Zuber ends Ricard test on top
Andreas Zuber returned to the top of the times on the final day of GP2 testing at the Paul Ricard circuit in France
Zuber, who had gone quickest on Tuesday with the Minardi Piquet Sports team, switched to Super Nova for the final day of work and came close to breaking the unofficial track record with a best time of 1:12.584.
Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado, fastest on Thursday, was second both in the morning and the afternoon sessions as he worked for the Minardi Piquet Sports team. Maldonado was over two tenths slower than Zuber.
Rookie Romain Grosjean was impressive in the Racing Engineering car, posting the third quickest time ahead of Adrian Zaugg and Kazuki Nakajima.
Fellow rookie Yelmer Buurman also shone in the ART Grand Prix car, finishing sixth in the afternoon.
The test was the last time the current GP2 car was run in Europe, as in 26 days it will flown to Dubai for the first round of the GP2 Asia Series.
Afternoon times
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Andreas Zuber Super Nova International 1:12.584 38 2. Pastor Maldonado Minardi Piquet Sports 1:12.819 35 3. Romain Grosjean Racing engineering 1:12.917 38 4. Adrian Zaugg BCN Competicion 1:12.950 44 5. Kazuki Nakajima ART Grand Prix 1:12.959 41 6. Yelmer Buurman ART Grand Prix 1:13.094 40 7. Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:13.109 36 8. Borja Garcia Minardi Piquet Sports 1:13.325 39 9. Davide Rigon FMS International 1:13.338 34 10. Adrian Valles iSport International 1:13.385 25 11. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:13.411 46 12. Chris Van der Drift Trident Racing 1:13.451 36 13. Bruno Senna iSport International 1:13.517 48 14. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:13.533 22 15. Oliver Jarvis DPR 1:13.615 42 16. Renger Van der Zande Arden international 1:13.735 41 17. Alberto Valerio Racing Engineering 1:13.757 43 18. Michael Herck Trident Racing 1:13.887 43 19. Ho Pin Tung Campos Grand Prix 1:13.931 18 20. Alejandro Nunez BCN Competicion 1:13.968 44 21. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:13.976 37 22. Giedo Van Der Garde DAMS 1:14.081 35 23. Ben Hanley DPR 1:14.205 22 24. Adam Khan Arden international 1:14.347 24 25. Tengyi Jiang FMS International 1:16.185 52
Morning times
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Andreas Zuber Super Nova International 1:12.701 32 2. Pastor Maldonado Minardi Piquet Sports 1:12.860 35 3. Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:12.879 40 4. Kazuki Nakajima ART 1:12.967 44 5. Adrian Valles iSport International 1:13.290 43 6. Borja Garcia Minardi Piquet Sports 1:13.323 45 7. Romain Grosjean Racing engineering 1:13.382 33 8. Yelmer Buurman ART 1:13.455 38 9. Giedo Van Der Garde DAMS 1:13.489 45 10. Davide Rigon FMS international 1:13.559 47 11. Ben Hanley DPR 1:13.570 34 12. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:13.660 44 13. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:13.670 49 14. Alberto Valerio Racing engineering 1:13.742 41 15. Chris Van der Drift Trident Racing 1:13.752 34 16. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:13.811 17 17. Adrian Zaugg BCN Competicion 1:13.844 30 18. Bruno Senna iSport International 1:13.940 34 19. Maro Engel FMS international 1:13.978 43 20. Adam Khan Arden international 1:14.145 32 21. Renger Van der Zande Arden international 1:14.184 39 22. Alejandro Nunez BCN Competicion 1:14.413 27 23. Michael Herck Trident Racing 1:14.422 30 24. Ho-Pin Tung Campos Grand Prix 1:15.127 24 25. Fabrizio Crestani Durango 1:15.340 12
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