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TESTS GP2 JEREZ: ¡JAVI VILLA SORPRENDE CON UN 4º PUESTO!
Hoy ha sido un gran día para los intereses de Javi Villa en los tests desarrollados en el circuito de Jerez de la Frontera.Si ya ayer se avisaba de que progresaba rapidamente para tratarse de su primer día en un GP2 desde hace 1 año, lo de hoy muestra a las claras que no ha perdido ni un ápice de su rapidez, y que sigue conservando esa velocidad innata que siempre tuvo.El 4º puesto alcanzado esta mañana, de los 24 pilotos que estaban esta mañana en el circuito andaluz, lo situa como un piloto que sigue siendo plenamente válido para la categoria, y todavía joven como para tener una segunda oportunidad, con sus 23 años (a punto de 24).Un dato a tener en cuenta son los tiempos respecto a su compañero, Adam Carroll, ya que si ayer se mostraba a una distancia prudencial del inglés, hoy lo ha batido por 0,8 seg.En todo caso, no dejan de ser sólo tests, pero da una idea de que sigue estando preparado para subirse en un monoplaza y ser rápido desde el principio.
Fabio Leimer continued to set the pace on the second and final day of GP2 testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain.
The Racing Engineering driver, who had been quickest in both of yesterday's sessions, posted a best time of 1:26.701 this morning to end on top of the timesheets again.
Leimer was followed by Coloni's Fabio Onidi, the Italian finishing less than two tenths behind in a very close morning session which saw a total of 14 drivers within a second.
Lotus ART's Jules Bianchi was fastest in the afternoon, but his time was nearly second off the pace set by Leimer in the morning. The 14 quickest times of the day were in fact set in the morning session.
Nigel Melker ended the day as third quickest in the Arden car, while GP2 returnee Javier Villa completed a promising day in the Super Nova machine by posting the fourth fastest time ahead of Kevin Ceccon in the second Coloni.
Ceccon caused the first red flag of th day just after the lunch break when he spun and stopped on track. There were another three stoppages before the end of the day.
The next post-season test will take place in Barcelona on October 19-20.
While Arden International, Scuderia Coloni and Super Nova Racing did not change their line-up for today, the other teams welcomed new faces, including newcomers Rupert Svendsen-Cook at Racing Engineering, GP3 graduate Tom Dillmann at Barwa Addax, Giovanni Venturini at Dams, and Yuki Shiraishi at Ocean Racing Technology.
The morning session opened in cooler temperatures than the day before, Javier Villa set the early pace but his best lap time was soon improved by the Coloni pair Fabio Onidi and Kevin Ceccon.
At the half hour mark, it was yesterday’s fastest man Fabio Leimer in the Racing Engineering car who took advantage of better grip to again claim the top spot and his lap time of 1'26.701 remained unbeaten until the chequered flag, one tenth quicker than Onidi.
GP3 graduate Nigel Melker finished a mere five hundredths behind the Italian proving that he is adjusting well to his Arden machine on his second day of testing with the British team and Villa, Ceccon, roolie Felix Da Costa, Jules Bianchi, Sam Bird, Max Chilton and Julian Leal rounded out the top ten.
Following a one hour lunch break, the pit lane re-opened, but the session was quickly red flagged after Ceccon spun and stopped in the gravel trap.
At the restart, rookie James Calado at Lotus ART was free to set the early pace ahead of Bianchi and Bird, but just before the one hour mark, Bird at the wheel of his Trident car went top, half a second quicker than his countryman.
It was then Bianchi’s turn to claim top spot going one tenth faster than Bird as Julian Leal also at Trident moved up to P3.
The session was briefly red flagged three more times before the last hour of the session, and at the chequered flag, Bianchi retained his top spot ahead of Bird, Leal, Arden’s rookie Simon Trummer, Calado, GP2 returnee Alexander Rossi at Caterham Team AriAsia, iSport’s Nathanël Berthon, Chilton, Ceccon and Jolyon Palmer at Barwa Addax. Onidi ended this testing as best rookie.
Next 2011 post season test session will take place in Barcelona on October 19-20 and will be the final stop before flying to Abu Dhabi for the 2011 GP2 Final on November 11-12-13.
Publicado por LOGANQR en 9/29/2011 10:47:00 p. m.