GP2 Testing Times

[Sephirot1]

Morning times:

Driver Team Time Laps
1 Franck Perera FMS International 1:15.039 34
2 Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:15.465 31
3 Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1:15.737 22
4 Lucas Di Grassi Super Nova International 1:15.748 22
5 Fairuz Fauzy Durango 1:15.768 30
6 Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:15.821 23
7 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:15.965 29
8 Andreas Zuber Trident Racing 1:16.116 33
9 Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:16.121 32
10 Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1:16.205 16
11 Ernesto Viso BCN Competicion 1:16.226 28
12 Sergio Hernandez Racing Engineering 1:16.518 28
13 Mike Conway Arden International 1:16.664 35
14 Kohei Hirate ART Grand Prix 1:16.909 31
15 Kaziki Nakajima DAMS 1:16.960 39
16 Marco Bonanomi Durango 1:17.161 39
17 Roldan Rodriguez Campos Racing 1:17.619 42
18 Vitaly Petrov ART Grand Prix 1:17.778 32
19 Bruno Senna DPR 1:17.794 27
20 Christian Bakkerud iSport International 1:18.064 38
21 Chris Van der Drift Trident Racing 1:18.070 40
22 Alberto Valerio Piquet Sports 1:18.246 46
23 Gavin Cronje DAMS 1:18.271 39
24 Charlie Kimball Arden International 1:18.488 43
25 Michael Patrizi DPR 1:18.769 31

[chunterer]

Van Der Drift??!!!

Have Renault announced their 2007 RDD line up yet?

[Sephirot1]

They are always the last ones so no.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Van Der Drift??!!!

That's my reaction too.

[bella]

just got the right bank balance, i'd imagine...

[Sephirot1]

Afternoon times:

Driver Team Time Laps
1 Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1:14.390 25
2 Andreas Zuber Trident Racing 1:14.624 35
3 Fairuz Fauzy Durango 1:14.931 32
4 Kaziki Nakajima DAMS 1:15.066 28
5 Lucas Di Grassi Super Nova International 1:15.081 21
6 Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:15.169 20
7 Sergio Hernandez Racing Engineering 1:15.249 16
8 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:15.327 31
9 Mike Conway Arden International 1:15.514 26
10 Ernesto Viso BCN Competicion 1:15.540 21
11 Kohei Hirate ART Grand Prix 1:15.641 21
12 Marco Bonanomi Durango 1:15.647 29
13 Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:15.688 20
14 Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:15.724 27
15 Charlie Kimball Arden International 1:16.092 26
16 Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:16.092 30
17 Roldan Rodriguez Campos Racing 1:16.101 30
18 Chris Van der Drift Trident Racing 1:16.653 32
19 Bruno Senna DPR 1:16.654 36
20 Alberto Valerio Piquet Sports 1:16.758 41
21 Gavin Cronje DAMS 1:16.763 27
22 Vitaly Petrov ART Grand Prix 1:16.829 21
23 Christian Bakkerud iSport International 1:16.977 27
24 Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1:17.526 12
25 Michael Patrizi DPR 1:17.565 34


And today's times:


Driver Team Time Laps
1 Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:13.927 42
2 Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1:13.961 31
3 Ernesto Viso Trident Racing 1:13.983 38
4 Fairuz Fauzy Durango 1:14.104 23
5 Kaziki Nakajima ART Grand Prix 1:14.118 27
6 Lucas Di Grassi Super Nova International 1:14.133 33
7 Andreas Zuber Isport Int 1:14.208 29
8 Franck Perera FMS International 1:14.375 20
9 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:14.474 30
10 Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:14.497 40
11 Marco Bonanomi Durango 1:14.501 39
12 Luca Filippi BCN Competicion 1:14.705 16
13 Alx Danielsson iSport International 1:14.750 33
14 Kohei Hirate DAMS 1:14.926 37
15 Mike Conway Arden International 1:15.016 37
16 Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:15.090 18
17 Roldan Rodriguez Campos Racing 1:15.405 33
18 Alberto Valerio Piquet Sports 1:15.457 46
19 Sergio Hernandez Racing Engineering 1:15.464 16
20 Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:15.596 33
21 Charlie Kimball Trident Racing 1:15.649 38
22 Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1:15.735 16
23 Vitaly Petrov Super Nova International 1:15.863 36
24 Bruno Senna DPR 1:16.211 41
25 Guillaume Moreau ART Grand Prix 1:16.591 16
26 Michael Patrizi DPR 1:16.593 47
27 Jason Tahici FMS International 1:17.241 6



