Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Rodriguez leads wet final test day

Rodriguez leads wet final test day

Roldan Rodriguez was quickest on a wet second day of GP2 testing at Paul Ricard.

In the final testing session until March next year, all the GP2 teams bar BCN took this last opportunity to evaluate potential contenders for 2009 seats or just to gather data with stalwart drivers.

But a foggy start to the day, then persistent rain and red flags, disrupted both today's sessions.

Piquet Sports driver Rodriguez, who currently leads the GP2 Asia Series after a victory at the Shanghai season-opener last month, beat DAMS' Kamui Kobayashi to the top spot in the afternoon - the pair enjoying a 0.5-second margin over the rest of the field, which was led by Vitaly Petrov (Campos).

Asian Series competitor Luiz Razia took fourth for ART, with Formula 3 graduate Dani Clos the best of the rookies in fifth place for main series champions Racing Engineering.

Durango's Davide Valsecchi had led the way in the slower morning session, lapping 0.024 seconds quicker than Rodriguez.

Kobayashi, Clos and Petrov completed the top five.

Afternoon times: Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet Sports 1:27.038 32 2. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:27.259 48 3. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Int Campos Team 1:27.718 57 4. Luiz Razia ART Grand Prix 1:27.775 52 5. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:27.813 31 6. Julien Jousse Fisichella Motor Sport Int 1:27.822 53 7. Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:27.858 39 8. Mike Conway iSport International 1:27.922 37 9. Nico Hulkenberg ART Grand Prix 1:27.955 41 10. Sergio Perez Piquet Sports 1:28.006 41 11. Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 1:28.077 46 12. Marcello Puglisi Durango 1:28.232 59 13. Koudai Tsukakoshi Barwa Int Campos Team 1:28.313 50 14. Charles Pic Super Nova Racing 1:28.400 23 15. Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS 1:28.425 38 16. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:28.448 43 17. Diego Nunes Trust Team Arden 1:28.536 48 18. Michael Herck DPR 1:28.692 37 19. Nelson Panciatici Trident Racing 1:29.066 48 20 Sten Pentus Racing Engineering 1:29.098 44 21. Alvaro Parente Trust Team Arden 1:29.127 35 22. Fabrizio Crestani DPR 1:29.786 19 23. Christian Ebbesvik Fisichella Motor Sport Int 1:29.806 34 24. Carlos Iaconelli Trident Racing 1:30.689 33 Morning times: Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:27.826 46 2. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet Sports 1:27.850 47 3. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:28.213 50 4. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:28.247 45 5. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Int Campos Team 1:28.332 50 6. Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS 1:28.344 55 7. Alvaro Parente Trust Team Arden 1:28.395 49 8. Nico Hulkenberg ART Grand Prix 1:28.423 54 9. Koudai Tsukakoshi Barwa Int Campos Team 1:28.697 44 10. Fabrizio Crestani DPR 1:28.757 61 11. Luiz Razia ART Grand Prix 1:28.852 45 12. Michael Herck DPR 1:28.895 49 13. Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:28.972 24 14. Mike Conway iSport International 1:29.010 20 15. Sergio Perez Piquet Sports 1:29.244 25 16. Fabio Onidi Super Nova Racing 1:29.598 40 17. Christian Ebbesvik Fisichella Motor Sport Int 1:29.600 47 18. Charles Pic Super Nova Racing 1:29.626 37 19. Nelson Panciatici Trident Racing 1:29.830 48 20 Sten Pentus Racing Engineering 1:30.406 17 21. Diego Nunes Trust Team Arden 1:30.582 47 22. Marcello Puglisi Trident Racing 1:31.215 36 23. Michael Dalle Stelle Durango 1:36.497 34 24. Julien Jousse Fisichella Motor Sport Int 1:37.736 3

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