Maldonado stays on top at Ricard
Pastor Maldonado maintained his strong form in the pre-season GP2 test at Paul Ricard by leading the way for a second consecutive day
The series returnee, who signed for the Rapax team earlier this week, overcame long-time Wednesday pacesetter Dani Clos (Racing Engineering) in the closing stages of the second session.
Maldonado's 1m09.769s lap ended up being the benchmark by just under a tenth of a second, as Clos also made a late improvement but could not quite reclaim the top spot.
Josef Kral was third for Super Nova, but his team-mate Marcus Ericsson had to sit out the afternoon having crashed in the pit exit.
iSport's Oliver Turvey took fourth, with his GP2 Asia champion team-mate Davide Valsecchi three places further back behind DAMS' Ho-Pin Tung and ART's Sam Bird.
Morning session: Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1m10.288s 38 2. Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1m10.375s 36 3. Jules Bianchi ART 1m10.481s 34 4. Sam Bird ART 1m10.497s 54 5. Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1m10.532s 42 6. Charles Pic Arden 1m10.576s 40 7. Sergio Perez Addax 1m10.619s 50 8. Josef Kral Super Nova 1m10.651s 39 9. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1m10.746s 16 10. Luiz Razia Rapax 1m10.816s 28 11. Michael Herck DPR 1m10.838s 34 12. Giedo Van der Garde Addax 1m10.921s 42 13. Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS 1m10.934s 44 14. Johnny Cecotto Trident 1m10.934s 33 15. Davide Valsecchi iSport 1m10.972s 48 16. Alberto Valerio Coloni 1m11.030s 31 17. Rodolfo Gonzalez Arden 1m11.095s 39 18. Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 1m11.113s 49 19. Oliver Turvey iSport 1m11.266s 47 20. Max Chilton Ocean 1m11.304s 43 21. Adrian Zaugg Trident 1m11.318s 24 22. Marcus Ericsson Super Nova 1m11.343s 39 23. Fabio Leimer Ocean 1m11.355s 38 24. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Coloni 1m11.963s 19 Afternoon session: Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1m09.769s 28 2. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1m09.876s 43 3. Josef Kral Super Nova 1m10.045s 37 4. Oliver Turvey iSport 1m10.082s 30 5. Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 1m10.160s 46 6. Sam Bird ART 1m10.164s 38 7. Davide Valsecchi iSport 1m10.185s 27 8. Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS 1m10.256s 43 9. Jules Bianchi ART 1m10.264s 43 10. Luiz Razia Rapax 1m10.276s 31 11. Adrian Zaugg Trident 1m10.305s 52 12. Giedo Van der Garde Addax 1m10.326s 39 13. Alberto Valerio Coloni 1m10.414s 34 14. Johnny Cecotto Trident 1m10.423s 17 15. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Coloni 1m10.485s 51 16. Charles Pic Arden 1m10.500s 34 17. Sergio Perez Addax 1m10.579s 28 18. Michael Herck DPR 1m10.629s 41 19. Fabio Leimer Ocean 1m10.647s 29 20. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1m10.754s 15 21. Rodolfo Gonzalez Arden 1m10.771s 47 22. Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1m11.089s 17
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