Hamilton shines in GP2 debut
Lewis Hamilton showed he will be a force to be reckoned with in next year's GP2 series by topping the timesheets in both of his maiden test sessions in the series
The newly crowned F3 Euroseries champion was fastest for the championship-winning ART team twice at the Jerez test sessions, in a field that featured several seasoned runners.
Hamilton, who yesterday revealed to autosport.com that he is likely to race for the team next season, completed 51 laps at the Spanish track in his first taste of GP2 machinery, and edged out previous race-winner Nelson Piquet Jr by two tenths for the fastest time of the day.
Nicolas Lapierre, fresh from his double A1 Grand Prix win in Australia last weekend, was third fastest for Arden International and Clivio Piccione was fourth for iSport.
The sessions were the last of a two-day test for the series for November. The series will test again at the Paul Ricard circuit at the start of December.
Morning times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:28.657 26 2. Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:28.887 28 3. Lapierre Arden International 1:28.903 34 4. Piccione iSport International 1:29.121 22 5. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:29.259 21 6. Carrol Super Nova International 1:29.415 27 7. Viso Coloni Motorsport 1:29.473 28 8. Valles BCN Competicion 1:29.570 41 9. Yoshimoto iSport International 1:29.586 25 10. Monfardini DAMS 1:29.611 25 11. Zuber ART Grand Prix 1:29.721 23 12. Filippi Coloni Motorsport 1:29.786 16 13. Ammermuller Arden International 1:29.944 42 14. Bruni Durango 1:29.996 22 15. Pla DPR 1:30.023 28 16. Negrao Piquet Sports 1:30.045 38 17. Lopez Racing Engineering 1:30.131 34 18. Rossiter DAMS 1:30.354 30 19. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:30.611 14 20. Engel DPR 1:30.860 37 21. Maldonado Durango 1:31.290 31 22. Nunez Racing Engineering 1:31.767 28 23. Jouanny Super Nova International 1:32.119 16
Afternoon times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:29.113 25
2. Filippi Coloni Motorsport 1:29.232 24
3. Zuber ART Grand Prix 1:30.200 30
4. Lopez Racing Engineering 1:30.398 33
5. Maldonado Durango 1:30.541 29
6. Pla DPR 1:30.637 33
7. Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:30.740 22
8. Negrao Piquet Sports 1:30.897 24
9. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:30.908 21
10. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:31.017 14 *
11. Lapierre Arden International 1:31.148 8
12. Ammermuller Arden International 1:31.174 24
13. Valles BCN Competicion 1:31.244 25
14. Yoshimoto iSport International 1:31.404 31
15. Carrol Super Nova International 1:31.421 27
16. Jouanny Super Nova International 1:31.442 26
17. Nunez Racing Engineering 1:31.729 30
18. Monfardini DAMS 1:32.075 19
19. Rossiter DAMS 1:32.204 31
20. Bruni Durango 1:32.477 16
21. Engel DPR 1:34.191 18
22. Gattuso Coloni Motorsport 1:34.573 37
* Felix Porteiro took turns driving both
Campos Racing cars in the afternoon session.
All Timing Unofficial
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