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.
En todo caso, está claro que para pilotar un F1 necesitaría probar con antelación suficiente, sobre todo para sacar el máximo de los neumaticos más blandos (para restar todas esas décimas al crono) que es lo que más suele costar a los novatos en su primer año de F1.La Calificación fue siempre el punto débil de Javi, pero 1 año entero luchando en el WTCC contra pilotos que podrían ser su padre, preparando los coches y ajustando los setups en la máxima categoría de los turismos (salvando la Nascar) puede haber servido de mucho en la preparación de Javi a la hora de reglar la máquina con la que compite.Veremos a donde le lleva, pero lo que es seguro es que si se albergaban dudas sobre si le costaría ser competitivo en monoplazas de nuevo, estas las ha disipado entre las 2 joranadas de tests.Si la opción de la F1 con HRT no se concretara, siempre le quedará la opción de intentar de nuevo la GP2.La velocidad la conserva, veremos si consigue ahora un equipo como para hacer un papel suficientemente relevante como para que le catapulte a la máxima categoria.Los cimientos parece que por lo menos los ha puesto...
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.
Morning times Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:26.701 30 2. Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:26.843 29 3. Nigel Melker Arden International 1:26.899 36 4. Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 1:26.913 24 5. Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 1:26.954 23 6. Antonio Felix Da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 1:26.991 28 7. Jules Bianchi Lotus ART 1:27.125 28 8. Sam Bird Trident Racing 1:27.127 12 9. Max Chilton Carlin 1:27.158 32 10. Julian Leal Trident Racing 1:27.211 39 11. Stephane Richelmi Rapax 1:27.272 37 12. Nathanael Berthon iSport International 1:27.410 18 13. Simon Trummer Arden International 1:27.421 40 14. Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 1:27.691 30 15. Tom Dillmann iSport International 1:27.697 25 16. Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing 1:27.752 24 17. Daniele Zampieri Rapax 1:27.771 35 18. Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 1:27.897 37 19. James Calado Lotus ART 1:27.903 31 20. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dams 1:27.985 31 21. Nico Muller Carlin 1:28.359 31 22. Giovanni Venturini Dams 1:28.805 32 23. Jake Rosenweig Barwa Addax Team 1:28.870 37 24. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Racing Engineering 1:29.106 37 25. Ricardo Teixeira Caterham Team AirAsia 1:29.788 29 26. Yuki Shiraishi Ocean Racing Technology 1:30.871 20 Afternoon times Driver Team Time Laps 1. Jules Bianchi Lotus ART 1:27.651 31 2. Sam Bird Trident Racing 1:27.740 21 3. Julian Leal Trident Racing 1:27.924 23 4. Simon Trummer Arden International 1:28.016 22 5. James Calado Lotus ART 1:28.244 40 6. Alexander Rossi Caterham Team AirAsia 1:28.479 31 7. Nathanael Berthon iSport International 1:28.515 25 8. Max Chilton Carlin 1:28.515 23 9. Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni 1:28.554 19 10. Jolyon Palmer Barwa Addax Team 1:28.728 27 11. Tom Dillmann iSport International 1:28.787 30 12. Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing 1:28.807 15 13. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dams 1:28.868 34 14. Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 1:28.910 31 15. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Racing Engineering 1:29.110 28 16. Daniele Zampieri Rapax 1:29.227 18 17. Stéphane Richelmi Rapax 1:29.413 31 18. Giovanni Venturini Dams 1:29.437 31 19. Nico Muller Carlin 1:29.460 26 20. Nigel Melker Arden International 1:29.934 32 21. Ricardo Teixeira Caterham Team AirAsia 1:30.411 25 22. Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:30.554 30 23. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:30.885 24 24. Yuki Shiraishi Ocean Racing Technology 1:30.990 28 25. Antonio Felix Da Costa Ocean Racing Technology 1:32.065 18
GP2 : 2011 Jerez post season September test - Fabio Leimer dominates on Day 2
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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.
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.
Fabio Leimer
“It was a very good day. Like yesterday we were quick straight away in the morning session. We worked on different solutions today, which helped us to improve the lap times even further. I was really happy with the morning session and in the afternoon we worked on long runs, taking advantage of the weather conditions to learn more about the behaviour of the tyres. We had two good days of testing and I would like to thank the team for the good work done.”
Rupert Svendsen-Cook
“I think we really progressed during the test day and I improved my lap time each outing. Arriving at the test on the second day without knowing the car or circuit before, made it a great challenge. I have to thank Racing Engineering for the opportunity today and for making my first transition into GP2 a competitive one.”
Alexander Rossi
“This afternoon was much better than this morning. It’s been a big adjustment for me to get used to the GP2 car, to say it’s different from a World Series car is an understatement, but once we’d figured out the balance it was good fun. We are missing a little time but I think that it will come. I like this track, it’s difficult on tyres especially in these hot conditions but at the end of the day we came out looking quite good and I am looking forward to the next test in Barcelona. These cars are quicker than World Series, so as a driver you got to love that!”
Ricardo Teixeira
“It was really nice to get back into a car after a very long time. We had a good run today. The tyres are quite difficult to get used to, they’re quite different from two years ago when I raced in the GP2 Series, but it was fun. I managed to get some speed back which will help me in the Barcelona test for sure. Unfortunately I have a hand injury which was quite painful, but overall it was worth it to be back in the car and working with all the boys!”
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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.
Fabio Leimer
“It was a very good day. Like yesterday we were quick straight away in the morning session. We worked on different solutions today, which helped us to improve the lap times even further. I was really happy with the morning session and in the afternoon we worked on long runs, taking advantage of the weather conditions to learn more about the behaviour of the tyres. We had two good days of testing and I would like to thank the team for the good work done.”
Rupert Svendsen-Cook
“I think we really progressed during the test day and I improved my lap time each outing. Arriving at the test on the second day without knowing the car or circuit before, made it a great challenge. I have to thank Racing Engineering for the opportunity today and for making my first transition into GP2 a competitive one.”
Alexander Rossi
“This afternoon was much better than this morning. It’s been a big adjustment for me to get used to the GP2 car, to say it’s different from a World Series car is an understatement, but once we’d figured out the balance it was good fun. We are missing a little time but I think that it will come. I like this track, it’s difficult on tyres especially in these hot conditions but at the end of the day we came out looking quite good and I am looking forward to the next test in Barcelona. These cars are quicker than World Series, so as a driver you got to love that!”
Ricardo Teixeira
“It was really nice to get back into a car after a very long time. We had a good run today. The tyres are quite difficult to get used to, they’re quite different from two years ago when I raced in the GP2 Series, but it was fun. I managed to get some speed back which will help me in the Barcelona test for sure. Unfortunately I have a hand injury which was quite painful, but overall it was worth it to be back in the car and working with all the boys!”
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