Hamilton goes fastest at Ricard
McLaren protege Lewis Hamilton continued to show that he will be a force to be reckoned with in this year's GP2 series, by topping the timesheets on the first day of 2006 testing at Paul Ricard on Wednesday
ART driver Hamilton was fastest both in the morning and afternoon session of the day but run close by Soper Nova's Jose Maria Lopez who was just over a tenth of a second slower than the Briton.
New Durango recruit Lucas di Grassi, confirmed at the team earlier this month, was third quickest.
The test was an opportunity to test Bridgestone's new slick tyres for the first time, with early indications suggesting that the cars are approximately three seconds per lap quicker around the 2.4 mile '3D' track layout of the French circuit.
Today's times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:12.838 30 2. Lopez Super Nova International 1:12.957 31 3. di Grassi Durango 1:13.638 33 4. Premat ART Grand Prix 1:13.903 18 5. Ammermueller Arden International 1:14.006 50 6. Lapierre Arden International 1:14.010 44 7. Negrao Piquet Sports 1:14.103 54 8. Perera DAMS 1:14.106 36 9. Bruni Trident Racing 1:14.410 24 10. Carroll Racing Engineering 1:14.560 25 11. Monfardini DAMS 1:14.627 44 12. Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:14.827 16 13. Filippi FMS International 1:14.922 24 14. Piquet Piquet Sports 1:14.977 31 15. Gommendy iSport International 1:15.026 15 16. Zuber Trident Racing 1:15.186 45 17. Valles Campos Racing 1:15.253 20 18. Glock BCN Competicion 1:15.608 12 19. Pla DPR Direxiv 1:15.638 30 20. Fauzy Super Nova International 1:15.701 14 21. Viso iSport International 1:16.006 15 22. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:16.143 31 23. Tahinci FMS International 1:16.348 25 24. Villa Racing Engineering 1:16.400 6 25. Piccione DPR Direxiv 2 26. Hernandez Durango 1 All Timing Unofficial
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