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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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