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GP2 testing: Red Bull protege Pierre Gasly leads day one for DAMS

Red Bull junior Pierre Gasly picked up where he left off in 2014 by topping the opening GP2 pre-season test of 2015 in Abu Dhabi

Last year's Formula Renault 3.5 runner-up, who topped all three days of a post-season test at Yas Marina with DAMS last year, moved to the head of the timesheets with 10 minutes remaining on Monday.

The Frenchman was also able to respond to a quicker time from his countryman Arthur Pic in the closing moments, as both drivers made it into the 1m48s by the end of the day.

Late efforts from Ferrari junior Raffaele Marciello and his Trident team-mate Rene Binder moved them ahead Jordan King and ex-Sauber Formula 1 test driver Sergey Sirotkin, who were at the top of the times before the eventual leaders set their best laps.

Pre-season title favourite Stoffel Vandoorne ended the day 11th quickest, having rarely appeared towards the top of the times apart from briefly setting the pace at the beginning of the afternoon session.

Alexander Rossi was fastest from Gasly and the second DAMS car of GP3 champion Alex Lynn in the morning session, which was paused for 30 minutes for what was described as "software adjustments".

MORNING TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering 1m50.845s - 8
2 Pierre Gasly DAMS 1m51.298s 0.453s 12
3 Alex Lynn DAMS 1m51.544s 0.699s 13
4 Raffaele Marciello Trident 1m51.605s 0.760s 19
5 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 1m51.665s 0.820s 17
6 Mitch Evans RUSSIAN TIME 1m51.670s 0.825s 10
7 Rene Binder Trident 1m51.779s 0.934s 9
8 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1m51.822s 0.977s 10
9 Nathanael Berthon Lazarus 1m52.001s 1.156s 10
10 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1m52.020s 1.175s 13
11 Julian Leal Carlin 1m52.074s 1.229s 15
12 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1m52.103s 1.258s 15
13 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1m52.261s 1.416s 14
14 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 1m52.273s 1.428s 15
15 Artem Markelov RUSSIAN TIME 1m53.059s 2.214s 16
16 Robert Visoiu Rapax 1m53.338s 2.493s 17
17 Sergio Canamasas Hilmer Motorsport 1m53.340s 2.495s 12
18 Marco Sorensen Carlin 1m53.366s 2.521s 6
19 Zoel Amberg Lazarus 1m53.565s 2.720s 15
20 Marlon Stockinger Status Grand Prix 1m53.701s 2.856s 15
21 Vittorio Ghirelli MP Motorsport 1m54.451s 3.606s 15
22 Andre Negrao Arden International 1m54.645s 3.800s 21
23 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 2m08.142s 17.297s 30
24 Norman Nato Arden International 2m15.901s 25.056s 30
25 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 2m25.398s 34.553s 23

AFTERNOON TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Pierre Gasly DAMS 1m48.897s - 23
2 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1m48.955s 0.058s 18
3 Raffaele Marciello Trident 1m49.252s 0.355s 14
4 Rene Binder Trident 1m49.294s 0.397s 21
5 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1m49.303s 0.406s 21
6 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1m49.379s 0.482s 20
7 Mitch Evans RUSSIAN TIME 1m49.393s 0.496s 21
8 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 1m49.456s 0.559s 24
9 Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering 1m49.474s 0.577s 22
10 Alex Lynn DAMS 1m49.480s 0.583s 24
11 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1m49.579s 0.682s 23
12 Norman Nato Arden International 1m49.682s 0.785s 22
13 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1m49.771s 0.874s 16
14 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 1m49.865s 0.968s 18
15 Andre Negrao Arden International 1m49.916s 1.019s 18
16 Marco Sorensen Carlin 1m49.960s 1.063s 24
17 Nathanael Berthon Lazarus 1m50.163s 1.266s 17
18 Julian Leal Carlin 1m50.307s 1.410s 4
19 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1m50.674s 1.777s 22
20 Vittorio Ghirelli MP Motorsport 1m50.680s 1.783s 19
21 Artem Markelov RUSSIAN TIME 1m50.929s 2.032s 25
22 Marlon Stockinger Status Grand Prix 1m51.004s 2.107s 22
23 Robert Visoiu Rapax 1m51.069s 2.172s 23
24 Sergio Canamasas Hilmer Motorsport 1m51.178s 2.281s 24
25 Zoel Amberg Lazarus 1m52.651s 3.754s 14


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