Maldonado sets pace on third day
Pastor Maldonado set the fastest time on the third day of GP2 testing at Paul Ricard on Thursday
The Venezuelan has impressed throughout the test so far, which has marked his return to the GP2 cockpit after he broke his collarbone towards the end of the season.
Behind Maldonado's ART car, Andreas Zuber was strong again with his third team in as many days, as he set the fastest time in the morning session for FMS International.
Former Super Nova teammates Mike Conway and Luca Filippi were next up with Minardi Piquet Sports and Racing Engineering respectively, while Ben Hanley was the top rookie in the second Minardi Piquet Sports car, on his first full day at the test.
Borja Garcia was next up in the lead car from 2007 champions iSport, while Vitaly Petrov was seventh overall for Campos Grand Prix.
The second Campos car attracted plenty of attention in the afternoon session, as Simona de Silvestro became the first female to take part in an official GP2 session.
The 19-year-old Italian was 1.5 seconds slower than Petrov, which put her 22nd in the afternoon session.
Morning times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Andreas Zuber FMS International 1:13.153 27 2. Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1:13.166 41 3. Luca Filippi Racing Engineering 1:13.311 32 4. Ben Hanley Minardi Piquet Sports 1:13.460 37 5. Mike Conway Minardi Piquet Sports 1:13.543 35 6. Borja Garcia iSport International 1:13.548 45 7. Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:13.660 40 8. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova International 1:13.813 34 9. Dani Clos BCN Competicion 1:13.980 57 10. Marcos Martinez Racing Engineering 1:13.984 38 11. Karun Chandhok DPR 1:13.992 33 12. Kamui Mobayashi DAMS 1:14.090 31 13. Chris Van der Drift Trident Racing 1:14.153 41 14. Celso Miguez Durango 1:14.351 23 15. Adrian Zaugg DPR 1:14.417 47 16. Michael Herck Trident Racing 1:14.435 38 17. Giedo Van Der Garde DAMS 1:14.437 45 18. Adam Khan Arden International 1:14.602 43 19. Davide Rigon FMS International 1:14.603 55 20. Yelmer Buurman ART Grand Prix 1:14.929 30 21. Maximo Cortez Campos Grand Prix 1:14.986 58 22. Steven Jelley Super Nova International 1:15.007 33 23. Vladimr Arabadzhiev BCN Competicion 1:15.472 49 24. Recardo Bruins Choi Arden International 1:15.829 46 25. German Sancez Campos Grand Prix 1:16.107 55 26. Giacomo Piccini Durango 1:16.562 20
Afternoon times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1:13.094 34 2. Mike Conway Minardi Piquet Sports 1:13.203 29 3. Luca Filippi Racing Engineering 1:13.226 39 4. Ben Hanley Minardi Piquet Sports 1:13.236 34 5. Andreas Zuber FMS International 1:13.367 31 6. Borja Garcia iSport International 1:13.415 20 7. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:13.586 33 8. Karun Chandhok DPR 1:13.615 24 9. Marcos Martinez Racing Engineering 1:13.638 32 10. Giedo Van Der Garde DAMS 1:13.724 24 11. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:13.759 36 12. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova International 1:13.809 58 13. Yelmer Buurman ART Grand Prix 1:13.831 36 14. Adrian Zaugg DPR 1:13.852 43 15. Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:13.899 36 16. Michael Herck Trident Racing 1:14.149 35 17. Celso Miguez Durango 1:14.291 36 18. Dani Clos BCN Competicion 1:14.327 31 19. Davide Rigon FMS International 1:14.477 26 20. Adam Khan Arden International 1:14.627 34 21. Giacomo Piccini Durango 1:14.876 37 22. Simona De Silvestro Campos Grand Prix 1:15.049 59 23. Recardo Bruins Choi Arden International 1:15.170 29 24. Chris Van Der Drift Trident Racing 1:15.230 17 25. Stephen Jelley Super Nova International 1:15.320 33 26. Vladimir Arabadzhiev BCN Competicion 1:15.472 32
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