Kobayashi tops first session at Ricard
GP2 regular Kamui Kobayashi set the pace on the first morning of the series' two-day test at Paul Ricard
The Toyota F1 test driver set a best lap of 1:13.278 in the DAMS car that he contested this year's championship in, ahead of fellow series regulars Alberto Valerio, Roldan Rodriguez, and Andi Zuber.
Briton Sam Bird and Mexican Sergio Perez were the quickest newcomers in fifth and sixth places, setting identical times for DAMS and Campos Racing respectively.
Davide Valsecchi and Michael Herck were seventh and eighth fastest, with iSport International pairing Diego Nunes and Nelson Philippe completing the top ten.
Among the other GP2 newcomers were DTM title contender Paul di Resta and British F3 championship leader Oliver Turvey, who were both in action for ART Grand Prix and finished the morning's running 12th and 13th respectively.
F3 race winners Renger van der Zande, Koudai Tsukakoshi, and James Jakes each had their first GP2 outings this morning as well.
This morning's times:.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:13.278 25 2. Alberto Valerio Piquet Sports 1:13.586 31 3. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet Sports 1:13.648 36 4. Andi Zuber FMS 1:13.672 37 5. Sam Bird DAMS 1:14.075 42 6. Sergio Perez Campos 1:14.075 51 7. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:14.113 23 8. Michael Herck DPR 1:14.149 42 9. Diego Nunes iSport 1:14.154 43 10. Nelson Philippe iSport 1:14.203 36 11. Carlos Iaconelli Durango 1:14.588 32 12. Paul di Resta ART 1:14.620 29 13. Olivier Turvey ART 1:15.091 25 14. Bertrand Baguette BCN 1:15.125 53 15. Renger van der Zande Arden 1:15.158 32 16. Vitaly Petrov Campos 1:15.169 14 17. Koudai Tsukakoshi Arden 1:15.175 31 18. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Super Nova 1:15.334 46 19. Will Bratt DPR 1:15.340 55 20. Luiz Razia Racing Engineering 1:15.351 33 21. Fabio Onidi BCN 1:15.369 39 22. Narin Karthikeyan Trident 1:15.407 39 23. Christian Ebbesvik Racing Engineering 1:15.692 30 24. James Jakes Super Nova 1:15.722 34 25. Kevin Nai Chia Chen FMS 1:18.580 34
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