HILMER RACING DRIVER CONFIRMS TOP FORM ON DAY 2 OF PRE-SEASON TEST SESSION
Once again, Tom Dillmann put newcomers Hilmer Motorsport on top in Jerez as the GP2 Series teams prepare for the 2013 season. On the second day of the first pre-season test session at Circuito de Jerez, the Frenchman set the quickest laptime in the morning with a 1:24.400. Stéphane Richelmi at DAMS was fastest in the afternoon.
The morning session kicked off under blue skies but in cold temperatures. James Calado was the early pace setter whilst Felipe Nasr was the first driver to dip under 1m25s. The proceedings were briefly halted after Marcus Ericsson lost control of his DAMS car and got stuck into the gravel bed at Turn 10. Following the restart, a second red flag occurred for a short period, courtesy of Nathanaël Berthon who spun and stopped on track. The session was disrupted again for a few moments after the pitlane reopened as Nasr had a bit of a scare at Turn 3.
As proceedings resumed, Dillmann claimed the top spot, but an incident between Daniel Abt and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs sent everyone back into the pits to wait for the green light. The remainder of the session was trouble-free, and Calado went top, two tenths quicker than Dillmann, but the Frenchman found some extra pace and set a laptime of 1:24.400 that would never be bettered until the chequered flag. Stefano Coletti finished a hair’s breadth off Dillmann’s best laptime (0.01s) followed by Calado, Fabio Leimer, Nasr, Ericsson, Richelmi, Sergio Canamasas, Kevin Giovesi and Rene Binder.
The afternoon session opened in cooler temperatures as grey clouds gathered above the Spanish track. Dillmann was the early pace setter and remained at the top of the timesheet for most of the incident-free session as drivers concentrated mainly on long runs. With one hour left on the clock, Richelmi set a laptime of 1:24.604 – three tenths better than Dillmann’s. In the dying minutes, Coletti ran wide at Turn 1. After a brief red flag period, the track was live again. Although Johnny Cecotto and Abt improved their afternoon’s best laptime, Richelmi retained top spot ahead of Dillmann. In fifth, Robin Frijns was the best rookie ahead of Ericsson, Pal Varhaug, Canamasas, Jake Rosenzweig and Simon Trummer.
Tomorrow’s session will start again at 9am local time.
Morning results
|
Driver |
Team |
Laptime |
Laps |
|
|
1. |
Tom Dillmann |
Hilmer Motorsport |
1:24.400 |
19 |
|
2. |
Stefano Coletti |
Rapax |
1:24.418 |
26 |
|
3. |
James Calado |
ART Grand Prix |
1:24.525 |
33 |
|
4. |
Fabio Leimer |
Racing Engineering |
1:24.534 |
28 |
|
5. |
Felipe Nasr |
Carlin |
1:24.691 |
25 |
|
6. |
Marcus Ericsson |
DAMS |
1:24.712 |
23 |
|
7. |
Stéphane Richelmi |
DAMS |
1:24.776 |
34 |
|
8. |
Sergio Canamasas |
Caterham Racing |
1:24.963 |
33 |
|
9. |
Kevin Giovesi |
Venezuela GP Lazarus |
1:24.967 |
23 |
|
10. |
Rene Binder |
Venezuela GP Lazarus |
1:24.976 |
24 |
|
11. |
Simon Trummer |
Rapax |
1:25.023 |
19 |
|
12. |
Nathanaël Berthon |
Trident Racing |
1:25.059 |
18 |
|
13. |
Jake Rosenzweig |
Barwa Addax Team |
1:25.243 |
27 |
|
14. |
Mitch Evans |
Arden International |
1:25.258 |
27 |
|
15. |
Jolyon Palmer |
Carlin |
1:25.310 |
31 |
|
16. |
Robin Frijns |
Trident Racing |
1:25.345 |
25 |
|
17. |
Pal Varhaug |
Hilmer Motorsport |
1:25.402 |
28 |
|
18. |
Julian Leal |
Racing Engineering |
1:25.486 |
32 |
|
19. |
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs |
MP Motorsport |
1:25.604 |
28 |
|
20. |
Johnny Cecotto |
Arden International |
1:25.607 |
28 |
|
21. |
Ma Qing Hua |
Caterham Racing |
1:25.800 |
26 |
|
22. |
Daniel De Jong |
MP Motorsport |
1:25.858 |
25 |
|
23. |
Daniel Abt |
ART Grand Prix |
1:25.893 |
8 |
|
24. |
Rio Haryanto |
Barwa Addax Team |
1:26.610 |
30 |
Afternoon results
|
Driver |
Team |
Laptime |
Laps |
|
|
1. |
Stéphane Richelmi |
DAMS |
1:24.604 |
37 |
|
2. |
Tom Dillmann |
Hilmer Motorsport |
1:24.932 |
18 |
|
3. |
Johnny Cecotto |
Arden International |
1:25.292 |
22 |
|
4. |
Daniel Abt |
ART Grand Prix |
1:25.312 |
30 |
|
5. |
Robin Frijns |
Trident Racing |
1:25.335 |
22 |
|
6. |
Marcus Ericsson |
DAMS |
1:25.388 |
32 |
|
7. |
Pal Varhaug |
Hilmer Motorsport |
1:25.391 |
42 |
|
8. |
Sergio Canamasas |
Caterham Racing |
1:25.618 |
31 |
|
9. |
Jake Rosenzweig |
Barwa Addax Team |
1:25.677 |
33 |
|
10. |
Simon Trummer |
Rapax |
1:25.685 |
49 |
|
11. |
Nathanaël Berthon |
Trident Racing |
1:25.725 |
16 |
|
12. |
Kevin Giovesi |
Venezuela GP Lazarus |
1:25.920 |
33 |
|
13. |
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs |
MP Motorsport |
1:25.925 |
18 |
|
14. |
Stefano Coletti |
Rapax |
1:26.022 |
29 |
|
15. |
Ma Qing Hua |
Caterham Racing |
1:26.096 |
37 |
|
16. |
James Calado |
ART Grand Prix |
1:26.116 |
21 |
|
17. |
Mitch Evans |
Arden International |
1:26.374 |
38 |
|
18. |
Rio Haryanto |
Barwa Addax Team |
1:26.462 |
41 |
|
19. |
Daniel De Jong |
MP Motorsport |
1:27.075 |
22 |
|
20. |
Rene Binder |
Venezuela GP Lazarus |
1:28.039 |
29 |
|
21. |
Julian Leal |
Racing Engineering |
1:28.793 |
43 |
|
22. |
Fabio Leimer |
Racing Engineering |
1:29.189 |
38 |
|
23. |
Jolyon Palmer |
Carlin |
1:29.596 |
27 |
|
24. |
Felipe Nasr |
Carlin |
1:29.749 |
33 |