2014 NewGP2 Season - Cancelled

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 08 Jul 2014, 08:37

2013 NewF1 season thread and wiki

2014 NewF1 season thread and wiki

2014 NewGP2 season wiki

2014 Silly Season thread

NewGP2 Entries:

Marussia sponsored by Red Bull - roblomas52
Car 26 Driver: Alex Lynn (1 year)
Car 27 Driver (Rounds 1-2): Antonio Felix da Costa - was previously on loan from Red Bull but contract was terminated
Car 27 Driver (Rounds 3-19): Carlos Sainz Jr. (1 year)
Test Driver: Pierre Gasly (1 year)

Scorpion Racing GP2 Team - CaptainGetz
Car 28 Driver: Robin Frijns (1 year)
Car 29 Driver: Felipe Nasr (2 years)
Test Driver: Conor Daly (1 year)
Test Driver: Louis Deletraz (1 year)

Racing Engineering - andrew
Car 30 Driver: Davide Valsecchi - on loan from Lotus
Car 31 Driver: Daniel Abt (1 year)
Test Driver: Patric Niederhauser (1 year)

DAMS - Collieafc
Car 32 Driver: Oliver Turvey - on loan from McLaren
Car 33 Driver: Alexander Sims (2 years) - Test contract
Test Driver: Emil Bernstorff (1 year)

ART Grand Prix - mrfakeboullier
Car 34 Driver: Fabio Leimer (1 year)
Car 35 Driver: Sam Bird (1 year)
Test Driver: Dino Zamparelli (1 year)
Test Driver: Tio Ellinas (1 year)

Hilmer Motorsport - Miguel98
Car 36 Driver: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (1 year)
Car 37 Driver (Rounds 1, 5-19): Kimiya Sato (2 years)
Car 37 Driver (Rounds 2-3): Ricardo Teixeira
Car 37 Driver (Round 4): Sage Karam
Test Driver: Sage Karam - on loan at Chip Ganassi (USSC)
Test Driver: Ricardo Teixeira - on loan at Team Lazarus

Rapax - RonDenisDeletraz
Car 38 Driver (Rounds 1-2, 4-19): Tom Dillmann (1 year)
Car 38 Driver (Round 3): Antonio Felix da Costa - on loan from Red Bull
Car 39 Driver (Rounds 1-19): Sergio Canamasas (1 year)
Test Driver: Robert Visoiu (2 years)
Test Driver: Beitske Visser (2 years) - on loan at AVF (FR3.5)

Arden International - Bleu
Car 40 Driver: Stoffel Vandoorne (2 years)
Car 41 Driver: Rio Haryanto (1 year)
Test Driver: Dean Stoneman (1 year)
Test Driver: Aaro Vainio (1 year)
Test Driver: Matias Laine (1 year)

EQ8 Pic Life Racing Engines - Normal32
Car 42 Driver (Rounds 1-2): Matthew Brabham (2 years) will also drive in Round 17 at expense of lower driver in DC
Car 42 Driver (Rounds 3-19): Andre Lotterer (1 year)
Car 43 Driver (Round 1): Facu Regalia (1 year)
Car 43 Driver: (Round 2-19): Matias Rossi (1 year)
Test Driver: Katherine Legge (2 years) will drive in Round 9 at expense of lower driver in DC
Test Driver: Matias Rossi (1 year)
Test Driver: Violeta Pernice (1 year)

MP Motorsport - RedEyes504
Car 44 Driver (Rounds 1-2, 4-19): Mitch Evans (1 year)
Car 44 Driver (Round 3): Pal Varhaug (1 year)
Car 45 Driver: Kevin Korjus (1 year)
Test Driver: Daniel Cammish (1 year)
Test Driver: Pal Varhaug (1 year)

Trident Racing - Samster
Car 46 Driver: Davide Rigon - on loan from Ferrari
Car 47 Driver: Johnny Cecotto, Jr
Test Driver: Kevin Ceccon

Team Lazarus - Wizzie
Car 48 Driver (Round 1): Sergio Campana
Car 48 Driver (Rounds 2-5): Antonio Spavone
Car 48 Driver (Rounds 6-19): Giuseppe Cipriani
Car 49 Driver (Rounds 1-2): Kevin Giovesi
Car 49 Driver (Rounds 3-4): Francesco Dracone
Car 49 Driver (Rounds 5-13): Giacomo Ricci
Car 49 Driver (Rounds 14-19): Ricardo Teixeira - on loan from Hilmer Motorsport

Waiting list:
Empty!

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 08 Jul 2014, 08:40

Please keep all driver negotiation, chassis plans etc. to the silly season thread.

Testing:
Teams must submit details for the Jerez test.

Teams will bring two cars to the test, and can run both cars for a maximum of 100 laps each.

Multiple drivers can be run in the same car, but changing drivers takes 5 laps.

Please post your plans, including who is driving which cars at what times, and what type of runs you would like to do.

If your driver is a loan driver he MAY drive for both a NewF1 team and NewGP2 team as the test days are on different days.

Any questions?

EDIT: Oh and Wizzie, seeing as I know you'll ask, I've run an RNG and ranked your drivers in order of who is willing to pay the most for the opportunity to test for Lazarus

1. Ricardo Teixeira (if not required for Hilmer...EDIT: Which he is so he's not available)
2. Sergio Campana
3. Giuseppe Cipriani
4. Francesco Dracone
5. Giacomo Ricci
6. Antonio Spavone
7. Kevin Giovesi

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 08 Jul 2014, 10:23

Lap amounts as following:

Car 40: Stoneman 10 (installation) / Vandoorne 85 (15 basic setup work, 5+5+5 qualifying simulation, 40 race simulation, 15 practice starts)
Car 41: Laine 10 (installation) / Haryanto 70 (15 basic setup work, 5+5+5 qualifying sinulation, 40 race simulation) / Vainio 10 (fuel consumption tests)

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Jul 2014, 11:51

Lelzarus Testing Plans

Car 48
Guiseppi Cipriani - 40 laps race simulations, 10 laps qualifying simulations
Antonio Spavone - 25 laps race simulations
Sergio Campana - 10 laps race simulations, 5 laps qualifying simulations

