.591    26
 3.  Jules Bianchi         Lotus ART                 1:30.675    38
 4.  Marcus Ericsson       iSport International      1:30.810    35
 5.  Luiz Razia            Team AirAsia              1:31.179    32
 6.  Esteban Gutierrez     Lotus ART                 1:31.184    38
 7.  Fabio Leimer          Rapax                     1:31.243    33
 8.  Julian Leal           Rapax                     1:31.254    31
 9.  Kevin Mirocha         Ocean Racing Technology   1:31.483    32
10.  Luca Filippi          Super Nova Racing         1:31.738    23
11.  Fairuz Fauzy          Super Nova Racing         1:31.786    26
12.  Max Chilton           Carlin                    1:32.120    41
13.  Christian Vietoris    Racing Engineering        1:32.750    33
14.  Romain Grosjean       Dams                      1:33.478    42
15.  Michael Herck         Scuderia Coloni           1:33.505    28
16.  Pal Varhaug           Dams                      1:33.536    36
17.  Stefano Coletti       Trident Racing            1:33.673    39
18.  Dani Clos             Racing Engineering        1:33.863    31
19.  Oliver Turvey         Carlin                    1:33.868    31
20.  Jolyon Palmer         Arden International       1:33.905    36
21.  Rodolfo Gonzalez      Trident Racing            1:34.038    40
22.  Josef Kral            Arden International       1:34.097    37
23.  Sam Bird              iSport International      1:34.152    43
24.  Giedo van der Garde   Barwa Addax Team          1:34.195    30
25.  Charles Pic           Barwa Addax Team          1:34.296    28
26.  Johnny Cecotto        Ocean Racing Technology   1:34.314    47


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