Vietoris fastest in final GP2 test
Christian Vietoris set the quickest time of the final day of pre-season GP2 testing at Barcelona today
The 21-year-old German, who finished runner-up to Jules Bianchi in last season's F3 Euro Series, set his best time during the morning running and it proved unbeatable for the rest of the day.
Fellwo series newcomer Oliver Turvey was second fastest for iSport with Vietoris's Racing Engineering team-mate Dani Clos third.
Rookies filled six of the top 10 places, with Charles Pic fourth for Arden and Bianchi fifth for ART despite completing just nine laps in the quicker morning session.
Old hands Jerome d'Ambrosio, who topped yesterday's times, and Pastor Maldonado were six and seventh. Josef Kral set exactly the same time as Maldonado in eighth, while his fellow rookie Super Nova team-mate Marcus Ericsson was just two thousandths of a second further back in ninth.
Sergio Perez completed the top 10 for Barwa Addax, just ahead of Fabio Leimer who was 11th despite setting a time just 0.020s slower than sixth-placed Maldonado. Asia Series champion Davide Valsecchi could only manage the 12th fastest time.
The GP2 season begins at Barcelona on May 7-9.
Morning times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1m27.284s 21
2. Oliver Turvey iSport 1m27.555s 29
3. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1m27.614s 14
4. Charles Pic Arden 1m27.786s 25
5. Jules Bianchi ART 1m27.916s 9
6. Jerome d'Ambrosio DAMS 1m27.937s 18
7. Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1m27.985s 14
8. Josef Kral Super Nova 1m27.985s 36
9. Marcus Ericsson Super Nova 1m27.987s 22
10. Sergio Perez Barwa Addax 1m27.998s 27
11. Fabio Leimer Ocean 1m28.005s 17
12. Davide Valsecchi iSport 1m28.086s 26
13. Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax 1m28.119s 17
14. Alberto Valerio Coloni 1m28.141s 25
15. Michael Herck DPR 1m28.560s 18
16. Luiz Razia Rapax 1m28.689s 19
17. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Coloni 1m28.767s 25
18. Sam Bird ART 1m28.783s 12
19. Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 1m28.686s 24
20 Rodolfo Gonzalez Arden 1m29.369s 24
21. Max Chilton Ocean 1m29.486s 27
22. Adrian Zaugg Trident 1m29.791s 8
23. Johnny Cecotto Trident 1m29.868s 20
Afternoon times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Davide Valsecchi iSport 1m28.682s 32
2. Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1m28.715s 18
3. Fabio Leimer Ocean 1m28.716s 9
4. Sam Bird ART 1m28.856s 11
5. Oliver Turvey iSport 1m28.957s 25
6. Jules Bianchi ART 1m29.082s 16
7. Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax 1m29.088s 11
8. Max Chilton Ocean 1m29.212s 29
9. Luiz Razia Rapax 1m29.289s 29
10. Jerome d'Ambrosio DAMS 1m29.502s 31
11. Charles Pic Arden 1m29.535s 35
12. Marcus Ericsson Super Nova 1m29.620s 47
13. Michael Herck DPR 1m29.808s 32
14. Johnny Cecotto Trident 1m29.870s 27
15. Adrian Zaugg Trident 1m30.088s 24
16. Josef Kral Super Nova 1m30.277s 38
17. Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 1m30.409s 34
18. Rodolfo Gonzalez Arden 1m30.531s 36
19. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Coloni 1m30.743s 19
20 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1m30.834s 25
21. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1m30.864s 5
22. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1m31.000s 8
23. Alberto Valerio Coloni 1m31.660s 6
24. Sergio Perez Barwa Addax 1m31.928s 24
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