Conditions were emphatically cold, wet and windy on Tuesday morning at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona for the first of three days of
GP2 pre-season testing for the 13 teams and 26 drivers.
James Calado was fastest in the morning session on the 2.892-mile, 16-turn circuit, but his time of 1:50.928s emphasises how wet conditions were. A dry line started to appear in the afternoon session, and finally for the last 90 minutes of the day conditions were good enough to allow drivers to break open the slick tyres. Coletti ended up with the best time at the end of this period with a lap of 1:29.868s.
There were red flags in the morning for Rio Haryanto (Barwa Addax), Kevin Giovesi (Venezuela GP Lazarus) and simultaneous incidents for Rodolfo Gonzalez (Trident) and Ma Qing Hua (Caterham), while in the afternoon there was only one stoppage for Gonzalez going off again, this time at turn 5.
Morning results1.
James Calado ART Grand Prix
1m 50.928 (20 laps)
2.
Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport
1m 51.858 (34 laps)
3.
Simon Trummer Rapax
1m 52.240 (27 laps)
4.
Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering
1m 52.316 (21 laps)
5.
Julian Leal Racing Engineering
1m 52.334 (24 laps)
6.
Tom Dillmann * Russian Time
1m 52.355 (15 laps)
7.
Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix
1m 52.416 (19 laps)
8.
Felipe Nasr Carlin
1m 52.630 (19 laps)
9.
Robin Frijns * Trident Racing
1m 52.716 (15 laps)
10.
Rene Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus
1m 53.097 (28 laps)
11.
Stéphane Richelmi DAMS
1m 53.252 (25 laps)
12.
Ma Qing Hua Caterham Racing
1m 53.307 (37 laps)
13.
Johnny Cecotto Arden International
1m 53.383 (17 laps)
14.
Rodolfo Gonzalez * Trident Racing
1m 53.549 (20 laps)
15.
Sergio Canamasas * Caterham Racing
1m 53.613 (30 laps)
16.
Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team
1m 53.621 (33 laps)
17.
Mitch Evans Arden International
1m 53.690 (28 laps)
18.
Marcus Ericsson DAMS
1m 53.822 (25 laps)
19.
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport
1m 53.957 (17 laps)
20.
Conor Daly * Hilmer Motorsport
1m 54.099 (28 laps)
21.
Jolyon Palmer Carlin
1m 54.641 (14 laps)
22.
Luciano Bacheta * Russian Time
1m 54.948 (17 laps)
23.
Pal Varhaug * Hilmer Motorsport
1m 55.910 (20 laps)
24.
Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team
1m 57.604 (9 laps)
25.
Stefano Coletti Rapax
No time (2 laps)
26.
Kevin Giovesi * Venezuela GP Lazarus
No time (1 laps)
Afternoon results1.
Stefano Coletti Rapax
1m 29.868 (24 laps)
2.
Felipe Nasr Carlin
1m 29.926 (18 laps)
3.
Robin Frijns * Trident Racing
1m 29.951 (19 laps)
4.
James Calado ART Grand
1m 30.239 (24 laps)
5.
Johnny Cecotto Arden International
1m 30.323 (25 laps)
6.
Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering
1m 30.335 (16 laps)
7.
Stéphane Richelmi DAMS
1m 30.350 (22 laps)
8.
Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport
1m 30.487 (23 laps)
9.
Jolyon Palmer Carlin
1m 30.505 (23 laps)
10.
Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix
1m 30.522 (21 laps)
11.
Kevin Giovesi * Venezuela GP Lazarus
1m 30.551 (16 laps)
12.
Mitch Evans Arden International
1m 30.781 (24 laps)
13.
Simon Trummer Rapax
1m 30.831 (29 laps)
14.
Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team
1m 31.027 (25 laps)
15.
Sergio Canamasas * Caterham Racing
1m 31.032 (21 laps)
16.
Tom Dillmann * Russian Time
1m 31.035 (25 laps)
17.
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport
1m 31.075 (24 laps)
18.
Marcus Ericsson DAMS
1m 31.433 (22 laps)
19.
Julian Leal Racing Engineering
1m 31.520 (28 laps)
20.
Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team
1m 31.626 (23 laps)
21.
Conor Daly * Hilmer Motorsport
1m 32.141 (29 laps)
22.
Rodolfo Gonzalez * Trident Racing
1m 32.178 (23 laps)
23.
Rene Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus
1m 32.586 (24 laps)
24.
Luciano Bacheta * Russian Time
1m 32.712 (32 laps)
25.
Ma Qing Hua Caterham Racing
1m 33.360 (26 laps)
26.
Pal Varhaug * Hilmer Motorsport
1m 34.357 (17 laps)