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Monday, 21st January 2008

Frenchman remains the man to beat in Dubai.

Romain Grosjean picked up from where he had left off on the second day of testing ahead of the new GP2 Asia Series in Dubai, taking a further six tenths of a second off his pace-setting time from day one.

The French Renault F1 test-driver was second-fastest in the morning session behind new outfit Qi.Meritus Mahara's Luca Filippi, but he leapfrogged the Italian veteran in the afternoon to once again end proceedings on top at the wheel of his ART Grand Prix machine.

Though his morning time would remain unbeaten day-long, Filippi would ultimately fall back down to seventh place at the close of play in the afternoon, as day one morning star Adrian Valles shot back to prominence with a lap time just two tenths adrift of Grosjean to steal P2.

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Bruno Senna eventually wound up third for defending GP2 champions iSport International, with team-mate and fellow series sophomore Karun Chandhok fifth, as the duo found themselves separated by DAMS new boy Kamui Kobayashi.

Christian Bakkerud was an impressive sixth-quickest for Super Nova, just over a second shy of the leading pace, ahead of Filippi, the on-form Marco Bonanomi (Piquet Sports), Arden's Yelmer Buurman and Vitaly Petrov for Barwa International Campos.

Monday is set to be a day off for the teams and drivers, with testing recommencing at the Dubai Autodrome on Tuesday and Wednesday.


Morning times – 20/01/08:

1. Luca Filippi Qi.Meritus Mahara 1m 21.562s
2. Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1m 21.624s
3. Bruno Senna iSport International 1m 22.214s
4. Karun Chandhok iSport International 1m 22.547s
5. Marco Bonanomi Piquet Sports 1m 22.660s
6. Adrian Valles FMS International 1m 22.619s
7. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1m 22.713s
8. Yelmer Buurman Arden 1m 22.744s
9. Andy Soucek DPR 1m 22.837s
10. Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos 1m 22.937s
11. Jerome d'Ambrosio DAMS 1m 22.978s
12. Michael Herck FMS International 1m 23.060s
13. Diego Nunes Barwa International Campos 1m 23.113s
14. Sebastien Buemi Arden 1m 23.249s
15. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova 1m 23.268s
16. Marcello Puglisi Piquet Sports 1m 23.641s
17. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1m 23.705s
18. Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 1m 23.795s
19. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova 1m 23.832s
20. Harold Schleghelmilch Trident Racing 1m 24.124s
21. Alberto Valerio Durango 1m 24.128s
22. Hiroki Yoshimoto Qi.Meritus Mahara 1m 24.135s
23. Milos Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1m 24.159s
24. Jason Tahinci BCN Competicion 1m 24.278s
25. Stephen Jelley ART Grand Prix 1m 26.135s
26. Aarman Ebrahim DPR 1m 41.117s

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