Ricciardo tops Silverstone testing

The Australian lapped the damp Silverstone GP circuit in 2m01.953s in his Carlin Motorsport Dallara Volkswagen during this afternoon's fourth and final session, almost 0.3 seconds faster than Fortec rival Riki Chbristodoulou's Dallara Mercedes.

Brazilian Adriano Buzaid (Dallara Volkswagen) cheered up T-Sport, after a difficult opening round at Oulton Park last weekend, by returning the squad to the sharp end of the timesheet with third fastest time, while team-mate Wayne Boyd was sixth behind Max Chilton and Nick Tandy.

On-going problems with his West-Tec-prepared Mygale Mugen-Honda prevented Jay Bridger from running, while National Class championship leader Daniel McKenzie didn't test either due to food poisoning.

Pos Driver                 Team             Car           Time
 1. Daniel Ricciardo       Carlin           D/V      2m01.953s
 2. Riki Christodoulou     Fortec           D/M      2m02.243s
 3. Adriano Buzaid         T-Sport          D/V      2m02.841s
 4. Max Chilton            Carlin           D/V      2m03.189s
 5. Nick Tandy             JTR              M/M      2m03.513s
 6. Wayne Boyd             T-Sport          D/V      2m03.964s
 7. Henry Arundel          Carlin           D/V      2m04.273s
 8. Oliver Oakes           Carlin           D/V      2m05.081s
 9. Stephane Richelmi      Barazi Epsilon   D/M      2m05.618s
10. Victor Garcia          Fortec           D/M      2m05.700s
11. Hywel Lloyd            CF               D/H      2m06.124s
12. Carlos Huertas         Double R         D/M      2m06.577s
13. Walter Grubmuller      Hitech           D/M      2m07.416s
14. Max Snegirev           West-Tec         D/H      2m07.689s
15. Daisuke Nakajima       Double R         D/M      2m07.989s
16. Gabriel Dias           T-Sport          D/H      2m08.969s
17. Victor Correa          Litespeed        S/H      2m11.032s