Car 49
Giacomo Ricci - 35 laps race simulations, 5 laps qualifying simulations
Kevin Giovesi - 15 laps race simulations, 5 laps qualifying simulations
Francesco Dracone - 15 laps race simulations, 5 laps qualifying simulations
Antonio Spavone - 5 laps qualifying simulations

EDIT: I saw the paydriver list just after I posted this, so this may be subject to change depending on whether we want to give laps proportional to the amount of races they'll do or whether we just need the monies

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 08 Jul 2014, 11:56

DAMS test plan as follows

Car 32: Turvey - 5 on getting used to the car, 5 on driver improvements, 10 for new parts\setup\car improvements, 15 on Quali simulation, 65 on Race simulation
Car 33: Sims - 5 on getting used to the car, 15 on driver improvements , 40 on race simulation
Car 33: Bernstorff - 5 on getting used to the car, 15 on driver improvements, 15 on new parts\setup\car improvements

If Bernstorff is unavailable to test:
Car 33: Sims - 5 on getting used to the car, 20 on driver improvements , 10 for new parts\setup\car improvements, 65 on Race simulation

Post by **Miguel98** » 08 Jul 2014, 12:01

Hilmer Motorsport

Car 36
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs - 50 Laps, 40 of which Race Simulation, with 10 Qualifying Simulation
Ricardo Teixeira - 30 Laps, 15 Race Simulation, 15 Qualifying Simulation

Car 37
Kimiya Sato - 45 Laps, 40 Race Simulation, 5 Qualifying Simulation
Sage Karam - 25 Laps, 20 Race Simulation, 5 Qualifying Simulation

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 08 Jul 2014, 14:42

Car 42:Matthew Brabham
Laps:45(5 on qualiying sim(3 on low fuel run,2 on high fuel run),20 on race sim(10 on high fuel run,10 on low fuel run),10 on driver improvements and 10 on car improvements)

Car 42:Katherine Legge
Laps:45(5 on qualiying sim(the same fuel runs as Brabham),15 on race sim(7 on high fuel run,8 on low fuel run),15 on driver improvements and 10 on car improvements)

Car 43:Facundo Regalia
Laps:45(10 on qualiying sim(5 on low fuel run,5 on high fuel run),15 on race sim(same as Legge),10 on driver improvements and 10 on car improvements)

Car 43:Matias Rossi
Laps:45(5 on qualiying sim(same as Brabham),15 on race sim(same as Legge),10 on driver improvements and 15 on car improvements)

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 08 Jul 2014, 15:08

What type of runs are available

Post by **Ataxia** » 08 Jul 2014, 15:13

Car #38
Tom Dillmann: 65 laps - 5 installation laps, 15 qualifying simulation laps, 30 race simulation laps, 15 laps to test different setups
Beitske Visser: 30 laps - 5 installation laps, 5 qualifying simulation laps, 20 race simulation laps

Car #39
Sergio Canamasas: 65 laps - 5 installation laps, 15 qualifying simulation laps, 30 race simulation laps, 15 laps to test setups
Robert Visoiu - 5 installation laps, 5 qualifying simulation laps, 20 race simulation laps

I hope that's all cool.

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 08 Jul 2014, 17:28

MP Motersport

Car 44

Mitch Evans: 60 laps (45 race simulation)(15 Qualifying Simulation)
Dan Cammish: 35 laps (30 race simulation)(5 Qualifying Simulation)

Car 45

Kevin Korjus: 60 laps (45 race simulation)(15 Qualifying Simulation)
Pal Varhaug: 35 laps (30 race simulation)(5 Qualifying Simulation)

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 08 Jul 2014, 20:51

Normal32 wrote:Car 42:Matthew Brabham
Laps:50(10 on qualiying sim,20 on race sim,10 on driver improvements and 10 on car improvements)

Car 42:Katherine Legge
Laps:50(10 on qualiying sim,15 on race sim,15 on driver improvements and 10 on car improvements)

Car 43:Facundo Regalia
Laps:50(15 on qualiying sim,15 on race sim,10 on driver improvements and 10 on car improvements)

Car 43:Matias Rossi
Laps:50(10 on qualiying sim,15 on race sim,10 on driver improvements and 15 on car improvements)

Hey mate, you'll need to shorten both cars by 5 laps. Yes you get 100 laps each car but as you have a driver change that 'costs' you 5 laps of running.

andrew wrote:What type of runs are available

Whatever you can think of...high fuel long runs, low fuel long runs, high fuel short runs, low fuel short runs, the possibilities are endless.

mrfakeboullier · Post by **mrfakeboullier** » 09 Jul 2014, 05:53

ART plans:
Bird 50 laps (5 systems check, 40 race run and 5 quali simulation) then Elinas 45 (same plan just minus the systems check)
Leimer 25 laps (race run) then Zampirelli 45 laps (5 laps quali, 30 laps race run and 15 laps fuel burn) then Leimer 15 laps (5 laps quali run, 10 laps fuel burn)

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 09 Jul 2014, 07:13

Racing engenerring plans:
Car 30 Valsecchi,5 laps system check, 15 lap qualyfying simulation. 25 lap race simulation. Patrick niedahouser, 10 laps getting used to the car, 20 lap upgrade testing, 20 laps qualfying simulation.

Danny Abt. 4 20 lap race simulations. 4 5 lap qualfying simulation.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 09 Jul 2014, 09:11

Marussia sponsored by red bull plans for testing

Car 26
Alex Lynn, 3 laps systems check, 20 laps race stint, 3 laps qualifying stint on low fuel, 21 laps race stint, 3 laps qualifying stint on low fuel.

Pierre Gasly, 5 laps getting used to the car, 15 laps upgrade testing, 30 lap race run on full tank.

Car 27
Antonio Felix Da Costa, 3 laps systems check, 20 laps race stint, 3 laps qualifying stint on low fuel, 15 laps upgrade testing, 9 laps set up testing.

Carlos Sainz Jr, 5 laps getting used to the car, 15 laps upgrade testing, 20 laps setup testing, 10 lap qualifying stint

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 09 Jul 2014, 20:01

Scorpion's Jerez Test Schedule. Race simulations are done at high fuel, qualifying simulations at low fuel.

