Lopez quickest in rain-affected test
Jose Maria Lopez was fastest at the end the second day of testing in Jerez in difficult conditions
The Argentine driver was quickest for BCN ahead of Lucas di Grassi for ART, but the experienced pair were followed by Racing Engineering rookie Luiz Razia in third.
The session was extended by 15 minutes at the end of the day, to allow teams some running as the track dried after torrential rain had affected most of the day.
Bruno Senna had excelled in torrential conditions during the morning session to be quickest at the lunch break. The Brazilian was fourth fastest in the afternoon, rejoining iSport after driving for ART yesterday.
His former British F3 rivals Christian Bakkerud enjoyed a more productive test than he had at Paul Ricard last week, when he missed out on track time due to illness.
The Dane was fifth fastest for Super Nova, while World Series by Renault front-runner Andy Soucek ensured that both ART cars performed well and completed the top six.
Afternoon times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1.32.894 40 2. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1.32.948 33 3. Luiz Razia Racing Engineering 1.33.231 33 4. Bruno Senna iSport International 1.33.431 30 5. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova International 1.33.872 32 6. Andy Soucek ART Grand Prix 1.33.989 28 7. Timo Glock Trident Racing 1.34.092 37 8. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1.34.616 32 9. Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1.35.349 32 10. Vitaly Petrov BCN Competicion 1.35.500 32 11. Luca Filippi Arden International 1.35.695 35 12. Antonio Pizzonia Petrol Ofisi Fms 1.35.804 11 13. Mike Conway iSport International 1.35.841 16 14. Nicolas Lapierre Dams 1.36.033 13 15. Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sport 1.36.553 31 16. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1.37.034 30 17. Stephen Jelley DPR 1.38.110 27 18. Ricardo Risatti Campos Racing 1.38.210 32 19. Gavin Cronje DPR 1.38.461 15 20. Bruce Jouanny Super Nova International 1.40.244 25 21. Kazuki Nakajima Dams 1.42.884 32 22. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet Sport 1.42.887 31 23. Hiroki Yoshimoto Durango 1.44.592 28 24. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1.44.768 24 25. Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1.44.863 11 26. Alberto Valerio Durango 1.45.409 16 27. Dani Clos FMS International 1.46.489 8
Morning times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Bruno Senna iSport International 1:45.050 19 2. Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1:45.449 13 3. Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:45.743 13 4. Andy Soucek ART Grand Prix 1:45.826 21 5. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:45.952 23 6. Mike Conway iSport International 1:46.408 10 7. Kazuki Nakajima Dams 1:46.521 21 8. Gavin Cronje DPR 1:46.696 11 9. Nicolas Lapierre Dams 1:46.755 25 10. Stephen Jelley DPR 1:46.938 20 11. Hiroki Yoshimoto Durango 1:47.020 18 12. Timo Glock Trident Racing 1:47.053 22 13. Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:47.108 25 14. Vitaly Petrov BCN Competicion 1:47.201 16 15. Luiz Razia Racing Engineering 1:47.606 21 16. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:47.693 16 17. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:47.809 22 18. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova International 1:47.934 21 19. Alberto Valerio Durango 1:48.430 17 20. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:48.586 17 21. Ricardo Risatti Campos Racing 1:48.750 21 22. Bruce Jouanny Super Nova International 1:48.863 20 23. Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1:50.419 9 24. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet Sports 1:50.535 18 25. Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:52.594 9 26. Luca Filippi Arden International 1:53.714 9
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