Zuber fastest in Ricard testing
Andreas Zuber dominated the first day of GP2's mid-season test at Paul Ricard
The iSport driver was fastest in both the morning and afternoon sessions, and ended the day half a second clear of his championship-leading teammate Timo Glock.
The German only took part in the first session before travelling to Silverstone ready to resume Formula One testing duties for BMW.
Giorgio Pantano, Pastor Maldonado and Luca Fillippi completed the top five.
Ernesto Viso made his first GP2 appearance of 2007 with FMS International, amid reports that former F1 racer Antonio Pizzonia has split with Giancarlo Fisichella's squad after a disappointing start to the year. Viso, who had rejected GP2 offers to focus on pursuing F1 testing possibilities this season, was ninth quickest.
Sergio Hernandez also returned to the GP2 fold a week after leaving the Proteam BMW World Touring Car Championship squad. He replaced Sergio Jimenez at Racing Engineering.
Michael Ammermuller got back into action for ART after missing the last two races with a wrist injury, and set the eighth fastest time.
With regular driver Kazuki Nakajima testing for Williams at Silverstone, DAMS gave 18-year-old Dutchman Henkie Waldschmidt his first taste of GP2. The Formula Renault frontrunner was 24th on the timesheets.
Mike Conway was slowest of all, having damaged his Super Nova car beyond immediate repair with a heavy accident in the morning.
Combined testing times:
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:18.295 2. Timo Glock iSport International 1:18.750 3. Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:18.889 4. Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 1:18.934 5. Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:18.973 6. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:19.027 7. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:19.154 8. Michael Ammermueller ART Grand Prix 1:19.159 9. Ernesto Viso FMS International 1:19.387 10. Borja Garcia Durango 1:19.417 11. Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:19.486 12. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:19.601 13. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:19.630 14. Karun Chandhok Durango 1:19.698 15. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:19.723 16. Bruno Senna Arden International 1:19.814 17. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:19.829 18. Andy Soucek DPR 1:19.876 19. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:19.911 20. Sergio Hernandez Racing Engineering 1:19.913 21. Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competicion 1:19.938 22. Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:20.000 23. Henki Waldschmidt DAMS 1:20.098 24. Ho Pin Tung BCN Competicion 1:20.261 25. Christian Bakkerud DPR 1:20.456 26. Mike Conway Super Nova International 1:21.390
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