CAR #28:
Robin Frijns: 75 laps (15 laps car testing/improvements, 15 laps quali simulation in three 5-lap bursts, 15 laps driver improvements, 30 laps race simulation)
Louis Deletraz (change -5 laps): 20 laps (10 laps driver improvements, 10 laps car testing/improvements)

CAR #29:
Felipe Nasr: 70 laps (20 laps driver improvements, 20 laps quali simulation in four 5-lap bursts, 30 laps race simulation)
Conor Daly (change -5 laps): 25 laps (5 laps driver improvements, 20 laps car testing/improvements)

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 10 Jul 2014, 02:46

roblomas52 wrote:Marussia sponsored by red bull plans for testing

Is that Marussia's official full name this year?

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 10 Jul 2014, 07:40

AustralianStig wrote:
roblomas52 wrote:Marussia sponsored by red bull plans for testing

Is that Marussia's official full name this year?

Yeah mate.

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 10 Jul 2014, 12:11

roblomas52 wrote:
AustralianStig wrote:
roblomas52 wrote:Marussia sponsored by red bull plans for testing

Is that Marussia's official full name this year?

Yeah mate.

Done and updated on the wiki.

As soon as I have Trident's plans (including chassis development) I'll start running the test, so everyone else please finalise your plans before then.

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 11 Jul 2014, 23:04

OK, time to post a deadline. 24 hours until the test starts, with or without Trident.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 12 Jul 2014, 18:38

Trident will go with very radical chassis.

We would also like to invite Giovanni Venturini to the test.

Testing Plans.

Car 46
Davide Rigon - 30 laps race simulation, 30 laps qualifying simulation
Kevin Ceccon - 20 laps race simulation, 15 laps qualifying simulation

Car 47
Johnny Cecotto Jr. - 30 laps race simulation, 30 laps qualifying simulation
Giovanni Venturini - 20 laps race simulation, 15 laps qualifying simulation

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 20 Jul 2014, 11:17

MP Motorsport surprise with Varhaug quickest
Only one car could manage a 1:21 today, and it was the #45 of MP Motorsport with not only full timer Kevin Korjus, but also the test driver of Pal Varhaug who set a brilliant fastest lap of 1:21.821. With track conditions a little slower than the F1 test yesterday, cars were separated by mere hundredths and in some cases thousandths of a second. NewGP2 is promising to be a very tight brand of racing. 3rd place went to Oliver Turvey's DAMS, surprisingly set on a longer run but the team seemed to struggle to bring out the qualifying pace during short runs. Alex Sims overcame a spin and stall on just his second lap to take 4th.

MP Motorsport despite setting the pace in the #45 had trouble with the #44, with Mitch Evans only managing 30 laps before the Mercedes engine expired. As mentioned before DAMS recovered well from Sims' spin on his second lap to bring the 3rd and 4th fastest times. Marussia had a decent day with Sainz right up there, but will be disappointed to not be leading the charge with their F1 experience. Decent day for Scorpion, but once more they seem resigned to a season trailing Marussia. Can they turn it around? Many would have been questioning what Deletraz was doing, though, as he only lasted 6 laps before hitting the wall and ending his day early. Haryanto had a decent performance for Arden, and the highly rated Vandoorne was unable to keep pace with his teammate. Life were the surprise package going into the test day, and at first Brabham and Regalia were setting the early pace. It was Katherine Legge though who took the honours for the team, impressing as she flies the flag for the women of motorsport, but the team also had a reliability issue when when Matias Rossi was at the wheel and suffered with an alternator fault, but with a total of 166 laps of running for the new engine manufacturer their day was an overall success.

Prior to today Racing Engineering were touted as being a strong contender for the championship, but never really got going today, especially with Valsecchi being well outpaced by reserve driver Patric Niederhauser, however Daniel Abt completed a full 100 laps of running and the team were at least consistent. Cash-strapped Lazarus look like they have at least produced a strong chassis, especially at the hands of Giacomo Ricci, and may be a dark horse this year. Hilmer were a little underwhelming, especially when Sage Karam binned his car after just 9 laps, and then Teixeira suffered a suspension failure late in the day. Both Rigon and Cecotto did decent jobs for Trident, but didn't quite have the raw pace of the other teams. Canamasas seemed to struggle to come to terms with the Rapax, although Visoiu impressed and outpaced not only Sergio but Tom Dillmann. However the team that seemed to struggle and were virtually anonymous all day were ART Grand Prix, nearly a full second off the fastest time and Sam Bird following a great season for Marussia in F1 for 2013 will be concerned that he may have chosen another team destined for relegation.

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Driver                 Car Team            Laps   Best Lap   Diff.   Ave. Lap

Pal Varhaug            45  MP Motorsport   35     1:21.821           1:23.114
Kevin Korjus           45  MP Motorsport   60     1:21.939   +0.118  1:23.451
Oliver Turvey          32  DAMS            75     1:22.059   +0.238  1:23.980
Alexander Sims         33  DAMS            22     1:22.204   +0.383  1:23.497
Carlos Sainz           27  Marussia        45     1:22.215   +0.394  1:24.077
Felipe Nasr            29  Scorpion        70     1:22.223   +0.402  1:23.634
Rio Haryanto           41  Arden           70     1:22.237   +0.416  1:23.864
Katherine Legge        42  Life            45     1:22.260   +0.439  1:23.464
Matthew Brabham        42  Life            45     1:22.266   +0.445  1:23.619
Giacomo Ricci          49  Lazarus         40     1:22.292   +0.471  1:23.351
Facu Regalia           43  Life            45     1:22.301   +0.481  1:23.416

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Daniel Abt             31  R. Engineering  100    1:22.314   +0.493  1:23.375
Patric Niederhauser    30  R. Engineering  50     1:22.332   +0.511  1:23.892
Matias Rossi           43  Life            31     1:22.332   +0.511  1:23.369
Robin Frijns           28  Scorpion        75     1:22.336   +0.515  1:23.887
Kevin Giovesi          49  Lazarus         20     1:22.378   +0.557  1:22.996
Stoffel Vandoorne      40  Arden           85     1:22.387   +0.566  1:24.289
Giuseppe Cipriani      48  Lazarus         50     1:22.389   +0.568  1:23.458
Ricardo Teixeira       36  Hilmer          29     1:22.394   +0.573  1:23.212
Emil Bernstorff        33  DAMS            35     1:22.402   +0.581  1:23.833
Alex Lynn              26  Marussia        50     1:22.415   +0.595  1:23.326
Antonio Spavone        49  Lazarus         5      1:22.423   +0.602  1:22.870
Sergio Campana         48  Lazarus         15     1:22.437   +0.616  1:22.830
Davide Rigon           46  Trident         60     1:22.443   +0.623  1:23.717

