Davide Valsecchi quickest again in Jerez GP2 test
Davide Valsecchi topped the times on the second day of GP2 testing at the Jerez circuit on Wednesday
The Italian DAMS driver, who was fastest on the opening day of the test, improved on his best time from yesterday by nearly 1.5 seconds to finish on top of the times.
Valsecchi was followed by Esteban Gutierrez in the morning session, the Lotus GP driver over half a second behind his rival.
Carlin's Max Chilton ended the day in third, with Coloni's Stefano Coletti and iSport's Jolyon Palmer completing the top five.
Caterham's Giedo van der Garde, 11th in the morning, was quickest in the afternoon, when the laptimes were much slower.
The Dutch driver's best after the lunch break was only good enough for 18th overall.
The test will resume tomorrow, when Kevin Ceccon will replace Tom Dillmann at Ocean Racing whilst the Frenchman will move to Rapax swapping with Daniel de Jong.
Morning times Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:24.783 32 2. Esteban Gutierrez Lotus GP 1:25.193 30 3. Max Chilton Carlin 1:25.294 26 4. Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:25.358 29 5. Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:25.359 24 6. Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:25.374 27 7. Dani Clos Rapax 1:25.467 18 8. Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:25.505 27 9. James Calado Lotus GP 1:25.569 25 10. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:25.845 29 11. Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:25.893 20 12. Stephane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:25.903 39 13. Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:26.006 33 14. Simon Trummer Arden International 1:26.017 35 15. Luiz Razia Arden International 1:26.049 38 16. Julian Leal Trident Racing 1:26.128 27 17. Tom Dillmann Ocean Racing Technology 1:26.177 29 18. Josef Kral Barwa Addax Team 1:26.351 28 19. Vittorio Ghirelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:26.477 23 20. Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:26.545 30 21. Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:26.551 16 22. Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering 1:26.648 23 23. Johnny Cecotto Barwa Addax Team 1:26.665 18 24. Rodolfo Gonzalez Catheram Racing 1:26.707 32 25. Daniel de Jong Rapax 1:26.712 31 26. Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:41.035 2 Afternoon timesPos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:26.270 32 2. Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:26.648 28 3. Julian Leal Trident Racing 1:26.656 21 4. Dani Clos Rapax 1:26.838 18 5. Luiz Razia Arden International 1:26.931 28 6. Josef Kral Barwa Addax Team 1:27.002 28 7. Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:27.097 23 8. Simon Trummer Arden International 1:27.320 28 9. Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:27.349 27 10. Stephane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:27.451 21 11. Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:27.496 33 12. Johnny Cecotto Barwa Addax Team 1:27.537 10 13. Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:27.561 19 14. Rodolfo Gonzalez Caterham Racing 1:27.680 29 15. Daniel De Jong Rapax 1:27.801 18 16. Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:28.398 36 17. Vittorio Ghirelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:28.639 24 18. Tom Dillmann Ocean Racing Technology 1:28.656 3 19. Max Chilton Carlin 1:28.999 35 20. Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:29.146 41 21. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:29.449 22 22. Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:29.629 25 23. James Calado Lotus GP 1:29.847 47 24. Esteban Gutierrez Lotus GP 1:29.866 35 25. Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering 1:30.547 26
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