Bruno Senna and iSport Set Record Pace at Jerez



Newly crowned GP2 Series teams’ champions iSport International picked up where they left off in Valencia at the first post-season test of the 2007 season in Jerez, Spain, by recording th e best lap time on both days. While Adam Carroll set the pace on Thursday, it was Bruno Senna on Friday who set the ultimate fastest lap of the test, a new GP2 Series track record of 1:27.015.

The test was the first opportunity for the teams to try out new drivers for both the GP2 Asia Series, and also for the 2008 GP2 Series. Marco Bonanomi was the fastest of the non-2007 drivers at the test on both days for Minardi Piquet Sports.

Day 1 Overall                               Day 2 Overall

Driver   Team   Time                       Driver Team Time

1 Adam Carroll iSport International 1:28.036 1 Bruno Senna iSport International 1:27.015*

2 Andy Soucek DPR 1:28.059 2 Adam Carroll Minardi Piquet Spts 1:27.169

3 Bruno Senna Campos Grand Prix 1:28.107 3 Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:27.386

4 Mike Conway ART Grand Prix 1:28.120 4 Luca Filippi DPR 1:27.393

5 Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Spts 1:28.188 5 Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:27.419

6 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:28.356 6 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:27.617

7 Sebastien Buemi ART Grand Prix 1:28.409 7 Andreas Zuber Trident Racing 1:27.635

8 Luca Filippi DPR 1:28.421 8 Marco Bonanomi Minardi Piquet Spts 1:27.787

9 Marco Bonanomi Minardi Piquet Spts 1:28.425 9 Giedo V. der Garde Dams 1:27.935

10 Andreas Zuber Trident Racing 1:28.591 10 Borja Garcia BCN Competicion 1:27.954

11 Giedo V. Der Garde Arden International 1:28.718 11 Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:27.982

12 Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:28.782 12 Clivio Piccione FMS International 1:28.139 13 Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Spts 1:28.793 13 Alexandre Negrao ART Grand Prix 1:28.193

14 Clivio Piccione FMS International 1:28.867 14 Ernesto Viso Racing Engineering 1:28.219

15 Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:29.161 15 Alberto Valerio Super Nova Int. 1:28.223

16 Alejandro Nunez BCN Competicion 1:29.248 16 Adrian Zaugg Dams 1:28.342

17 Paolo Nocera Super Nova Int. 1:29.709 17 Mike Conway Arden International 1:28.523

18 Alberto Valerio Super Nova Int. 1:29.735 18 Kamui Kobayashi ART Grand Prix 1:28.542

19 Davide Valsecchi Trident Racing 1:29.902 19 Sebastien Buemi Trident Racing 1:28.692

20 Giacomo Piccini Durango 1:30.039 20 Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:28.941

21 Celso Miguez BCN Competicion 1:30.057 21 Christian Bakkerud Super Nova Int. 1:29.051

22 Carlos Iaconelli Durango 1:30.101 22 Adam Khan Arden International 1:29.205

23 Adam Khan Arden International 1:30.846 23 Celso Miguez BCN Competicion 1:29.358

24 Christian Ebbesvik Racing Engineering 1:31.427 24 Paolo Nocera DPR 1:29.744

25 Patrice Monopoulos Dams 1:31.645 25 Michael Herck FMS International 1:30.242

26 Michael Herck FMS International 1:32.103 26 Fabrizio Crestani Durango 1:30.638

27 Federico Rossi DPR 1:32.921

* New GP2 Series Lap Record

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