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Johnny Cecotto         47  Trident         60     1:22.459   +0.638  1:24.098
Antonio Felix da Costa 27  Marussia        50     1:22.459   +0.638  1:23.924
Robert Visoiu          39  Rapax           30     1:22.462   +0.641  1:23.465
Tom Dillmann           38  Rapax           65     1:22.468   +0.647  1:23.673
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs    36  Hilmer          50     1:22.507   +0.686  1:23.753
Kevin Ceccon           46  Trident         35     1:22.535   +0.714  1:23.647
Sergio Canamasas       39  Rapax           65     1:22.560   +0.739  1:23.711
Antonio Spavone        48  Lazarus         25     1:22.577   +0.756  1:23.250
Francesco Dracone      49  Lazarus         20     1:22.585   +0.765  1:23.047
Davide Valsecchi       30  R. Engineering  45     1:22.627   +0.806  1:23.672
Kimiya Sato            37  Hilmer          45     1:22.647   +0.826  1:23.802
Beitske Visser         38  Rapax           30     1:22.706   +0.885  1:23.458
Sam Bird               34  ART Grand Prix  50     1:22.714   +0.893  1:24.398

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Giovanni Venturini     47  Trident         35     1:22:755   +0.934  1:23.762
Dino Zamparelli        35  ART Grand Prix  50     1:22.760   +0.939  1:24.770
Tio Elinas             34  ART Grand Prix  45     1:22.911   +1.090  1:24.471
Fabio Leimer           35  ART Grand Prix  40     1:23.145   +1.324  1:25.146
Sage Karam             37  Hilmer          9      1:23.186   +1.366  1:23.687
Mitch Evans            44  MP Motorsport   30     1:23.320   +1.499  1:24.124
Conor Daly             29  Scorpion        25     1:23.448   +1.627  1:24.080
Dean Stoneman          40  Arden           10     1:23.482   +1.662  1:24.275
Matias Laine           41  Arden           10     1:23.611   +1.790  1:24.468
Louis Deletraz         28  Scorpion        6      1:23.684   +1.863  1:24.248
Pierre Gasly           26  Marussia        45     1:23.791   +1.970  1:25.054
Aaro Vainio            41  Arden           10     1:25.033   +3.212  1:25.844
Daniel Cammish         44  MP Motorsport   0      No time

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We're back at Jerez for what promises to be a fascinating test day, as we see the 2014 NewGP2 cars in the flesh for the first time! Thanks to the regulation changes the teams have all had to build their own chassis, negotiate engine deals and put together a team capable of taking on an F1 grid, should they be successful enough to be promoted to F1. Teams are keen to test out their talent prospects, with as many as 50 drivers set to take to the track in the 24 vehicles that the 12 teams have brought. Keep an eye on Trident's Davide Rigon, he was able to put in 11 laps for Ferrari yesterday in the F1 test so should be looking to get some strong times in straight away. No one knows what to expect, with Life the most unpredictable team with their own in-house engines this season. Temperatures are a little lower than yesterday and the track looks a little slower, so the gap between the best F1 and best GP2 time will be exaggerated. Let's get down to the track and see what the drivers can do in this new era of open-wheel motorsport!

14:00 Green flag and welcome to NewGP2!

14:05 And the fastest first flying lap goes to Matthew Brabham who is the only person into the 1:22s with a 1:22.820. Life making a strong start here at Jerez!

14:06 Oh and Facu Regalia has just beaten Brabham's time by a fraction with a 1:22.802, so the Life cars going quickest now. Alex Sims has spun! Oh and he's stalled the car, he's only managed to complete one lap but will now need to be rescued by the tow truck. That's going to really cut down on the number of laps he can do today and DAMS will not be happy. 

14:08 Regalia now goes even quicker with a 1:22.301. The fastest non-Life time so far is Daniel Abt with a 1:23.584, but it seems like most cars except for the Lifes are on higher fuel runs.

14:10 And Brabham now beats the best lap with a 1:22.266 - looks like the battle between him and Regalia for top honours at Life will continue for the whole day.

14:12 Valsecchi now putting down some decent times for Racing Engineering with a 1:22.860 - can he beat the Life times?

14:16 Now it's Fabio Leimer who spins - he's managed to not stall it though and continues on his way.

14:17 Arden's test drivers Dean Stoneman and Matias Laine return to the pitlane after 10 laps of running.

14:23 Several teams now into the 1:22s, with Marussia, Racing Engineering and Rapax joining Life to drop below 1:23.

14:26 Full-time drivers Rio Haryanto and Stoffel Vandoorne now take to the track for Arden.

14:27 The best non-Life time is currently Sergio Canamasas, who is 3 tenths down on Brabham's best time with a 1:22.560.

14:29 Although now Lynn sets a 1:22.504 for Marussia, who clearly have some pace too...only for Frijns to set a 1:22.431 for Scorpion! That's only two tenths down on the Life times.

14:30 Now Frijns manages a 1:22.336! Only 7 hundredths slower than Brabham's best effort!

14:31 So with half an hour gone the top 10 drivers so far are: Brabham (Life), Regalia (Life), Frijns (Scorpion), Lynn (Marussia), Dillmann (Rapax), Abt (Racing Engineering), Canamasas (Rapax), Valsecchi (Racing Engineering), da Costa (Marussia) and Cecotto (Trident).

14:36 Decent lap from Turvey in the DAMS now with a 1:22.376. Meanwhile Leimer's just spun again, but continues on his way - his second spin in the space of 20 minutes! 

14:39 And Leimer now brings the ART into the pits - that was a difficult first session for the defending GP2 champion with a best time of 1:23.145.

14:48 Dino Zamparelli now leaves the pitlane in Leimer's ART. Problem for Mitch Evans! His MP Motorsport has a problem and the engine seems to have expired! That could be a big repair job for the mechanics and his day might be over after just 30 laps. 

14:50 Rigon's just set a team best for Trident with a 1:22.443. Plenty of teams doing similar times - from the indications from this test day it's going to be a tight grid this season.

