Kobayashi and Van der Garde tops in Jerez
7 October, 2009
Giedo Van der Garde in action at Jerez
Morning session
This morning’s cooler temperatures improved both track conditions and laptimes in Jerez de la Frontera. The second day of GP2 Series winter testing saw a shuffle on the grid as only nine drivers ran in the same car as they did yesterday, namely Oliver Turvey (iSport), Luiz Razia (Piquet GP), Rodolfo Gonzalez (Arden), Ricardo Teixeira and James Jakes (Super Nova), Sam Bird (DAMS), Francesco Castellacci (Durango), Philip Eng (Ocean Racing) and Michael Herck (DPR).
Ten new racers entered the entry list for today’s session with some names well-known to the GP2 circus (Kamui Kobayashi, Dani Clos and Alberto Valerio) and some rookies (Marcus Ericsson, Sten Pentus, Jan Charouz, Filip Salaquarda, William Bratt, Fabio Leimer and Vladimir Arabadzhiev).
But it was the more experienced drivers who set the pace this morning, lead by Giedo van der Garde at Barwa Addax Team clocking in the best laptime of a 1:25.291 and over a tenth clear of Valerio driving for Party Poker Racing.com SC. Behind the pair, Kobayashi – freshly back from running with Toyota F1 in Suzuka last Friday during Formula One Practice sessions 1 and 2, at the wheel of Fat Burner Racing Engineering was also in good form and completed the Top three.
Morning results
| Driver |
License |
Team |
Time |
Laps |
|
| 1. | Giedo van der Garde |
NED |
Barwa Addax Team | 1:25.291 |
34 |
| 2. | Alberto Valerio |
BRA |
Party Poker Racing.com SC | 1:25.434 |
25 |
| 3. | Kamui Kobayashi |
JAP |
Fat Burner Racing Eng. | 1:25.520 |
30 |
| 4. | Jérôme d’Ambrosio |
BEL |
ART Grand Prix | 1:25.525 |
28 |
| 5. | Christian Vietoris |
GER |
DAMS | 1:25.575 |
40 |
| 6. | Luiz Razia |
BRA |
Piquet GP | 1:25.734 |
27 |
| 7. | Oliver Turvey |
GBR |
iSport International | 1:25.759 |
26 |
| 8. | Diego Nunes |
BRA |
Barwa Addax Team | 1:25.783 |
38 |
| 9. | Sam Bird |
GBR |
DAMS | 1:25.911 |
38 |
| 10. | James Jakes |
GBR |
Super Nova Racing | 1:25.972 |
24 |
| 11. | Philip Eng |
AUT |
Ocean Racing Technology | 1:26.170 |
31 |
| 12. | Stefano Coletti |
MON |
Trident Racing | 1:26.248 |
33 |
| 13. | Marcus Ericsson |
SWE |
iSport International | 1:26.317 |
37 |
| 14. | Dani Clos |
ESP |
Telmex Arden International | 1:26.357 |
37 |
| 15. | Michael Herck |
ROM |
DPR | 1:26.496 |
25 |
| 16. | Ricardo Teixeira |
POR |
Super Nova Racing | 1:26.632 |
39 |
| 17. | Fabio Leimer |
SUI |
Ocean Racing Technology | 1:26.975 |
33 |
| 18. | William Bratt |
GBR |
Party Poker Racing.com SC | 1:26.990 |
38 |
| 19. | Rodolfo Gonzalez |
VEN |
Telmex Arden International | 1:27.083 |
39 |
| 20 | Josef Kral |
CZE |
Piquet GP | 1:27.170 |
44 |
| 21. | Sten Pentus |
EST |
Fat Burner Racing Eng. | 1:27.175 |
40 |
| 22. | Filip Salaquarda |
CZE |
Trident Racing | 1:27.229 |
44 |
| 23. | Vladimir Arabadhziev |
BUL |
DPR | 1:28.516 |
29 |
| 24. | Francesco Castellaci |
ITA |
Durango | 1:28.682 |
30 |
| 25. | Jan Charouz |
CZE |
ART Grand Prix | 1:29.205 |
28 |
Afternoon session
Once again, the temperature rose in Spain in the afternoon and this morning’s laptimes could not be improved. In a trouble free session, Kobayashi at Racing Engineering topped the times two tenths ahead of Jérôme d’Ambrosio who joined ART Grand Prix today and five tenths clear of this morning’s quickest man on track van der Garde. The Dutch tops the combined times for the day.
With a laptime of a 1:25.575 set this morning, German Christian Vietoris at DAMS was the fastest rookie of the day.
The three-day test session will conclude tomorrow with five times Rallye World Champion Sébastien Loeb joining DPR.
Afternoon results
| Driver |
License |
Team |
Time |
Laps |
|
| 1. | Kamui Kobayashi |
JAP |
Fat Burner Racing Eng. |
1:26.105 |
26 |
| 2. | Jerome d’Ambrosio |
BEL |
ART Grand Prix |
1:26.358 |
24 |
| 3. | Giedo Van der Garde |
NED |
Barwa Addax Team |
1:26.700 |
25 |
| 4. | Diego Nunes |
BRA |
Barwa Addax Team |
1:26.829 |
26 |
| 5. | James Jakes |
GBR |
Super Nova Racing |
1:26.956 |
22 |
| 6. | Fabio Leimer |
SUI |
Ocean Racing Technology |
1:27.007 |
29 |
| 7. | Marcus Ericsson |
SWE |
iSport International |
1:27.099 |
31 |
| 8. | Michael Herck |
ROM |
DPR |
1:27.236 |
15 |
| 9. | Christian Vietoris |
GER |
DAMS |
1:27.270 |
30 |
| 10. | Luiz Razia |
BRA |
Piquet GP |
1:27.301 |
30 |
| 11. | Stefano Coletti |
MON |
Trident Racing |
1:27.352 |
26 |
| 12. | Sten Pentus |
EST |
Fat Burner Racing Eng. |
1:27.405 |
21 |
| 13. | Dani Clos |
ESP |
Telmex Arden International |
1:27.489 |
23 |
| 14. | Alberto Valerio |
BRA |
Party Poker Racing.com SC |
1:27.595 |
25 |
| 15. | Rodolfo Gonzalez |
VEN |
Telmex Arden International |
1:27.627 |
30 |
| 16. | Josef Kral |
CZE |
Piquet GP |
1:27.744 |
29 |
| 17. | Sam Bird |
GBR |
DAMS |
1:27.781 |
22 |
| 18. | Filip Salaquarda |
CZE |
Trident Racing |
1:27.823 |
23 |
| 19. | Oliver Turvey |
GBR |
iSport International |
1:27.927 |
26 |
| 20 | Philip Eng |
AUT |
Ocean Racing Technology |
1:27.992 |
32 |
| 21. | Francesco Castellacci |
ITA |
Durango |
1:28.421 |
27 |
| 22. | Ricardo Teixeira |
POR |
Super Nova Racing |
1:28.458 |
26 |
| 23. | Vladimir Arabadhziev |
BUL |
DPR |
1:29.085 |
25 |
| 24. | Jan Charouz |
CZE |
ART Grand Prix |
1:29.382 |
20 |
| 25. | William Bratt |
GBR |
Party Poker Racing.com SC |
1:30.160 |
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