Bianchi fastest as Yas Marina test ends
Jules Bianchi set the fastest time of the final day of GP2 testing in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Asia Series opener later this week
The ART driver lapped the Yas Marina circuit just under a second quicker than AirAsia's Davide Valsecchi, with the Italian later topping the afternoon session.
iSport pairing Sam Bird and Marcus Ericsson were third and fourth fastest in the morning, ahead of ART's Esteban Gutierrez and Arden's Josef Kral.
Luiz Razia made it an AirAsia one-two in the afternoon, with Bird taking third again following a red flag stoppage for a collision between Romain Grosjean and Valsecchi.
Ericsson repeated his morning's fourth place, with Charles Pic (Addax) and Rodolfo Gonzalez (Trident) completed the top six.
The GP2 Asia season begins on Thursday in Abu Dhabi.
Session one: Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Jules Bianchi ART 1m35.940s 34 2. Davide Valsecchi AirAsia 1m36.025s + 0.085s 37 3. Sam Bird iSport 1m36.154s + 0.214s 30 4. Marcus Ericsson iSport 1m36.175s + 0.235s 26 5. Esteban Gutierrez ART 1m36.366s + 0.426s 30 6. Josef Kral Arden 1m36.403s + 0.463s 32 7. Max Chilton Carlin 1m36.413s + 0.473s 24 8. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1m36.430s + 0.490s 23 9. Charles Pic Addax 1m36.491s + 0.551s 37 10. Andrea Caldarelli Ocean 1m36.609s + 0.669s 31 11. Giedo van der Garde Addax 1m36.613s + 0.673s 26 12. Luiz Razia AirAsia 1m36.739s + 0.799s 27 13. Jolyon Palmer Arden 1m36.751s + 0.811s 44 14. Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident 1m36.771s + 0.831s 26 15. Stefano Coletti Trident 1m36.832s + 0.892s 25 16. Michael Herck Coloni 1m36.835s + 0.895s 19 17. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova 1m36.914s + 0.974s 28 18. Romain Grosjean DAMS 1m36.983s + 1.043s 28 19. Fabio Leimer Rapax 1m37.009s + 1.069s 38 20. Julian Leal Rapax 1m37.055s + 1.115s 35 21. Mikhail Aleshin Carlin 1m37.082s + 1.142s 14 22. Oliver Turvey Ocean 1m37.244s + 1.304s 24 23. James Jakes Coloni 1m37.326s + 1.386s 32 24. Johnny Cecotto Super Nova 1m37.415s + 1.475s 20 25. Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering 1m37.521s + 1.581s 22 26. Pal Varhaug DAMS 1m37.540s + 1.600s 32 Session two: Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Davide Valsecchi AirAsia 1m36.159s 21 2. Luiz Razia AirAsia 1m36.172s + 0.013s 31 3. Sam Bird iSport 1m36.277s + 0.118s 31 4. Marcus Ericsson iSport 1m36.464s + 0.305s 26 5. Charles Pic Addax 1m36.493s + 0.334s 20 6. Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident 1m36.527s + 0.368s 26 7. Josef Kral Arden 1m36.541s + 0.382s 35 8. Max Chilton Carlin 1m36.568s + 0.409s 37 9. Stefano Coletti Trident 1m36.575s + 0.416s 24 10. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1m36.619s + 0.460s 38 11. Fabio Leimer Rapax 1m36.670s + 0.511s 22 12. Julian Leal Rapax 1m36.700s + 0.541s 25 13. Michael Herck Coloni 1m36.716s + 0.557s 28 14. Johnny Cecotto Super Nova 1m36.721s + 0.562s 32 15. Andrea Caldarelli Ocean 1m36.727s + 0.568s 35 16. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova 1m36.845s + 0.686s 24 17. Giedo van der Garde Addax 1m36.918s + 0.759s 16 18. Mikhail Aleshin Carlin 1m37.054s + 0.895s 24 19. Oliver Turvey Ocean 1m37.201s + 1.042s 29 20. Romain Grosjean DAMS 1m37.219s + 1.060s 20 21. Pal Varhaug DAMS 1m37.311s + 1.152s 35 22. Jolyon Palmer Arden 1m37.554s + 1.395s 30 23. James Jakes Coloni 1m37.632s + 1.473s 14 24. Esteban Gutierrez ART 1m38.548s + 2.389s 42 25. Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering 1m38.683s + 2.524s 24 26. Jules Bianchi ART 1m38.707s + 2.548s 34
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