14:52 Small mistake for Alex Lynn in the Marussia as he hits a kerb harder than he meant to and damages his front wing.

14:53 Haryanto sets the fastest time! He puts in a 1:22.237 for Arden, just 0.03 faster than Brabham's time for Life but Arden are now quickest!

14:58 Scorpion now fastest! Felipe Nasr sets a 1:22.223 to beat Haryanto's best time, it's game on for the fastest time!

15:00 Sims is now back on track for DAMS, he'll be hoping this stint lasts longer than his first one! So after one hour all teams have managed to dip into the 1:22s - you get the feeling that if anyone can break into the 21s it may be unbeatable today.

15:01 Giacomo Ricci finishes a 40 lap stint for Lazarus and returns to the pits - Kevin Giovesi is curretly getting ready to take over.

15:08 Brabham and Regalia now bring back the Lifes after a successful first stint, although they'll be disappointed to not be holding the fastest lap so far. What can Katherine Legge and Matias Rossi do? Valsecchi also pits for Racing Engineering, as does Sato for Hilmer.

15:09 Giovesi now leaves the pits in the Lazarus #49. 

15:13 Turvey's had some sort of brake failure but has managed to keep it under control, but he's coming into the pits so the DAMS lads can take a look.

15:15 Korjus now goes fastest! MP Motorsport with the quickest time so far of 1:22.175!

15:16 Lots of driver changes now, Lynn and da Costa finish for Marussia, Niederhauser starts a stint for Racing Engineering, Bird stops for ART, Quaife-Hobbs ends his stint for Hilmer, with Karam taking to the track in the other Hilmer, Legge and Rossi start their first runs for Life and Cipriani pits for Lazarus. 

15:19 Wow Katherine Legge is really making a great early impression - she's just equalled the best Life time so far with a 1:22.266! Oh but Korjus has done it! He's broken into the 21s with a 1:21.987! Brilliant lap from Kevin Korjus and MP Motorsport are looking very strong!

15:22 And Korjus goes even quicker with a 1:21.939! He's proved that wasn't a fluke!

15:23 Quite a few drivers now emerging, with Gasly, Sainz, Elinas, Teixeira and Spavone leaving the pits. 

15:29 Sage Karam has binned his Hilmer! He's spun into the gravel and is stuck - that's going to need a tow truck and will severely impact his running time today.

15:30 A few drivers ending their runs now, with Sims, Korjus, Rigon and Cecotto stopping what is likely to be their final runs for today. Can anyone beat the time set by Kevin Korjus?

15:33 At about the 2/3 point the order of team pace is as follows: MP Motorsport (Korjus), DAMS (Sims), Scorpion (Nasr), Arden (Haryanto), Life (Legge), Lazarus (Ricci), Marussia (Lynn), Trident (Rigon), Rapax (Dillmann), Racing Engineering (Abt), Hilmer (Quaife-Hobbs) and ART Grand Pix (Bird).

15:38 Some more driver changes happening - Bernstorff takes to the track for DAMS, as do Varhaug for MP Motorsport, Ceccon and Venturini for Trident. Ending their stints are Dillmann and Canamasas for Rapax, plus Giovesi for Lazarus.

15:43 Visser and Visoiu emerge for Rapax, as does Dracone for Lazarus. Nasr has just finished his run and Conor Daly is getting ready to go out for Scorpion.

15:46 With about 45 minutes remaining the drivers who have done the most laps today are Abt and Frijns with 72, Nasr with 70 and both Dillmann and Canamasas with 65. The GP2 teams are sharing the laps around much more than the F1 teams were yesterday.

15:51 Turvey now returns to the track following his earlier brake failure - good job from the DAMS team to get the car back up and running to get as many laps as they can today. The man with the most laps so far, Robin Frijns has just ended his stint so Louis Deletraz can take to the track.

15:54 The track seems to be slowing up just a little - it looks unlikely that Korjus' time will be beaten.

15:59 Zamparelli ends his run and it looks like Leimer is going to return to the car for one final stint - will he have any spins this time? 

16:01 Problems for Life! Matias Rossi has stopped down an escape road and his car seems to have expired. The team are not sure what the issue is at this stage but suspect an alternator issue. That's a shame for Rossi but he still managed to get 31 laps in today with a best time of 1:22.332.

16:05 And we have another team with a mechanical issue! Teixeira has had what looks like a suspension failure and his Hilmer is stricken in a sandtrap!

16:08 Deletraz has hit the wall! His test has only lasted 6 laps and he's run his Scorpion into the wall. Luckily it looks like he's okay but the youngster won't be impressing many people with that accident.

16:09 Despite the track seeming to be slowing up Daniel Abt has just managed the best Racing Engineering time so far with a 1:22.314.

16:14 Just over 15 minutes left of the test day and Vainio emerging from the pits for Arden everyone has had a drive so far except for Dan Cammish, who is unlikely to get a drive due to MP Motorsport's engine issue.

16:15 Varhaug has just become the 2nd fastest driver with a brilliant 1:22.031! That's less than a tenth slower than Korjus's best time, which of course was set in the same car. Perhaps there's still time for his time to be beaten? We thought the track was slowing down but there may be a chance for someone to nab the quickest time!

16:18 Pal Varhaug is into the 1:21s! But he's just missed out on the quickest time with a 1:21.968, three hundredths slower than Korjus! That #45 MP Motorsport car is looking super-quick!

16:19 Turvey's putting on a late charge for a 1:21 despite being on a longer run, he's just posted a 1:22.059! DAMS seem to have a quick car too but perhaps haven't been able to unlock the pace during their quali simulations.

16:20 Varhaug has done it! He's just beaten Korjus's best time with an incredible 1:21.821! What a day the young Norwegian tester is having and he's making his cause known for a full-time drive!

16:30 And that's the end of testing for this year at Jerez! Test driver Pal Varhaug has put in a stellar effort to take the fastest lap time ahead of full-timer Kevin Korjus, both times being set in the same car. We'll see you at Catalunya for the second and final test session before the NewF1 and NewGP2 teams descend on Melbourne for the first round proper of 2014!

