21/02/2007
NEWS STORY
Giorgio Pantano (right) set the quickest overall lap time of the first day of 2007 GP2 series testing at Paul Ricard in France.
The Italian, driving for the Campos Grand Prix team in 2007, set his best time towards the end of a rain affected afternoon session which had seen most drivers remain in their garages for the majority of the post-lunch period.
The morning had seen a greater quantity of action as the teams and drivers made full use of their time on the familiar 3.853 km '3D' track solution to get used to the new cars. Timo Glock set the fastest lap in this opening gambit for iSport International.
Tomorrow sees a total change in track layout, with the 4.087km '2A' solution in use to allow the teams to run aero-mapping tests on the new-for-2007 upgraded aero kit.
Today's Times - All Times Unofficial
| Pos | Name | Team | Laps | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Pantano | Campos Grand Prix | 45 | 1:13.889 | 116.647 mph |
| 2 | Glock | iSport International | 25 | 1:14.204 | 0.315 |
| 3 | Pizzonia | FMS International | 28 | 1:14.282 | 0.393 |
| 4 | Villa | Racing Engineering | 12 | 1:14.312 | 0.423 |
| 5 | Maldonado | Trident Racing | 24 | 1:14.405 | 0.516 |
| 6 | Perera | Racing Engineering | 30 | 1:14.418 | 0.529 |
| 7 | Filippi | Super Nova | 24 | 1:14.426 | 0.537 |
| 8 | Garcia | Durango | 35 | 1:14.436 | 0.547 |
| 9 | di Grassi | ART Grand Prix | 30 | 1:14.467 | 0.578 |
| 10 | Hirate | Trident Racing | 31 | 1:14.475 | 0.586 |
| 11 | Negrao | Minardi Piquet Sports | 35 | 1:14.548 | 0.659 |
| 12 | Risatti | BCN Competition | 34 | 1:14.712 | 0.823 |
| 13 | Chandhok | Durango | 45 | 1:14.983 | 1.094 |
| 14 | Zuber | iSport International | 48 | 1:14.984 | 1.095 |
| 15 | Conway | Super Nova | 37 | 1:15.030 | 1.141 |
| 16 | Rodriguez | Minardi Piquet Sports | 37 | 1:15.065 | 1.176 |
| 17 | Lapierre | DAMS | 27 | 1:15.125 | 1.236 |
| 18 | Ammermüller | ART Grand Prix | 40 | 1:15.130 | 1.241 |
| 19 | Nakajima | DAMS | 54 | 1:15.163 | 1.274 |
| 20 | Petrov | Campos Grand Prix | 22 | 1:15.238 | 1.349 |
| 21 | Tahinci | FMS International | 29 | 1:15.437 | 1.548 |
| 22 | Soucek | DPR | 22 | 1:15.484 | 1.595 |
| 23 | Senna | Arden International | 41 | 1:15.656 | 1.767 |
| 24 | Zaugg | Arden International | 42 | 1:16.225 | 2.336 |
| 25 | Bakkerud | DPR | 30 | 1:16.343 | 2.454 |
| 26 | Yamamoto | BCN Competition | 43 | 1:16.824 | 2.935 |