Rosberg Fastest Again at Ricard
Nico Rosberg and Giorgio Pantano were the fastest drivers in the morning and afternoon respectively on day two of the GP2 test at Circuit Paul Ricard
Running on the same 3.853km '3D' layout of the circuit as yesterday, the temperature soared and allowed the teams to test all day. The afternoon's session was remarkably close, with the top 18 drivers covered by just one second. The fastest overall time was a 1:15.897 set by Nico Rosberg in the morning session.
GP2 testing came to a close at the completion of the afternoon session, the field reforming at the French Grand Prix at Magny Cours on July 2-3.
GP2 Testing, Paul Ricard, Day Two:
Afternoon Session Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Pantano Super Nova 1:16.239 40 2. Kovalainen Arden 1:16.267 23 3. Rosberg Art 1:16.277 43 4. Piccione Durango 1:16.453 18 5. Premat Art 1:16.659 33 6. Jani Racing Eng 1:16.662 35 7. Lopez DAMS 1:16.713 29 8. Garcia Racing Eng 1:16.828 43 9. Alvarez Campos 1:16.829 12 10. Sharp DPR 1:16.872 50 11. Carroll Super Nova 1:16.928 36 12. Yoshimoto BCN 1:16.947 15 13. Lapierre Arden 1:17.077 32 14. Piquet Hitech Piquet 1:17.095 11 15. Bruni Coloni 1:17.201 25 16. Monfardini Durango 1:17.204 27 17. Negrao Hitech Piquet 1:17.205 46 18. Pla DPR 1:17.253 55 19. Hernandez Campos 1:17.519 42 20. Fauzy DAMS 1:17.535 29 21. Lauda Coloni 1:17.864 50 22. Artam iSport 1:18.076 40 Morning Session Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Rosberg Art 1:15.897 51 2. Piquet Hitech Piquet 1:16.348 39 3. Kovalainen Arden 1:16.371 46 4. Pantano Super Nova 1:16.436 40 5. Carroll Super Nova 1:16.525 38 6. Piccione Durango 1:16.839 25 7. Sharp DPR 1:16.860 39 8. Alvarez Campos 1:16.945 37 9. Yoshimoto BCN 1:16.950 43 10. Lopez DAMS 1:16.953 57 11. Premat Art 1:16.967 60 12. Bruni Coloni 1:17.108 14 13. Negrao Hitech Piquet 1:17.112 50 14. Garcia Racing Eng 1:17.158 39 15. Pla DPR 1:17.266 45 16. Viso BCN 1:17.338 28 17. Monfardini Durango 1:17.347 27 18. Jani Racing Eng 1:17.363 22 19. Hernandez Campos 1:17.505 34 20. Lapierre Arden 1:17.509 46 21. Fauzy DAMS 1:18.039 39 22. Artam iSport 1:18.539 36
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