Zuber stays on top at Paul Ricard
Andreas Zuber finished on top of the GP2 timesheets for the second consecutive day of testing at Paul Ricard
The iSport driver had been fastest throughout both days of the test, and at the end of the second day his nearest challenger was Javier Villa for Racing Engineering.
Zuber completed far fewer laps than the majority of his rivals on the second day, which suggested that his team were satisfied with the work that they had got through during the mid-season test.
Lucas di Grassi was third fastest for reigning champions ART, although Michael Ammermuller was only 10th for the team as he continued his return from injury.
Nicolas Lapierre had a good day for DAMS as he set the fourth fastest time, while series rookie Bruno Senna was fifth fastest for Arden, who normally struggle at the French circuit.
Monaco winner Pastor Maldonado continued to build on his recent momentum with the sixth fastest time, while Mike Conway bounced back from his big accident on day one of the test to end the second day in seventh place.
Ernesto Viso was eighth fastest for FMS International, although the Venezuelan had set the fastest time of the day before his three best laps taken away for using the run off area at the first corner.
Morning times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:17.385 35 2. Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:17.962 45 3. Ernesto Viso FMS international 1:18.147 30 4. Javier Villa Racing engineering 1:18.225 29 5. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:18.255 27 6. Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 1:18.266 45 7. Michael Ammermueller ART Grand Prix 1:18.403 40 8. Karun Chandhok Durango 1:18.433 34 9. Bruno Senna Arden international 1:18.473 45 10. Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competicion 1:18.478 43 12. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:18.563 34 13. Andy Soucek DPR 1:18.581 41 14. Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:18.645 39 15. Mike Conway Super Nova International 1:18.673 21 16. Borja Garcia Durango 1:18.701 39 18. Adrian Zaugg Arden international 1:18.964 37 19. Ho Pin Tung BCN Competicion 1:18.998 35 20. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:19.030 40 21. Sergio Hernandez Racing engineering 1:19.092 33 22. Jason Tahinci FMS international 1:19.167 37 23. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:19.226 40 24. Christian Bakkerud DPR 1:19.403 34 25. Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1:19.482 24
Afternoon times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:17.826 14 2. Javier Villa Racing engineering 1:18.130 36 3. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:18.151 39 4. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:18.195 27 5. Bruno Senna Arden international 1:18.271 32 6. Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 1:18.319 37 7. Mike Conway Super Nova International 1:18.360 30 8. Ernesto Viso FMS international 1:18.371 37 9. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:18.398 28 10. Michael Ammermueller ART Grand Prix 1:18.437 41 11. Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:18.576 53 12. Borja Garcia Durango 1:18.578 24 13. Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competicion 1:18.620 30 14. Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:18.655 8 15. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:18.684 45 16. Ho Pin Tung BCN Competicion 1:18.756 46 17. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:18.893 36 18. Karun Chandhok Durango 1:18.913 37 19. Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:18.914 38 20. Sergio Hernandez Racing engineering 1:18.997 46 21. Jason Tahinci FMS international 1:19.271 27 22. Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1:19.346 46 23. Christian Bakkerud DPR 1:19.408 31 24. Andy Soucek DPR 1:19.450 24 25. Sebastien Buemi Arden international 1:19.455 33
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