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GP2 : 2009 Jerez - October test - Davide Valsecchi tops first day E-mail
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 17:11
ImageGP2 Series report - As winter testing begins this week in Jerez, the GP2 Paddock welcomes many new names and new faces for a first three day session.

Photo credit GP2 SeriesMorning session
A total of ten newcomers entered today’s entry list.

Christian Vietoris, Max Chilton, Alexander Rossi, Esteban Gutierrez, Jules Bianchi, Edoardo Piscopo, Francesco Castellacci, Philip Eng, Josef Kral and Victor Garcia.

Addax Team, 2009 GP2 Series champions ART Grand Prix and Ocean Racing Technology worked with a line-up solely composed of newcomers.

On a dry track and under blue skies, Davide Valsecchi set the pace this morning on new tyres at the wheel of the Scuderia Coloni in a 1:26:408, three tenths faster than Roldan Rodriguez at Racing Engineering.

Newcomer Jules Bianchi completed the top three with ART Grand Prix.

The session was briefly red flagged twice when another newcomer, Max Chilton, ran off track in the last corner and broke his front wing early in the session.

Then, rookie Oliver Turvey stopped on the track eight minutes before the chequered flag.

Morning results

Pos. Driver Nat. Team Time Laps
1. Davide Valsecchi ITA Scuderia Coloni 1'26.408 19
2. Roldan Rodriguez ESP Racing Engineering 1'26.707 22
3. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1'27.184 26
4. Diego Nunes BRA Racing Engineering 1'27.187 28
5. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL iSport International 1'27.322 22
6. Charles Pic FRA Arden International 1'27.380 16
7. Christian Vietoris GER Addax Team 1'27.413 24
8. Luiz Razia BRA Piquet GP 1'27.635 18
9. Stefano Coletti MON DAMS 1'27.728 23
10. Sam Bird GBR DAMS 1'27.767 27
11. Esteban Gutierrez MEX ART Grand Prix 1'27.987 23
12. Michael Herck ROM DPR 1'28.196 10
13. James Jakes GBR Super Nova Racing 1'28.251 23
14. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1'28.260 25
15. Alexander Rossi USA Piquet GP 1'28.480 29
16. Edoardo Piscopo ITA Trident Racing 1'28.489 27
17. Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Arden International 1'28.509 25
18. Philip Eng AUT Ocean Racing Technology 1'28.551 31
19. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1'28.907 19
20 Fabio Onidi ITA Scuderia Coloni 1'28.924 23
21. Ricardo Teixeira POR Super Nova Racing 1'29.111 22
22. Josef Kral CZE Ocean Racing Technology 1'29.901 30
23. Victor Garcia ESP DPR 1'29.941 21
24. Max Chilton GBR Addax Team 1'31.968 7

Afternoon session
In the afternoon, as the temperature rose, it was Frenchman Bianchi who signed the quickest laptime in a 1:26.919, two hundredth away from Jérôme d’Ambrosio at the wheel of an iSport International car.

Diego Nunes with Racing Engineering completed the Top three ahead his team-mate of the day Rodriguez who was already one of the fastest man on track this morning. The top ten ran within one second.

Once again, the session was Red flagged, first as Rodolfo Gonzalez at Telmex Arden spun at the chicane and then two more times, courtesy of Edoardo Piscopo with Trident Racing.

With twenty minutes left on the clock, the Italian lost control of his machine in the last corner and ran into the tyre wall. The damages on the barrier prevented the session from restarting before the chequered flag.

Afternoon results

Pos. Driver License Team Time Laps
1. Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix 1'26.919 23
2. Jérôme d’Ambrosio BEL iSport International 1'26.938 25
3. Diego Nunes BRA Racing Engineering 1'26.967 21
4. Roldan Rodriguez ESP Racing Engineering 1'27.087 20
5. Christian Vietoris GER Addax Team 1'27.299 25
6. Esteban Gutierrez MEX ART Grand Prix 1'27.403 20
7. Johnny Cecotto VEN Trident Racing 1'27.503 29
8. Charles Pic FRA Arden International 1'27.638 28
9. Sam Bird GBR DAMS 1'27.787 20
10. Oliver Turvey GBR iSport International 1'27.849 21
11. Ricardo TEIXEIRA POR Super Nova Racing 1'28.004 19
12. Alexander Rossi USA Piquet GP 1'28.005 21
13. Fabio Onidi ITA Scuderia Coloni 1'28.369 27
14. Philip Eng AUT Ocean Racing Technology 1'28.371 18
15. Victor Garcia ESP DPR 1'28.476 16
16. Josef Kral CZE Ocean Racing Technology 1'28.636 20
17. Michael Herck ROM DPR 1'28.700 12
18. Luiz Razia BRA Piquet GP 1'28.744 13
19. Edoardo Piscopo ITA Trident Racing 1'28.872 26
20 Rodolfo Gonzalez VEN Arden International 1'29.169 23
21. James Jakes GBR Super Nova Racing 1'29.472 12
22. Stefano Coletti MON DAMS 1'29.529 13
23. Davide Valsecchi ITA Scuderia Coloni 1'30.675 12
24. Max Chilton GBR Addax Team 1'31.870 6
25. Francesco Castellaci ITA Durango 1'37.504 10

 

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