Fauzy is driving with a turbo right?

[Obizzz]

In line with GP2 series regulations, the driver of iSport
International car # 7, Alx Danielsson, has had all his times for the
day deleted after his car was found to be underweight in
scrutineering.

Damn!

I really wanted to see how well he could do (pre lunch session was mostly for him to get used to the car etc)

[SALEEN S7R]

And here is this Afternoons times, a few improvements over this morning.

1. Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:13.763 24
2. Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1:13.920 27
3. Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:13.963 29
4. Fairuz Fauzy Durango 1:13.996 33
5. Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1:14.017 26
6. Lucas Di Grassi Super Nova International 1:14.283 35
7. Kohei Hirate DAMS 1:14.424 32
8. Sergio Hernandez Racing Engineering 1:14.459 33
9. Xandi Negrao Piquet Sports 1:14.510 35
10. Luca Filippi BCN Competicion 1:14.590 30
11. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:14.608 34
12. Bruno Senna DPR 1:14.731 25
13. Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:14.853 22
14. Ernesto Viso Trident Racing 1:14.862 31
15. Marco Bonanomi Durango 1:14.898 35
16. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:14.910 27
17. Mike Conway Arden International 1:14.959 21
18. Guillaume Moreau ART Grand Prix 1:15.169 39
19. Charlie Kimball Trident Racing 1:15.344 27
20. Kaziki Nakajima ART Grand Prix 1:15.413 8
21. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:15.612 29
22. Roldan Rodriguez Campos Racing 1:15.785 40
23. Tuka Rocha Piquet Sports 1:16.416 55
24. Michael Patrizi DPR 1:16.643 30
25. Vitaly Petrov Super Nova International 1:16.842 22

[Martin Haven]

oh DARN !!!


just spent 20 mins nicely spacing it all out into columns in the post, and there it is, totally different and illegible...

Anyone have the skills to make it look nice??

[Martin Haven]

And there's more...

This was the morning session...

Franck Perera FRA FMS 34 01:15.039
Negrao Alexandre BRA Piquet Sports 31 01:15.465
Lopez Jose Maria ARG BCN 22 01:15.737
Lucas Di Grassi BRA Super Nova 22 01:15.748
Fauzy Fairuz MAL Durango 30 01:15.768
Lucas Filippi ITA Super Nova 23 01:15.821
Javier Villa ESP Racing Eng 29 01:15.965
Andreas Zuber UAE Trident 33 01:16.116
Antonio Pizzonia BRA FMS 32 01:16.121
Pantano Giorgio ITA Campos Racing 16 01:16.205
Viso Ernesto VEN BCN 28 01:16.226
Hernandez Sergio ESP Racing Eng 28 01:16.518
Mike Conway GBR Arden 35 01:16.664
Kohei Hirate JPN ART 31 01:16.909
Kaziki Nakajima JPN DAMS 39 01:16.960
Marco Bonanomi ITA Durango 39 01:17.161
Roldan Rodriguez ESP Campos Racing 42 01:17.619
VITALI PETROV RUS ART 32 01:17.778
Bruno Senna BRA DPR 27 01:17.794
Christian Bakkerud SWE Isport 38 01:18.064
Chris Van der Drift NZ Trident 40 01:18.070
Alberto Valerio BRA Piquet Sports 46 01:18.246
Gavin Cronje ZA DAMS 39 01:18.271
Charlie Kimball USA Arden 43 01:18.488
Michael Patrizi AUS DPR 31 01:18.769

[Bezzen]

Bakkerud isn't Swedish by the way, he's Danish.

