Dillmann fastest in first test at Jerez

Tom Dillmann was fastest for newcomer team Hilmer Motorsport on the first day of 2013 GP2 testing at Jerez on Tuesday.

Dillmann, who was a race-winner during a part-season with Rapax last year, finished the quicker afternoon session 0.2 seconds faster than Racing Engineering’s returnee Fabio Leimer.

Felipe Nasr, now at Carlin, completed the top three, followed by ART’s James Calado and Lazarus driver Rene Binder.

Nasr’s Carlin team-mate Jolyon Palmer had been fastest in the morning, ahead of champion squad DAMS’ new lead driver Marcus Ericsson and Binder.

Formula Renault 3.5 title-winner Robin Frijns took ninth in the afternoon on his GP2 debut with Trident.

Only 24 cars took part in the test, with iSport absent after announcing last week that it is set to sell its GP2 operation.

Red flags came courtesy of a spin for Dillmann’s Hilmer partner Pal Varhaug, electrical problems on GP3 champion Mitch Evans’s Arden car, Daniel de Jong stopping on track, and Sergio Canamasas putting his Caterham entry in the tyre wall.

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Morning times:
 
Pos  Driver               Team                Time       Gap       Laps
  1.  Jolyon Palmer        Carlin              1m25.330s            19
  2.  Marcus Ericsson      DAMS                1m25.426s  + 0.096s  11
  3.  Rene Binder          Lazarus             1m25.541s  + 0.211s  23
  4.  Johnny Cecotto       Arden               1m25.574s  + 0.244s  20
  5.  Stephane Richelmi    DAMS                1m25.574s  + 0.244s  15
  6.  Jake Rosenzweig      Addax               1m25.842s  + 0.512s  25
  7.  James Calado         ART                 1m25.911s  + 0.581s  18
  8.  Tom Dillmann         Hilmer              1m25.922s  + 0.592s  12
  9.  Simon Trummer        Rapax               1m25.998s  + 0.668s  17
 10.  Felipe Nasr          Carlin              1m26.019s  + 0.689s  22
 11.  Fabio Leimer         Racing Engineering  1m26.066s  + 0.736s  8
 12.  Mitch Evans          Arden               1m26.070s  + 0.740s  14
 13.  Julian Leal          Racing Engineering  1m26.209s  + 0.879s  17
 14.  Kevin Giovesi        Lazarus             1m26.244s  + 0.914s  16
 15.  Rio Haryanto         Addax               1m26.398s  + 1.068s  20
 16.  Robin Frijns         Trident             1m26.438s  + 1.108s  17
 17.  Daniel de Jong       MP                  1m26.443s  + 1.113s  9
 18.  Daniel Abt           ART                 1m26.565s  + 1.235s  15
 19.  Nathanael Berthon    Trident             1m26.732s  + 1.402s  15
 20.  Ma Qing Hua          Caterham            1m26.990s  + 1.660s  11
 21.  Pal Varhaug          Hilmer              1m27.926s  + 2.596s  17
 22.  Sergio Canamasas     Caterham            1m31.642s  + 6.312s  5
 23.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs  MP                  –                    1
 24.  Stefano Coletti      Rapax               –                    1
 
Afternoon times:
 
Pos  Driver               Team                Time       Gap       Laps
  1.  Tom Dillmann         Hilmer              1m25.059             23
  2.  Fabio Leimer         Racing Engineering  1m25.248  + 0.189s   27
  3.  Felipe Nasr          Carlin              1m25.262  + 0.203s   34
  4.  James Calado         ART                 1m25.403  + 0.344s   31
  5.  Rene Binder          Lazarus             1m25.405  + 0.346s   16
  6.  Marcus Ericsson      DAMS                1m25.480  + 0.421s   33
  7.  Daniel de Jong       MP                  1m25.506  + 0.447s   30
  8.  Stephane Richelmi    DAMS                1m25.585  + 0.526s   28
  9.  Robin Frijns         Trident             1m25.602  + 0.543s   24
 10.  Johnny Cecotto       Arden               1m25.656  + 0.597s   29
 11.  Simon Trummer        Rapax               1m25.718  + 0.659s   40
 12.  Kevin Giovesi        Lazarus             1m25.819  + 0.760s   35
 13.  Daniel Abt           ART                 1m25.933  + 0.874s   34
 14.  Mitch Evans          Arden               1m26.116  + 1.057s   32
 15.  Stefano Coletti      Rapax               1m26.200  + 1.141s   31
 16.  Julian Leal          Racing Engineering  1m26.222  + 1.163s   33
 17.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs  MP                  1m26.405  + 1.346s   39
 18.  Sergio Canamasas     Caterham            1m26.610  + 1.551s   22
 19.  Nathanael Berthon    Trident             1m26.682  + 1.623s   25
 20.  Jolyon Palmer        Carlin              1m27.005  + 1.946s   23
 21.  Pal Varhaug          Hilmer              1m27.595  + 2.536s   22
 22.  Rio Haryanto         Addax               1m27.855  + 2.796s   23
 23.  Ma Qing Hua          Caterham            1m28.002  + 2.943s   31
 24.  Jake Rosenzweig      Addax               1m29.492  + 4.433s   25
 

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/dillmann-fastest-in-first-test-at-jerez

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