Please now post your plans for Catalunya. You have a bit of time to do this as I now will run the Catalunya NewF1 test, but if I don't get anything back I will run the same test strategy as the Jerez test. - Wizzie your drivers are offering the same amount of money for this test as the last.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 20 Jul 2014, 11:47

Well, it seems that the Lelzarus Kekwagon might actually be half-decent this year. Therefore, we'll keep the same testing plan as Jerez at this point

Post by **Miguel98** » 20 Jul 2014, 11:51

Since the Hilmer drivers decided to enconter troubles, we will keep the same testing plan for Catalunya.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 20 Jul 2014, 12:16

We will keep the same plans.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 20 Jul 2014, 14:00

Ernesto Vita wrote:Excelentisimo! This will probably di year for us!

The same plans carried over.

EDIT:Instead of using Matias,if possible,I will invite Violeta Pernice to test.

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 20 Jul 2014, 14:00

Great result for MP, we will keep the same plans and hope the #44 car can join the #45 at the front

mrfakeboullier · Post by **mrfakeboullier** » 20 Jul 2014, 16:05

Oh Bathplug. Car 1: Leimer 80 laps (70 laps race run, 10 laps quali run), Zampirelli 15 laps (10 laps race run, 5 laps run dry test)
Same plan for car 2 but with Bird and Elinas

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 20 Jul 2014, 18:31

For Catalunya, Scorpion will use this schedule:

CAR #28:
Robin Frijns: 100 laps (15 laps car testing/improvements, 20 laps driver improvements, 15 laps quali simulation in three 5-lap bursts, , 50 laps race simulation)

CAR #29:
Felipe Nasr: 70 laps (15 laps driver improvements, 15 laps quali simulation in four 5-lap bursts, 40 laps race simulation)
Conor Daly (change -5 laps): 25 laps (25 laps car testing/improvements)

Post by **Ataxia** » 20 Jul 2014, 18:33

Rapax will do the same test plan thing again.

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 20 Jul 2014, 19:49

DAMS test plan for the 2nd test:

Car 32: Turvey - 5 on driver improvements, 10 for new parts\setup\car improvements, 20 on Quali simulation, 65 on Race simulation
Car 33: Sims - 5 on Quali simulation, 15 on driver improvements , 40 on race simulation
Car 33: Bernstorff - 5 on Quali simulation, 15 on driver improvements, 15 on new parts\setup\car improvements

If Bernstorff is unavailable to test:
Car 33: Sims - 5 on Quali simulationr, 20 on driver improvements , 10 for new parts\setup\car improvements, 65 on Race simulation

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 21 Jul 2014, 20:45

Car 40: Vainio 5 (installation) / Vandoorne 75 (15 basic setup improvement, 5+5 qualifying simulation, 35 race simulation, 10 suspension setup, 5 pit stops plus practice starts) / Stoneman 10 (dirty air tests)
Car 41: Haryanto 85 (5 installation, 15 basic setup improvement, 5+5 qualifying simulation, 35 race simulation, 10 wing setup, 10 pit stops plus practice starts) / Laine 10 (defensive driving tests)

Basically the last one by test drivers is to put drivers to the track as close to other driver as possible. Laine driving ahead and Stoneman behind.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 22 Jul 2014, 16:56

Same plan for Trident.

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 04 Aug 2014, 09:39

Apologies for the delay on this - real life got in the way!

Terrific Trident Top Test
Trident today sent a strong warning to the rest of the NewGP2 teams as they surprisingly shot to the top of the timesheets with not one but all four drivers that ran for the team. Their best time, set by Davide Rigon, would have been quick enough to beat the F1 Caterham team yesterday, although experts believed that the track was a little quicker today thanks to the rubber laid down by the F1 teams yesterday. Johnny Cecotto, Kevin Ceccon and guest tester Giovanni Venturini all extracted enough out of the Trident to set them well ahead of the rest.

Down the field it was MP Motorsports who again looked quick, with Kevin Korjus best of the rest. Racing Engineering were also fast, although Davide Valsecchi lost half a day of running with a suspension failure. Turvey outdrove the DAMS, with Sims and Bernstorff struggling to make the car work and falling well down the order. Arden also looked decent, with Vandoorne fastest for them despite losing his front wing late in the day and losing some time as a result.

Lazarus had a consistent day, with most of their drivers producing middle of the road times. Life will have been a bit disappointed with no times that really set the world alight, Rapax's best time was set by Beitske Visser, but it was another day towards the rear for the Italian team. Marussia's dreams of bouncing back to F1 took another blow today, as they struggled again to match the other teams and they are in damage control now. So too Scorpion, who not only were slow but also had their running cut thanks to a suspension failure on the #29 while it was being driven by Conor Daly. ART Grand Prix made some gains but still look like they may be propping up the field this season, with Sam Bird's time nearly 1.5 seconds slower than the best time of the day, and finally Hilmer were anonymous all day and will be hoping for much better come the start of the season proper.

Next we head to Melbourne, for the season opener and the first time we have seen the NewGP2 cars on track in anger!

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Driver                 Car Team            Laps   Best Lap   Diff.   Ave. Lap

Davide Rigon           46  Trident         60     1:25.814           1:27.146
Johnny Cecotto         47  Trident         60     1:25.838   +0.024  1:27.270
Kevin Ceccon           46  Trident         35     1:25.943   +0.129  1:27.206
Giovanni Venturini     47  Trident         35     1:26.081   +0.267  1:27.040
Kevin Korjus           45  MP Motorsport   60     1:26.437   +0.623  1:28.149
Daniel Abt             31  R. Engineering  100    1:26.468   +0.654  1:27.599
Mitch Evans            44  MP Motorsport   60     1:26.510   +0.696  1:28.188
Davide Valsecchi       44  R. Engineering  43     1:26.537   +0.722  1:27.760
Pal Varhaug            30  MP Motorsport   35     1:26.660   +0.845  1:27.794
Oliver Turvey          45  DAMS            70     1:26.695   +0.880  1:29.186
Stoffel Vandoorne      32  Arden           69     1:26.725   +0.911  1:28.636

