Filippi dominates Paul Ricard test
Luca Filippi dominated the first day of testing at the Paul Ricard circuit, where the GP2 series returned to action on Tuesday
The Italian, driving for the Durango team, topped the times both in the morning and afternoon sessions, finishing with a fastest lap of 1:13.630.
He was followed by Andreas Zuber in the iSport car and Argentine Jose Maria Lopez, who returned to the BCN Competicion squad.
Andy Soucek was the quickest of the drivers making their debut at the wheel of a GP2 car, the Spaniard finishing in eighth position with the Super Nova car.
Soucek, who was scheduled to test with the ART team, only ran in the afternoon as the GP2 champions withdrew from the test following the death of engineer Steeve Marcel last night.
Testing continues tomorrow.
Afternoon times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Luca Filippi Durango 1:13.630 26 2. Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:13.635 32 3. Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1:14.206 30 4. Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:14.313 28 5. Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1:14.335 20 6. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:14.408 32 7. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:14.413 23 8. Andy Soucek Super Nova International 1:14.636 44 9. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:14.656 18 10. Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:14.691 32 11. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:14.768 27 12. Alvaro Parente iSport International 1:14.833 26 13. Ben Hanley Racing Engineering 1:14.841 26 14. Ricardo Risatti BCN Competicion 1:14.970 33 15. Mike Conway DPR 1:15.002 28 16. Roldan Rodriguez Campos Racing 1:15.005 28 17. Loic Duval Trident Racing 1:15.029 33 18. Christian Bakkerud Arden International 1:15.038 28 19. Vitaly Petrov Super Nova 1:15.294 29 20. Kaziki Nakajima DAMS 1:15.352 24 21. Adam Kahn Arden International 1:16.006 26 22. Tomas Kostka Piquet Sports 1:16.545 12 23. Dominick Muermans Durango 1:16.552 36 24. Michael Patrizi DPR 1:17.197 12
Morning times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Luca Filippi Durango 1:14.001 25 2. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:14.361 28 3. Andreas Zuber iSport Interational 1:14.411 29 4. Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1:14.765 17 5. Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1:14.777 23 6. Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:14.861 27 7. Kaziki Nakajima DAMS 1:15.127 33 8. Christian Bakkerud Arden International 1:15.305 38 9. Roldan Rodriguez Campos Racing 1:15.351 28 10. Alvaro Parente iSport Interational 1:15.405 33 11. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:15.407 28 12. Loic Duval Trident Racing 1:15.423 51 13. Mike Conway DPR 1:15.449 40 14. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:15.472 31 15. Tomas Kostka Piquet Sports 1:15.553 40 16. Ben Hanley Racing Engineering 1:15.604 30 17. Vitaly Petrov Super Nova International 1:15.659 31 18. Ricardo Risatti BCN Competicion 1:15.941 38 19. Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:15.963 30 20. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:16.107 25 21. Michael Patrizi DPR 1:16.563 35 22. Adam Kahn Arden International 1:16.575 36 23. Dominick Muermans Durango 1:17.144 35
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