[strider]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Van Der Drift??!!!

He's currently leading the FRenault 2.0 Eurocup and has had success in FBMW in the past. See here. He sounds to have been of Dutch extraction originally (hence the name) but at some point the family moved to New Zealand and now he's come back.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by strider

He's currently leading the FRenault 2.0 Eurocup and has had success in FBMW in the past. See here. He sounds to have been of Dutch extraction originally (hence the name) but at some point the family moved to New Zealand and now he's come back.

Yep I know who he is and what he's doing, I was just a little surprised to see his name pop up testing these things!!

[strider]

In that case I can't improve on bella's comment!

It may just be that he's having a look to see what GP2 is like before switching to the WSR next year.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by strider

In that case I can't improve on bella's comment!

It may just be that he's having a look to see what GP2 is like before switching to the WSR next year.

Yes that's what I figured, a few people tested GP2 last year before signing up for WSR, like Parente. But unlike Alvaro, I'd guess CVDD will bypass F3 straight for FR3.5?

[strider]

Yes, I think you're right. It would certainly be the course favoured by Renault.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by strider

Yes, I think you're right. It would certainly be the course favoured by Renault.

Is he being lined up for some RDD backing then do you think?

[Obizzz]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/54938

[strider]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Is he being lined up for some RDD backing then do you think?

That's not what I had in mind, although I suppose it's possible.

I just think that once a driver is established in a Renault championship, they prefer him to move up to another of their championships rather than become a renegade and switch to F3. It's okay in the UK because there isn't a higher Renault alternative, but not in Europe.

[chunterer]

So when's the next test, is it in a couple of weeks time?

[strider]

A little longer than that, surprisingly. October 31. Again at Paul Ricard.

[Sephirot1]

Today's times, morning:

Driver Team Time Laps
1 Luca Filippi Durango 1:14.001 25
2 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:14.361 28
3 Andreas Zuber Isport Interational 1:14.411 29
4 Jose Maria Lopez BCN Competicion 1:14.765 17
5 Giorgio Pantano Campos Racing 1:14.777 23
6 Alexandre Negrao Piquet Sports 1:14.861 27
7 Kaziki Nakajima DAMS 1:15.127 33
8 Christian Bakkerud Arden International 1:15.305 38
9 Roldan Rodriguez Campos Racing 1:15.351 28
10 Alvaro Parente Isport Interational 1:15.405 33
11 Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:15.407 28
12 Loic Duval Trident Racing 1:15.423 51
13 Mike Conway DPR 1:15.449 40
14 Jason Tahinci Petrol Ofisi FMS International 1:15.472 31
15 Tomas Kostka Piquet Sports 1:15.553 40
16 Ben Hanley Racing Engineering 1:15.604 30
17 Vitaly Petrov Super Nova International 1:15.659 31
18 Ricardo Risatti BCN Competicion 1:15.941 38
19 Antonio Pizzonia Petrol Ofisi FMS International 1:15.963 30
20 Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:16.107 25
21 Michael Patrizi DPR 1:16.563 35
22 Adam Kahn Arden International 1:16.575 36
23 Dominick Muermans Durango 1:17.144 35

[chunterer]

Dear me, that's got to be the most un-inspiring assembly of drivers for a test since the series began??!!

[cos]

No ART this week following the sad news concerning race engineer Steeve Marcel.
http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~ART...~id~139721.htm

[Sephirot1]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Dear me, that's got to be the most un-inspiring assembly of drivers for a test since the series began??!!

Loic Duval, Jason Tahinci, Tomas Kostka , Ben Hanley , Vitaly Petrov , Adam Kahn, Dominick Muermans?!

Easily.