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Piquet Top of Test in Paul Ricard

Nelson Piquet Jr. finished on top of the timesheets on the first day of GP2 testing at the Paul Ricard circuit ahead of the media and sponsor launch of the series on Wednesday (April 6)

All of the teams have signed their drivers for the season except for Super Nova, who ran three drivers, with Giorgio Pantano in one car and Bruce Jouanny and Hayanari Shimoda sharing the other.

BCN Competition's Hiroki Yoshimoto was suffering from a high fever, and was unable to test. The test continues tomorrow (April 5).

GP2 Test Times, Circuit Paul Ricard:
Pos Driver             Team                   Time     Laps
 1. N. Piquet Jr       Hitech Piquet Sports   1:19.388  73
 2. B. Garcia          Racing Engineering     1:19.780  37
 3. S. Speed           iSport International   1:19.793  40
 4. E. Viso            BCN Competicion        1:19.845  45
 5. J. C. Alvarez      Campos Racing          1:20.098  53
 6. R. Sharp           DPR                    1:20.108  30
 7. F. Monfardini      Durango                1:20.260  44
 8. H. Kovalainen      Arden International    1:20.439  44
 9. N. Lapierre        Arden International    1:20.525  48
10. G. Pantano         Super Nova             1:20.660  17
11. N. Rosberg         ART Grand Prix         1:20.665  41
12. R. Dumas           GP2 Series             1:20.716  45
13. J.M. Lopez         Dams                   1:20.899  50
14. O. Pla             DPR                    1:21.041  35
15. C. Artam           iSport International   1:21.287  32
16. M. Lauda           Coloni Motorsport      1:21.323  33
17. G. Bruni           Coloni Motorsport      1:21.434  21
18. A. Negrao          Hitech Piquet Sports   1:21.520  34
19. C. Piccione        Durango                1:21.528  55
20. F. Fauzy           Dams                   1:21.538  39
21. A. Premat          ART Grand Prix         1:21.778  21
22. Shimoda/Jouanny    Super Nova             1:21.805  66
23. S. Hernandez       Campos Racing          1:22.935   8
24. N. Jani            Racing Engineering     No Time    2

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