Barcelona test, day 1: Bourdais flies
Formula 3000 race winner Sebastien Bourdais kept up his strong testing form by topping the times on the first day of the official test at Barcelona today (Tuesday)
The Frenchman, who was quickest driving for Arden Team Russia at Estoril last week, was at the wheel of a Super Nova Lola in Spain. He proved to be four tenths of a second quicker than his nearest rival, Enrico Toccacelo, who was driving for Coloni.
Italian Formula 3 graduate Gianmaria Bruni continued his strong F3000 testing form to go third and was fastest in the afternoon session. He was two tenths of a second quicker than early 2002 title favourite Antonio Pizzonia.
His Petrobras team-mate Ricardo Sperafico was down in seventh, ahead of his twin borther Rodrigo. He was running in his first test for Team Astromega.
The test concludes tomorrow (Wednesday).
Sebastien Bourdais, Super Nova, 1m31.096s
Enrico Toccacelo, Coloni, 1m31.494s
Gianmaria Bruni, Arden, 1m31.709s
Antonio Pizzonia, Petrobras, 1m31.959s
Zsolt Baumgartner, Nordic, 1m32.73s
Jaroslav Janis, Arden, 1m32.881s
Ricardo Sperafico, Petrobras, 1m33.207s
Joel Camathias, Nordic, 1m33.218s
Rodrigo Sperafico, Astromega, 1m33.377s
Jaime Melo, Durango, 1m33.421s
Yannick Schroeder, Coloni, 1m33.528s
'Babalus', Coloni, 1m33.953s
Bjorn Wirdheim, Super Nova, 1m34.350s
Tom Niemarnik, Durango, 1m34.956s
Nicolas Kiesa, Astromega, 1m35.391s
Alex Muller, Astromega, 1m39.692s
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