Carroll quickest for iSport at Jerez
Adam Carroll set the fastest time on the first day of GP2 testing at Jerez, driving for 2007 champions iSport
The Ulsterman was driving the exact car that took Timo Glock to the title at Valencia last weekend, and his best lap from the morning was just two hundredths of a second faster than Andy Soucek managed for DPR in the afternoon.
Soucek's time, combined with the solid pace of Luca Filippi would have come as a welcome boost to DPR, who will be hoping that their strong end to a difficult 2007 season will enable them to stay in the series for 2008.
Bruno Senna was third fastest overall for Campos Grand Prix, while his former British F3 teammate Mike Conway was fourth fastest.
Conway was driving for former champions ART, who would have been pleased to see their cars second and third quickest in the afternoon session as they try to move on from missing out on the GP2 title for the first time.
Sebastien Buemi was third fastest in the afternoon for the French squad, but his time was only good enough for sixth overall, as several drivers managed better times in the morning.
Roldan Rodriguez was fourth overall for Minardi Piquet Sports, who will expect to be strong on Friday when Carroll joins the team for the second and final day of the test.
Three-time race winner Javier Villa completed the top five in the overall times for Racing Engineering, while the fastest driver with no GP2 race experience was Marco Bonanomi, driving for Minardi Piquet Sports.
Afternoon times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Andy Soucek DPR 1:28.059 24 2. Mike Conway ART Grand Prix 1:28.120 34 3. Sebastien Buemi ART Grand Prix 1:28.409 31 4. Marco Bonanomi Minardi Piquet Sports 1:28.425 30 5. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:28.427 29 6. Bruno Senna Campos Grand Prix 1:28.445 35 7. Adam Carroll iSport International 1:28.456 22 8. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:28.477 31 9. Andreas Zuber Trident Racing 1:28.591 34 10. Luca Filippi DPR 1:28.712 19 11. Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:28.793 30 12. Giedo Van Der Garde Arden International 1:28.835 30 13. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:28.874 24 14. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:29.161 33 15. Clivio Piccione FMS International 1:29.420 26 16. Paolo Nocera Super Nova Int. 1:29.709 32 17. Alberto Valerio Super Nova Int. 1:29.735 23 18. Davide Valsecchi Trident Racing 1:29.944 29 19. Alejandro Nunez BCN Competicion 1:29.974 27 20. Giacomo Piccini Durango 1:30.039 23 21. Carlos Iaconelli Durango 1:30.101 29 22. Celso Miguez BCN Competicion 1:30.374 19 23. Christian Ebbesvik Racing Engineering 1:31.427 27 24. Patrice Manopoulos Dams 1:31.645 37 25. Adam Khan Arden International 1:31.747 7 26. Michael Herck FMS International 1:33.694 17 Morning times: Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Adam Carroll iSport International 1:28.036 21 2. Bruno Senna Campos Grand Prix 1:28.107 39 3. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:28.188 29 4. Mike Conway ART Grand Prix 1:28.209 30 5. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:28.356 35 6. Luca Filippi DPR 1:28.421 29 7. Andy Soucek DPR 1:28.436 35 8. Giedo Van Der Garde Arden International 1:28.718 33 9. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:28.782 26 10. Clivio Piccione FMS International 1:28.867 33 11. Marco Bonanomi Minardi Piquet Sports 1:28.867 34 12. Sebastien Buemi ART Grand Prix 1:28.949 27 13. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:29.167 36 14. Alejandro Nunez BCN Competicion 1:29.248 28 15. Alexandre Negrao iSport International 1:29.324 35 16. Andreas Zuber Trident Racing 1:29.591 21 17. Paolo Nocera Super Nova Int. 1:29.817 23 18. Davide Valsecchi Trident Racing 1:29.902 30 19. Celso Miguez BCN Competicion 1:30.057 47 20. Alberto Valerio Super Nova Int. 1:30.237 34 21. Carlos Iaconelli Durango 1:30.442 33 22. Adam Khan Arden International 1:30.846 35 23. Giacomo Piccini Durango 1:31.651 21 24. Christian Ebbesvik Racing Engineering 1:31.894 33 25. Michael Herck FMS International 1:32.103 46 26. Patrice Manopoulos Dams 1:36.827 27
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