Piquet ends Paul Ricard test on top
Nelson Piquet Jr emerged fastest on the final day of official GP2 testing at Paul Ricard
Piquet's lap of 1:13.068 was good enough for the third fastest time overall in the week's two-day test at the circuit, behind ART's Lewis Hamilton and Super Nova's Jose Maria Lopez best laps from yesterday.
Hamilton continued to demonstrate how consistent he is likely to be this season, finishing the day second quickest behind Piquet.
World Series by Renault race winner Andreas Zuber was third fastest, driving for new GP2 team Trident Racing, ahead of Ernesto Viso, whose morning time was good enough for fourth quickest of the day.
New Racing Engineering recruit Adam Carroll was fifth quickest.
This morning's session had a number of red flags as the drivers pushed their cars to the limits and learnt the reconfigured equipment.
Hamilton's fastest time from yesterday suggested that the configuration of cars, with a bi-plane rear wing and new tyres, are three seconds per lap quicker around the 2.4 mile '3D' track layout of the French circuit.
Today's times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Nelson Angelo Piquet Piquet Sports 1:13.068 31 2. Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:13.179 37 3. Andreas Zuber Trident Racing 1:13.276 32 4. Jose Maria Lopez Super Nova International 1:13.355 34 5. Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 1:13.426 37 6. Ernesto Viso iSport International 1:13.537 36 7. Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:13.568 44 8. Alexandre Premat ART Grand Prix 1:13.607 33 9. Timo Glock BCN Competicion 1:13.680 45 10. Lucas Di Grassi Durango 1:13.685 39 11. Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1:13.704 38 12. Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:13.717 41 13. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 1:13.726 37 14. Felix Porteiro Campos Racing 1:13.741 36 15. Franck Perera DAMS 1:13.757 30 16. Luca Filippi FMS International 1:13.794 40 17. Michael Ammermueller Arden International 1:13.823 35 18. Tristan Gommendy iSport International 1:13.872 33 19. Adrian Valles Campos Racing 1:13.968 38 20. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova International 1:14.321 22 21. Sergio Hernandez Durango 1:14.719 51 22. Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:14.785 6 23. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:15.046 33 24. Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 1:15.295 20 25. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:15.552 25 26. Gianmaria Bruni Trident Racing 1:16.695 13 All Timing Unofficial
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