Glock quickest at Paul Ricard
Timo Glock continued to settle in well in his new seat at iSport International by topping the timesheets on the first day of mid-season testing at Paul Ricard.
Former Champ Car and Jordan GP racer Glock switched to the team from BCN Competicion before the previous round at Silverstone, and immediately impressed by scoring his first podium of the year.
The German continued his impressive pace by recording a lap of 1:14.522 in this afternoon's test session, to record the fastest lap of the first day of GP2's only mid-season test.
Glock's iSport International teammate Ernesto Viso was nearly two tenths of a second slower after completing 73 laps, 21 more than Glock.
The configuration's current lap record holder Jose Maria Lopez was third quickest for Super Nova International ahead of runaway championship leader Lewis Hamilton.
Alexandre Premat and Andreas Zuber were the only other two drivers to lap in the 1:15 bracket.
With Nicolas Lapierre still not fit following his Monaco shunt, Portuguese driver Alvaro Parente was called up by Arden International to participate in the test. Parente tested for the team at the circuit in the winter, before signing for Victory Engineering in the World Series by Renault. He was 19th quickest this afternoon.
Testing continues at the circuit tomorrow.
Afternoon times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Glock iSport International 1:14.522 31
2. Viso iSport International 1:14.693 38
3. Lopez Super Nova International 1:14.716 31
4. Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:14.866 26
5. Premat ART Grand Prix 1:14.938 32
6. Zuber Trident Racing 1:14.952 32
7. Carroll Racing Engineering 1:15.229 30
8. Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:15.271 32
9. Valles Campos Racing 1:15.282 35
10. Piquet Jr Piquet Sports 1:15.365 34
11. Filippi BCN Competicion 1:15.394 28
12. Fauzy Super Nova International 1:15.415 24
13. Pantano FMS International 1:15.436 24
14. Ammermueller Arden International 1:15.453 40
15. Bruni Trident Racing 1:15.534 26
16. Hernandez Durango 1:15.619 20
17. Negrao Piquet Sports 1:15.685 38
18. Perera DAMS 1:15.703 36
19. Parente Arden International 1:15.934 34
20. Villa Racing Engineering 1:15.949 20
21. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:16.130 28
22. Pla DPR Direxiv 1:16.145 20
23. di Grassi Durango 1:16.228 26
24. Monfardini DAMS 1:16.252 30
25. Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:16.438 23
26. Tahinci FMS International 1:18.085 30
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