Filippi sets the pace at Paul Ricard

ART driver Filippi set his best time - 1:09.934 - in the morning session.

The Italian was the only driver who lapped the French track in less than 70 secconds.

All teams spent their day working on preparation for the races at Spa and Monza, the events that will close the season in September.

Filippi was closely followed by teammate Romain Grosjean in the morning, but it was Bruno Senna who was second quickest overall with his 1:10.054 lap, set in the afternoon.

The morning session was troubled for the iSport team, with Karun Chandhok crashing into Sebastian Buemi and Senna having to stop early due to an engine problem.

Estonian Marko Asmer completed his second day of work with the Fisichella Motor Sports team after being confirmed to the reamining part of the season.

The BMW Sauber tester, however, was slowest in the morning and 20th fastest in the afternoon.

Super Nova's Christian Bakkerud was unable to take part in the test at all after suffering from back pains again.

Morning times:

Pos  Driver               Team                          Time     Laps
 1.  Luca Filippi         ART Grand Prix                1:09.934   37
 2.  Romain Grosjean      ART Grand Prix                1:10.060   44
 3.  Vitaly Petrov        Barwa Int. Campos Team        1:10.146   50
 4.  Lucas Di Grassi      Barwa Int. Campos Team        1:10.210   47
 5.  Andreas Zuber        Piquet Sports                 1:10.265   41
 6.  Kamui Kobayashi      Dams                          1:10.271   46
 7.  Giorgio Pantano      Racing Engineering            1:10.310   45
 8.  Roldan Rodriguez     Fisichella Motor Sport Int.   1:10.375   38
 9.  Javier Villa         Racing Engineering            1:10.379   51
10.  Andy Soucek          BCN Competicion               1:10.445   45
11.  Pastor Maldonado     Piquet Sports                 1:10.471   44
12.  Karun Chandhok       iSport International          1:10.519   19
13.  Alvaro Parente       Super Nova Racing             1:10.524   41
14.  Yelmer Buurman       Trust Team Arden              1:10.533   50
15.  Diego Nunes          DPR                           1:10.588   47
16.  Jerome D Ambrosio    Dams                          1:10.593   43
17.  Sebastien Buemi      Trust Team Arden              1:10.625   31
18.  Michael Herck        DPR                           1:10.842   40
19.  Ho-Pin Tung          Trident Racing                1:10.975   49
20.  Mike Conway          Trident Racing                1:10.999   58
21.  Alberto Valerio      Durango                       1:11.017   52
22.  Bruno Senna          iSport International          1:11.111   19
23.  Marko Asmer          Fisichella Motor Sport Int.   1:11.345   54

Afternoon times:

Pos  Driver               Team                         Time      Laps
 1.  Bruno Senna          iSport International         1:10.054   47
 2.  Luca Filippi         ART Grand Prix               1:10.272   42
 3.  Giorgio Pantano      Racing Engineering           1:10.364   34
 4.  Romain Grosjean      ART Grand Prix               1:10.523   35
 5.  Andreas Zuber        Piquet Sports                1:10.563   47
 6.  Jerome d'Ambrosio    Dams                         1:10.591   47
 7.  Pastor Maldonado     Piquet Sports                1:10.602   46
 8.  Vitaly Petrov        Barwa Int. Campos Team       1:10.730   31
 9.  Andy Soucek          BCN Competicion              1:10.794   38
10.  Sebastien Buemi      Trust Team Arden             1:10.816   23
11.  Yelmer Buurman       Trust Team Arden             1:10.819   49
12.  Kamui Kobayashi      Dams                         1:10.824   35
13.  Diego Nunes          DPR                          1:10.888   39
14.  Alvaro Parente       Super Nova Racing            1:10.889   42
15.  Roldan Rodriguez     Fisichella Motor Sport Int.  1:10.948   49
16.  Mike Conway          Trident Racing               1:11.031   43
17.  Karun Chandhok       iSport International         1:11.045   19
18.  Javier Villa         Racing Engineering           1:11.053   31
19.  Michael Herck        DPR                          1:11.160   26
20.  Marko Asmer          Fisichella Motor Sport Int.  1:11.342   38
21.  Ho-Pin Tung          Trident Racing               1:11.538   32
22.  Alberto Valerio      Durango                      1:11.743   30
23.  Lucas Di Grassi      Barwa Int. Campos Team       1:12.066   57