Piquet fastest at Barcelona
Nelson Piquet Jr was fastest overall in GP2 testing at Barcelona on Tuesday
The Brazilian dominated the morning session, lapping a full 0.8 seconds quicker than second-placed Jose Maria Lopez.
iSport's Ernesto Viso improved to pip Piquet by 0.1 seconds in the afternoon, but Piquet's early lap stood as the best of the day on combined times.
To make the test even better for Piquet Sports, their second driver Xandi Negrao continued to show promising form by going third fastest. After a difficult European debut season in 2005, Negrao has made great progress during the winter.
Although most drivers got through the day without major drama, Tristan Gommendy damaged his car in the morning, and Giancarlo Fisichella's protege Luca Filippi had incidents in both sessions.
Combined testing times: Pos Driver Team Time
1. Nelson Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:23.315
2. Ernesto Viso iSport International 1:23.432
3. Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:23.695
4. Franck Perera DAMS 1:23.892
5. Lewis Hamilton Art Grand Prix 1:23.995
6. Jose Maria Lopez Super Nova International 1:24.147
7. Michael Ammermuller Arden International 1:24.228
8. Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1:24.237
9. Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:24.255
10. Adrian Valles Campos Racing 1:24.570
11. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 1:24.665
12. Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 1:24.696
13. Andreas Zuber Trident Racing 1:24.721
14. Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:24.798
15. Gianmaria Bruni Trident Racing 1:24.875
16. Lucas Di Grassi Durango 1:25.012
17. Tristan Gommendy iSport International 1:25.022
18. Alexandre Premat Art Grand Prix 1:25.100
19. Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 1:25.324
20. Sergio Hernandez Durango 1:25.366
21. Timo Glock BCN Competicion 1:25.399
22. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova International 1:25.679
23. Felix Porteiro Campos Racing 1:25.867
24. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:25.973
25. Luca Filippi FMS International 1:26.041
26. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:28.558
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