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Rio Haryanto           41  Arden           85     1:26.733   +0.919  1:28.762
Antonio Spavone        49  Lazarus         5      1:26.734   +0.920  1:27.132
Giacomo Ricci          49  Lazarus         40     1:26.738   +0.924  1:27.932
Giuseppe Cipriani      48  Lazarus         50     1:26.753   +0.938  1:28.111
Kevin Giovesi          49  Lazarus         20     1:26.811   +0.997  1:27.560
Francesco Dracone      49  Lazarus         20     1:26.833   +1.019  1:27.681
Daniel Cammish         44  MP Motorsport   35     1:26.905   +1.091  1:28.142
Matthew Brabham        42  Life            45     1:26.930   +1.115  1:28.195
Facu Regalia           43  Life            45     1:26.948   +1.134  1:28.089
Katherine Legge        42  Life            45     1:26.967   +1.153  1:28.173
Violeta Pernice        43  Life            15     1:26.996   +1.182  1:28.105
Sergio Campana         48  Lazarus         15     1:27.003   +1.189  1:27.460
Alexander Sims         33  DAMS            60     1:27.028   +1.214  1:28.854

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Beitske Visser         38  Rapax           30     1:27.072   +1.258  1:28.338
Carlos Sainz           27  Marussia        45     1:27.082   +1.267  1:28.666
Tom Dillmann           38  Rapax           65     1:27.099   +1.285  1:28.373
Sergio Canamasas       39  Rapax           65     1:27.112   +1.298  1:28.427
Sam Bird               34  ART Grand Prix  80     1:27.144   +1.330  1:29.490
Alex Lynn              26  Marussia        50     1:27.189   +1.375  1:28.220
Robert Visoiu          39  Rapax           30     1:27.240   +1.425  1:28.191
Tio Elinas             34  ART Grand Prix  15     1:27.241   +1.426  1:30.039
Antonio Felix da Costa 27  Marussia        50     1:27.297   +1.483  1:28.724
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs    36  Hilmer          50     1:27.325   +1.510  1:28.783
Emil Bernstorff        33  DAMS            35     1:27.334   +1.520  1:28.699
Kimiya Sato            37  Hilmer          45     1:27.348   +1.533  1:28.745
Sage Karam             37  Hilmer          25     1:27.371   +1.557  1:28.348

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Felipe Nasr            29  Scorpion        70     1:27.375   +1.560  1:28.785
Ricardo Teixeira       36  Hilmer          30     1:27.380   +1.566  1:28.081
Fabio Leimer           35  ART Grand Prix  80     1:27.400   +1.585  1:29.759
Dino Zamparelli        35  ART Grand Prix  15     1:27.413   +1.599  1:30.206
Antonio Spavone        48  Lazarus         16     1:27.513   +1.699  1:28.021
Robin Frijns           28  Scorpion        100    1:27.527   +1.713  1:29.286
Matias Laine           41  Arden           10     1:27.894   +2.079  1:28.793
Dean Stoneman          40  Arden           10     1:28.078   +2.264  1:29.127
Pierre Gasly           26  Marussia        18     1:28.325   +2.510  1:29.060
Conor Daly             29  Scorpion        5      1:28.688   +2.874  1:29.350
Aaro Vainio            40  Arden           5      1:28.727   +2.913  1:29.256
Patric Neiderhauser    30  R. Engineering  0      No time

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We're back at Jerez for what promises to be a fascinating test day, as we see the 2014 NewGP2 cars in the flesh for the first time! Thanks to the regulation changes the teams have all had to build their own chassis, negotiate engine deals and put together a team capable of taking on an F1 grid, should they be successful enough to be promoted to F1. Teams are keen to test out their talent prospects, with as many as 50 drivers set to take to the track in the 24 vehicles that the 12 teams have brought. Keep an eye on Trident's Davide Rigon, he was able to put in 11 laps for Ferrari yesterday in the F1 test so should be looking to get some strong times in straight away. No one knows what to expect, with Life the most unpredictable team with their own in-house engines this season. Temperatures are a little lower than yesterday and the track looks a little slower, so the gap between the best F1 and best GP2 time will be exaggerated. Let's get down to the track and see what the drivers can do in this new era of open-wheel motorsport!

And so we are back at Catalunya for the last session before the season proper! While the drivers and teams have plenty of hard work ahead of them there is a sense of impatience about them, with many just wanting to get onto the track for real. They'll have to wait for that, though, and it will be upon them before they know it...let's get down to the track where we have some glorious conditions, with a track fully rubbered in thanks to the F1 cars testing here yesterday. Can MP Motorsport again streak ahead to take the fastest lap time? Or will we see a new challenger?

14:00 Green flag and away we go!

14:05 And it's Facu Regalia who sets the early pace with a 1:27.714, with the other Life of Matt Brabham fractionally slower. 

14:06 And Davide Rigon sets a brilliant 1:27.625 for Trident! That's an impressive time, considering the team are apparently fueled for a 30 lap run.

14:07 The laptimes continue to tumble, as Brabham now sets a 1:26.930 for Life with Alexander Sims posting a low 1:27 for DAMS.

14:10 Vainio has already brought the #40 Arden back to the pits after a run of just 5 laps - looks like he was just doing a shakedown and now Vandoorne will be taking over shortly.

14:15 So most teams are in the 1:27s already, with only Matthew Brabham dipping into the 1:26s.

14:22 And now Davide Valsecchi sets the quickest lap so far with a 1:26.848! Racing Engineering look to have a decent car today with Abt also going strongly.

14:24 Valsecchi now improves with a 1:26.724 - that's a decent laptime for a GP2 car and quicker than some of the F1 teams managed yesterday, although the track is a little quicker. 

14:29 Valsecchi goes even quicker with a 1:26.537! He's streets ahead of anyone else at the moment. 

14:31 The other Racing Engineering driver Daniel Abt has almost matched Valsecchi now, with a 1:26.618, and Oliver Turvey has also put in a brilliant time of 1:26.695 for DAMS. Oh but Davide Rigon has just beaten everyone! He's posted a 1:26.459 for Trident, great stuff!

14:36 And now Rigon improves to a 1:26.246! That's likely to be out of reach for many teams, so Trident have produced a super-quick car here, and their times are beginning to rival Caterham's F1 times yesterday, albeit on a slightly slower track.

14:41 Rigon is fast turning into a class of his own as he improves all the more with a 1:26.174! 

14:42 Leimer has had a history of spinning during test sessions and today is no exception - he's just binned it at the first corner but has managed to not stall and continues on his way.

