James Jakes, Super Nova, Ricard testing November 2009James Jakes was quickest for the second day in a row as the GP2 Series completed its final test day of 2009 at Paul Ricard.

British driver Jakes, driving for his GP2 Asia squad Super Nova, set the pace with a 1:12.516 lap in the morning session, less than a tenth of a second ahead of the time set by compatriot Oliver Turvey as he topped the afternoon test for iSport.

Formula 3 Euro Series champion Jules Bianchi (ART) was second quickest to Jakes in the morning and third in combined times. His former F3 rival Stefano Coletti was in the top three for DAMS in both sessions.

Racing Engineering put ex-DAMS driver Jerome D'Ambrosio fourth in the morning and Sam Bird third in the second session, with Coloni's Will Bratt in the top five throughout the day.

The test was the last GP2 running until the Asia series resumes in Abu Dhabi in February next year.

Morning session

Pos  Driver                  Team                Time       Gap
 1.  James Jakes             Super Nova          1m12.516s  20
 2.  Jules Bianchi           ART                 1m12.584s  26
 3.  Stefano Coletti         DAMS                1m12.627s  23
 4.  Jerome d'Ambrosio       Racing Engineering  1m12.645s  31
 5.  William Bratt           Coloni              1m12.675s  16
 6.  Michael Herck           DPR                 1m12.736s  28
 7.  Esteban Gutierrez       Arden               1m12.780s  26
 8.  Christian Vietoris      Ocean               1m12.851s  24
 9.  Oliver Turvey           iSport              1m12.870s  33
10.  Andrea Caldarelli       Coloni              1m12.932s  32
11.  Josef Kral              Super Nova          1m13.009s  25
12.  Sam Bird                Racing Engineering  1m13.153s  27
13.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Ocean               1m13.179s  34
14.  Roldan Rodriguez        iSport              1m13.220s  32
15.  Max Chilton             Addax               1m13.260s  35
16.  Kazimeras Vasiliauskas  Trident             1m13.262s  37
17.  Alexander Rossi         Piquet              1m13.317s  27
18.  Giacomo Ricci           DPR                 1m13.434s  14
19.  Jake Rosenzweig         Arden               1m13.571s  21
20   Charles Pic             ART                 1m13.650s  29
21.  Vladimir Arabadzhiev    Piquet              1m13.761s  30
22.  Rodolfo Gonzalez        Trident             1m14.087s  22
23.  Jon Lancaster           DAMS                1m14.420s  25
24.  Marcus Ericsson         Addax

Afternoon session

Pos  Driver                  Team                Time       Laps
 1.  Oliver Turvey           iSport              1m12.565s  12
 2.  Stefano Coletti         DAMS                1m12.766s  20
 3.  Sam Bird                Racing Engineering  1m12.831s  22
 4.  William Bratt           Coloni              1m12.835s  12
 5.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Ocean               1m12.836s  35
 6.  Josef Kral              Super Nova          1m13.003s  21
 7.  Christian Vietoris      Ocean               1m13.048s  16
 8.  Jerome d'Ambrosio       Racing Engineering  1m13.075s  24
 9.  James Jakes             Super Nova          1m13.107s  19
10.  Kazimeras Vasiliauskas  Trident             1m13.137s  33
11.  Esteban Gutierrez       Arden               1m13.196s  22
12.  Michael Herck           DPR                 1m13.259s  27
13.  Marcus Ericsson         Addax               1m13.264s  35
14.  Alexander Rossi         Piquet              1m13.280s  4
15.  Jon Lancaster           DAMS                1m13.334s  10
16.  Roldan Rodriguez        iSport              1m13.400s  36
17.  Max Chilton             Addax               1m13.481s  26
18.  Vladimir Arabadzhiev    Piquet              1m13.634s  31
19.  Andrea Caldarelli       Coloni              1m13.756s  12
20   Charles Pic             ART                 1m13.903s  24
21.  Rodolfo Gonzalez        Trident             1m13.945s  33
22.  Jake Rosenzweig         Arden               1m13.995s  30
23.  Jules Bianchi           ART                 1m15.040s  24
24.  Giacomo Ricci           DPR