Photo: Glenn Dunbar/GP2 Series Media Service
Arthur Pic set the pace in the the first half of Friday’s GP2 testing in Abu Dhabi ahead of F3 graduates Jordan King and Esteban Ocon.
With the Campos team that he has re-signed with for 2015, Pic posted a best time of 1m49.645s.
King was just over a tenth off of the Frenchman on his second day with Arden International, with another French ace Ocon close behind for DAMS.
Rio Haryanto was fourth having switched from Status to Campos for day two, returning to the Spanish entry he raced for in 2013 under its Addax guise.
Nathanael Berthon and Pierre Gasly made it four Frenchmen in the top six for Lazarus and DAMS respectively, followed by Trident tester Rene Binder and Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello, who is running with Status.
Alex Lynn ended his first ever run in a GP2 car with the ninth best time, fractionally faster than fellow Carlin driver and series veteran Julian Leal.
Day 2, session 1 times
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:49.645 | 21 | |
| 2 | Jordan King | Arden International | 1:49.759 | 0.114 | 29 |
| 3 | Esteban Ocon | DAMS | 1:49.812 | 0.167 | 22 |
| 4 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 1:49.821 | 0.176 | 24 |
| 5 | Nathanael Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:49.834 | 0.189 | 27 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1:50.070 | 0.425 | 27 |
| 7 | Rene Binder | Trident | 1:50.250 | 0.605 | 17 |
| 8 | Raffaele Marciello | Status Grand Prix | 1:50.283 | 0.638 | 18 |
| 9 | Alex Lynn | Carlin | 1:50.490 | 0.845 | 23 |
| 10 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:50.496 | 0.851 | 28 |
| 11 | Nicholas Latifi | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:50.584 | 0.939 | 23 |
| 12. | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1:50.632 | 0.987 | 22 |
| 13 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:50.668 | 1.023 | 21 |
| 14 | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:50.705 | 1.060 | 11 |
| 15 | Marlon Stockinger | MP Motorsport | 1:50.835 | 1.190 | 16 |
| 16 | Jazeman Jaafar | Racing Engineering | 1:50.864 | 1.219 | 28 |
| 17 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 1:50.895 | 1.250 | 20 |
| 18 | Zoel Amberg | Trident | 1:51.002 | 1.357 | 24 |
| 19 | Kevin Ceccon | Rapax | 1:51.029 | 1.384 | 26 |
| 20 | Dino Zamparelli | Status Grand Prix | 1:51.060 | 1.415 | 26 |
| 21 | Emil Bernstorff | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:51.097 | 1.452 | 21 |
| 22 | Sandy Stuvik | ART Grand Prix | 1:51.244 | 1.599 | 36 |
| 23 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | ART Grand Prix | 1:51.386 | 1.741 | 36 |
| 24 | Beitske Visser | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:52.079 | 2.434 | 36 |
| 25 | Simon Trummer | Racing Engineering | 1:52.186 | 2.541 | 20 |