Di Grassi leads the way at Paul Ricard

The Brazilian, second quickest yesterday, shot to the head of the timesheets in the afternoon session, with a best lap of 1:08.841.

Di Grassi, who yesterday made his debut with the Racing Engineering team, finished less than a tenth ahead of rookie team-mate Dani Clos, who completed a promising day, having also shone in the morning.

Pastor Maldonado was third fastest for ART Grand Prix, with Roman Grosjean, who topped the times in the morning, having to settle for fourth place with Campos.

Yesterday's pace-setter Javier Villa was down in fifth today.

The layout used for today's session was the 2A, which includes a long straight the teams used to work on their high speed configurations and engine mapping.

The test continues tomorrow.

Morning times:

Pos  Driver                Team                            Time      Laps
 1.  Romain Grosjean       Barwa Campos Team               1:09.015   34
 2.  Dani Clos             Fat Burner Racing Engineering   1:09.047   43
 3.  Javier Villa          Super Nova Racing               1:09.077   33
 4.  Pastor Maldonado      ART Grand Prix                  1:09.122   41
 5.  Michael Herck         DPR                             1:09.169   37
 6.  Lucas Di Grassi       Fat Burner Racing Engineering   1:09.180   33
 7.  Alvaro Parente        Ocean Racing Technology         1:09.215   35
 8.  Andreas Zuber         Fisichella Motor Sport Int.     1:09.221   38
 9.  Jerome d'Ambrosio     Dams                            1:09.335   38
10.  Nico Hulkenberg       ART Grand Prix                  1:09.335   41
11.  Luca Filippi          Super Nova Racing               1:09.367   45
12.  Roldan Rodriguez      Piquet GP                       1:09.417   38
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Dams                            1:09.422   36
14.  Davide Valsecchi      Durango                         1:09.524   36
15.  Alberto Valerio       Piquet GP                       1:09.525   36
16.  Vitaly Petrov         Barwa Campos Team               1:09.567   19
17.  Karun Chandhok        Ocean Racing Technology         1:09.576   31
18.  Diego Nunes           iSport International            1:09.578   57
19.  Giedo Van der Garde   iSport International            1:09.653   33
20.  Edoardo Mortara       Telmex Arden International      1:09.769   25
21.  Hamad Al Fardan       Trident Racing                  1:09.811   35
22.  Luiz Razia            Fisichella Motor Sport Int.     1:10.102   45
23.  Davide Rigon          Trident Racing                  1:10.393   52
24.  Sergio Perez          Telmex Arden International      1:10.466   32

Afternoon times:

Pos  Driver                Team                       Time      Laps
 1.  Lucas Di Grassi       Racing Engineering         1:08.841   39
 2.  Dani Clos             Racing Engineering         1:08.961   44
 3.  Pastor Maldonado      ART Grand Prix             1:08.985   33
 4.  Javier Villa          Super Nova Racing          1:09.076   38
 5.  Vitaly Petrov         Campos Team                1:09.100   30
 6.  Kamui Kobayashi       Dams                       1:09.220   46
 7.  Nico Hulkenberg       ART Grand Prix             1:09.326   30
 8.  Jerome D Ambrosio     Dams                       1:09.383   30
 9.  Romain Grosjean       Campos Team                1:09.424   38
10.  Davide Rigon          Trident Racing             1:09.429   41
11.  Luca Filippi          Super Nova Racing          1:09.437   35
12.  Roldan Rodriguez      Piquet GP                  1:09.469   31
13.  Alberto Valerio       Piquet GP                  1:09.527   30
14.  Karun Chandhok        Ocean Racing Technology    1:09.564   25
15.  Andreas Zuber         FMS International          1:09.564   13
16.  Davide Valsecchi      Durango                    1:09.598   17
17.  Hamad Al Fardan       Trident Racing             1:09.604   45
18.  Sergio Perez          Arden International        1:09.649   42
19.  Diego Nunes           iSport International       1:09.815   37
20.  Michael Herck         DPR                        1:09.831   33
21.  Giedo Van der Garde   iSport International       1:10.170   37
22.  Nelson Panciatici     Durango                    1:10.231   28
23.  Giacomo Ricci         DPR                        1:10.604   24