Photo: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service
Stefano Coletti recorded the fastest time on day one of the second and final pre-season GP2 Series test at Barcelona.
The day?s running began with heavy rain, with James Calado mastering the conditions the best to post the quickest time of 1m50.928s. Daniel De Jong took P2, nearly a second slower, ahead of Swiss pair Simon Trummer and Fabio Leimer.
Leimer?s new Racing Engineering teammate Julian Leal was fifth ahead of Tom Dillmann with brand new team Russian Time, while Daniel Abt and Felipe Nasr rounded out the top eight. Robin Frijns took ninth, with Rene Binder tenth.
The rain stopped in the afternoon, allowing the track to dry and Coletti to set a 1m29.868s. That was enough to edge out Nasr and Frijns, while Calado was fourth. Johnny Cecotto took fifth ahead of Leimer.
Stephane Richelmi, De Jong, Jolyon Palmer and Abt completed the top ten, within seven tenths of Coletti.
Conor Daly and Luciano Bacheta finished up 21st and 24th on their GP2 debuts, with the latter saying he will be replaced at Russian Time by former F2 rival Christopher Zanella tomorrow.
Morning session
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1. | James Calado | ART Grand Prix | 1:50.928 | 20 | |
2. | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:51.858 | 0.930 | 34 |
3. | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:52.240 | 1.312 | 27 |
4. | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 1:52.316 | 1.388 | 21 |
5. | Julian Leal | Racing Engineering | 1:52.334 | 1.406 | 24 |
6. | Tom Dillmann | Russian Time | 1:52.355 | 1.427 | 15 |
7. | Daniel Abt | ART Grand Prix | 1:52.416 | 1.488 | 19 |
8. | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:52.630 | 1.702 | 19 |
9. | Robin Frijns | Trident Racing | 1:52.716 | 1.788 | 15 |
10. | Rene Binder | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:53.097 | 2.169 | 28 |
11. | St?phane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:53.252 | 2.324 | 25 |
12. | Ma Qing Hua | Caterham Racing | 1:53.307 | 2.379 | 37 |
13. | Johnny Cecotto | Arden International | 1:53.383 | 2.455 | 17 |
14. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Trident Racing | 1:53.549 | 2.621 | 20 |
15. | Sergio Canamasas | Caterham Racing | 1:53.613 | 2.685 | 30 |
16. | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 1:53.621 | 2.693 | 33 |
17. | Mitch Evans | Arden International | 1:53.690 | 2.762 | 28 |
18. | Marcus Ericsson | DAMS | 1:53.822 | 2.894 | 25 |
19. | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | MP Motorsport | 1:53.957 | 3.029 | 17 |
20. | Conor Daly | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:54.099 | 3.171 | 28 |
21. | Jolyon Palmer | Carlin | 1:54.641 | 3.713 | 14 |
22. | Luciano Bacheta | Russian Time | 1:54.948 | 4.020 | 17 |
23. | Pal Varhaug | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:55.910 | 4.982 | 20 |
24. | Rio Haryanto | Barwa Addax Team | 1:57.604 | 6.676 | 9 |
25. | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | — | 2 | |
26. | Kevin Giovesi | Venezuela GP Lazarus | — | 1 |
Afternoon results
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1. | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | 1:29.868 | 24 | |
2. | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:29.926 | 0.058 | 18 |
3. | Robin Frijns | Trident Racing | 1:29.951 | 0.083 | 19 |
4. | James Calado | ART Grand Prix | 1:30.239 | 0.371 | 24 |
5. | Johnny Cecotto | Arden International | 1:30.323 | 0.455 | 25 |
6. | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 1:30.335 | 0.467 | 16 |
7. | St?phane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:30.350 | 0.482 | 22 |
8. | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:30.487 | 0.619 | 23 |
9. | Jolyon Palmer | Carlin | 1:30.505 | 0.637 | 23 |
10. | Daniel Abt | ART Grand Prix | 1:30.522 | 0.654 | 21 |
11. | Kevin Giovesi | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:30.551 | 0.683 | 16 |
12. | Mitch Evans | Arden International | 1:30.781 | 0.913 | 24 |
13. | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:30.831 | 0.963 | 29 |
14. | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 1:31.027 | 1.159 | 25 |
15. | Sergio Canamasas | Caterham Racing | 1:31.032 | 1.164 | 21 |
16. | Tom Dillmann | Russian Time | 1:31.035 | 1.167 | 25 |
17. | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | MP Motorsport | 1:31.075 | 1.207 | 24 |
18. | Marcus Ericsson | DAMS | 1:31.433 | 1.565 | 22 |
19. | Julian Leal | Racing Engineering | 1:31.520 | 1.652 | 28 |
20. | Rio Haryanto | Barwa Addax Team | 1:31.626 | 1.758 | 23 |
21. | Conor Daly | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:32.141 | 2.273 | 29 |
22. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Trident Racing | 1:32.178 | 2.310 | 23 |
23. | Rene Binder | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:32.586 | 2.718 | 24 |
24. | Luciano Bacheta | Russian Time | 1:32.712 | 2.844 | 32 |
25. | Ma Qing Hua | Caterham Racing | 1:33.360 | 3.492 | 26 |
26. | Pal Varhaug | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:34.357 | 4.489 | 17 |