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Calado fastest on day two as rain continues at Barcelona test

by Peter Allen

Photo: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service

James Calado set the quickest time on a second rain-affected day of GP2 Series pre-season testing at Barcelona.

The Englishman set a best lap of 1m50.218s during the morning session. Fellow second-year driver Felipe Nasr took second, seven tenths adrift. Rookie Adrian Quaife-Hobbs was 1.4 seconds behind compatriot Calado in third place, just ahead of Rene Binder.

Calado?s ART Grand Prix teammate Daniel Abt was fifth ahead of fellow GP3 graduate Mitch Evans. Tom Dillmann was seventh for newcomers Russian Time, with Marcus Ericsson, Johnny Cecotto and Kevin Giovesi rounding out the top ten.

There was more rain in the afternoon, meaning that the session-topping Cecotto fell 2.5 seconds adrift of Calado?s morning benchmark. Calado finishing up second this time with Nasr also in the top three again.

Giovesi kept Lazarus near the front in P4 ahead of Quaife-Hobbs. In sixth, Simon Trummer of Rapax separated Quaife-Hobbs from his MP Motorsport teammate Daniel De Jong, with Julian Leal, Tuesday pacesetter Stefano Coletti and Dillmann rounding out the top ten.

One final day of testing remains tomorrow before the opening race weekend of the season at Sepang in Malaysia on 22-24 March.

Morning session

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. James Calado ART Grand Prix 1:50.218 30
2. Felipe Nasr Carlin 1:50.902 0.684 14
3. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 1:51.642 1.424 29
4. Rene Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:51.689 1.471 17
5. Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix 1:52.034 1.816 24
6. Mitch Evans Arden International 1:52.176 1.958 24
7. Tom Dillmann Russian Time 1:52.233 2.015 23
8. Marcus Ericsson DAMS 1:52.266 2.048 23
9. Johnny Cecotto Arden International 1:52.296 2.078 17
10. Kevin Giovesi Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:52.457 2.239 19
11. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:52.594 2.376 26
12. Simon Trummer Rapax 1:52.685 2.467 29
13. Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:52.692 2.474 30
14. Julian Leal Racing Engineering 1:52.946 2.728 26
15. Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 1:53.100 2.882 25
16. Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing 1:53.160 2.942 21
17. St?phane Richelmi DAMS 1:53.216 2.998 25
18. Robin Frijns Trident Racing 1:53.649 3.431 2
19. Christopher Zanella Russian Time 1:53.772 3.554 23
20. Conor Daly Hilmer Motorsport 1:53.912 3.694 17
21. Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident Racing 1:53.994 3.776 12
22. Jolyon Palmer Carlin 1:54.075 3.857 18
23. Stefano Coletti Rapax 1:54.547 4.329 20
24. Ma Qing Hua Caterham Racing 1:54.857 4.639 22
25. Riccardo Agostini Hilmer Motorsport 1:55.077 4.859 16
26. Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team 1:55.366 5.148 30

 

Afternoon session

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Johnny Cecotto Arden International 1:52.781 18
2. James Calado ART Grand Prix 1:52.878 0.097 28
3. Felipe Nasr Carlin 1:52.892 0.111 24
4. Kevin Giovesi Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:53.081 0.300 21
5. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 1:53.243 0.462 30
6. Simon Trummer Rapax 1:53.414 0.633 32
7. Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:53.515 0.734 26
8. Julian Leal Racing Engineering 1:53.524 0.743 37
9. Stefano Coletti Rapax 1:53.818 1.037 14
10. Tom Dillmann Russian Time 1:53.819 1.038 23
11. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:53.920 1.139 22
12. Conor Daly Hilmer Motorsport 1:53.983 1.202 22
13. St?phane Richelmi DAMS 1:54.137 1.356 29
14. Marcus Ericsson DAMS 1:54.161 1.380 36
15. Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing 1:54.240 1.459 18
16. Rene Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:54.349 1.568 14
17. Robin Frijns Trident Racing 1:54.360 1.579 18
18. Ma Qing Hua Caterham Racing 1:54.494 1.713 33
19. Mitch Evans Arden International 1:54.513 1.732 17
20. Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident Racing 1:54.563 1.782 27
21. Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team 1:54.662 1.881 35
22. Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 1:54.845 2.064 23
23. Jolyon Palmer Carlin 1:54.940 2.159 23
24. Riccardo Agostini Hilmer Motorsport 1:55.359 2.578 26
25. Christopher Zanella Russian Time 1:55.425 2.644 12
26. Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix 1:55.770 2.989 26