Garcia fastest on day 1 of Jerez test
Spaniard Borja Garcia set the fastest time of the first day of the GP2 Series official testing at Jerez, ahead of the 2006 season
The day was split into a morning and afternoon session, with all 12 teams present - and a total of 25 drivers running through the day.
Garcia, who raced for Racing Engineering in the 2005 GP2 season, set the benckmark of 1:29.050 in the morning hours, driving for Spanish team BCN.
In the afternoon session, it was Alvaro Parente's opportunity to top the times while driving for 2005 champions ART, but his lap of 1:29.547 was some half a second slower than Garcia's morning time.
Testing at Jerez continues tomorrow, with several new drivers expected to make their GP2 testing debut - most notably the F3 Euroseries Champion Lewis Hamilton, who will be driving for ART with the mind of driving for the team next season.
Morning session: Pos Driver Team Time 1. Borja Garcia BCN competicion 1:29.050 2. Luca Filippi Coloni 1:30.308 3. Alvaro Parente ART 1:30.711 4. Clivio Piccione iSport 1:30.759 5. Olivier Pla DPR 1:30.845 6. Nelson Piquet jr. Piquet Sports 1:30.999 7. Michael Ammermuller Arden 1:31.197 8. Franck Perera Arden 1:31.197 9. Lucas Di Grassi Campos Racing 1:31.315 10. James Rossiter Super Nova 1:31.682 11. Gianmaria Bruni Durango 1:31.726 12. Andreas Zuber ART 1:31.788 13. Hiroshi Yoshimoto iSport 1:31.899 14. Felix Porteiro Campos Racing 1:32.007 15. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 1:32.259 16. Giedo Van Der Garde DAMS 1:32.919 17. Pastor Maldonado Durango 1:33.053 18. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:33.143 19. Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:33.175 20. Maro Enge DPR 1:33.209 21. Alejandro Nunez Racing Engineering 1:33.476 22. Bruce Jouanny Super Nova 1:33.605 Afternoon session: Pos Driver Team Time 1. Alvaro Parente ART 1:29.547 2. Lucas Di Grassi Campos Racing 1:29.671 3. Clivio Piccione iSport 1:29.690 4. Nelson Piquet jr. Piquet Sports 1:30.134 5. Franck Perera Arden 1:30.208 6. Hiroshi Yoshimoto iSport 1:30.229 7. Ernesto Viso Coloni 1:30.236 8. Gianmaria Bruni Durango 1:30.243 9. Borja Garcia BCN competicion 1:30.280 10. Michael Ammermuller Arden 1:30.366 11. James Rossiter Super Nova 1:30.509 12. Andreas Zuber ART 1:30.715 13. Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:31.001 14. Felix Porteiro Campos Racing 1:31.056 15. Pastor Maldonado Durango 1:31.082 16. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 1:31.120 17. Luca Filippi Coloni 1:31.287 18. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:31.375 19. Alejandro Nunez Racing Engineering 1:32.295 20. Olivier Pla DPR 1:32.628 21. Maro Enge DPR 1:32.792 22. Bruce Jouanny Super Nova 1:33.112 23. Giedo Van Der Garde DAMS 1:33.392
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