14:45 As we reach the 1/3 mark of running the top 10 fastest times so far belong to Rigon (Trident), Cecotto (Trident), Valsecchi (Racing Engineering), Abt (Racing Engineering), Turvey (DAMS), Haryanto (Arden), Brabham (Life), Regalia (Life), Sims (DAMS) and Dillmann (Rapax). Those times range from the 1:26.174  for Rigon to Dillmann's 1:27.099.

14:52 Frijns has now spun his Scorpion but keeps the revs up and drives away. Drivers seem to be pushing hard to try and get anywhere near the Trident times but so far they look unmatchable for the other teams.

14:57 MP Motorsport have been a little quiet so far today, but Korjus has just posted their first sub 1:27 time with a 1:26.716. 

14:58 Cecotto now challenging Rigon! He's just put in a 1:26.192, less than half a tenth slower than his teammate's fastest!

15:01 And Johnny Cecotto has done it! He's beaten Rigon's time with a brilliant 1:26.096! Could we see a 1:25 today? That's starting to rival the midfield F1 times from yesterday!

15:02 Giacomo Ricci brings his Lazarus into the pits after completing 40 laps with a best time of 1:26.738.

15:05 It's a 1:25 for Davide Rigon! He's produced a faultless lap on minimal fuel to give us a time that may be unbeatable with a 1:25.814! To put that into perspective, the best non-Trident time is Davide Valsecchi's 1:26.537 for Racing Engineering.

15:07 Oh no! Valsecchi's had a suspension failure and has had to pull down an escape road. That's in a difficult area to access so the team may be unable to retrieve the car until the end of the session! He's managed to complete 43 laps and at the moment as mentioned a moment ago has the best time aside from the two Trident drivers. Bad news also for Patric Niederhauser, as he was scheduled to take over Valsecchi's car in less than 15 minutes! He may now end up with no laps to his name today instead.

15:10 Kevin Giovesi has just left the pits in the #49 Lazarus, and Kimiya Sato in the #37 Hilmer returns to the pits, as do the Lifes of Brabham and Regalia. 

15:13 Mitch Evans records the best non-Trident time with a 1:26.510.

14:14 Only for teammate Kevin Korjus to beat it with a 1:26.437! 

15:16 Oh and Cecotto's also into the 25s! Not quite quick enough for best time of the day but he's put in a brilliant 1:25.838!

15:17 A few drivers bringing it into the pits now, with Lynn, da Costa, Quaife-Hobbs and Cipirani ending their stints. Taking to the track now are Sage Koaram for Hilmer and Katherine Legge & Violeta Pernice for Life.

15:24 And lots of new drivers emerging from the pits now, with Gasly, Sainz, Teixeira and Spavone all hitting the track.

15:32 More driver changes now, as Sims brings in his DAMS, Evans and Korjus bring in their MP Motorsports, plus the two Trident drivers of Rigon and Cecotto. So far they're the only ones into the 1:25s and it's looking like no one will be able to beat them.

15:34 Pernice has spun! She's had a big moment in the Life and very nearly touched the wall, but managed to get it back under semi-control for a relatively harmless spin.

15:37 We are nearing the 2/3 mark now so can take a look at the pecking order for the teams. The teams, fastest to slowest is as follows, with the driver who set the best time in brackets: Trident (Rigon), MP Motorsports (Korjus), Racing Engineering (Valsecchi), DAMS (Turvey), Arden (Vandoorne), Lazarus (Ricci), Life (Brabham), Rapax (Dillmann), Marussia (Lynn), Hilmer (Quaife-Hobbs), Scorpion (Nasr) and ART Grand Prix (Bird).

15:38 Dillmann and Canamasas end their runs for Rapax, as does Giovesi for Lazarus. Plenty of drivers hit the track for the first time, with Bernstorff, Cammish, Varhaug, Ceccon and Venturini leaving the pits. 

15:39 We've got a Life stuck in the sand trap! It's Violeta Pernice, who really hasn't looked at all comfortable driving the car today. She's not going to be winning any hearts at Life with this sort of driving, and unless she can get the marshalls to tow her out that may well be the end of her test day. 

15:45 Vandoorne's just managed to break his front wing somewhere - he's had to return to the pits to get a new one and should be sent back out shortly.

15:46 And now Turvey's had to pull off the track! He's reporting what sounds like an alternator issue, and that's likely to be the end of his day after 70 laps.

15:47 More issues as Spavone now has his DRS stuck open and has had to end his stint early. The cars seemed to be holding up well with reliability but perhaps the cracks are starting to appear...

15:50 And now it's a problem for Marussia! Pierre Gasly has just stopped off the track and is unable to select any gears! The reliability gremlins are really creeping in now.

16:01 It's Scorpion who are next to fall! Conor Daly's #29 has just had a suspension failure - we've seen a worryingly high number of those in not only GP2 but also F1 testing. That's his day done after just 5 laps.

16:02 Seriously impressive laptime from Giovanni Venturini there - he's just posted a 1:26.081. Of course he's in the Trident, which seems head and shoulders above the rest today, but that's still a great effort to get witin a couple of tenths of Rigon's time.

16:11 With teams having about a dozen laps left today, it's looking less and less likely that Rigon's time will be beaten, and Trident seem to be reigning supreme.

16:15 Arden seem to be running both of their cars nose to tail to test how close running affects aero. Good to see them trying something different as we near the end of the session. Let's hope that Stoneman and Laine don't clash on the track though...

16:19 And now Kevin Ceccon joins the 1:25 club with a 1:25.943! Not good enough for the top 2 times today but still a great time from the Trident test driver!

16:24 Laine is complaining on the radio that he can go faster but Stoneman isn't keeping up. He's being gently reminded by Arden that today isn't about laptimes it's about collecting data.

16:25 Daniel Abt puts in a great laptime of 1:26.468, but doesn't quite overtake Kevin Korjus for the best non-Trident laptime! There's obviously still plenty of pace on the track if anyone can unlock it!

16:30 And that's it! The chequered flag flies and teams will now have just over two weeks to get down to Melbourne for the first race of the season! Can Trident use this result to record the first NewGP2 pole? Or will the established teams from last season of Scorpion and Marussia find their feet and dominate to bounce back from relegation? It's not long until we will find out!

Upgrades:
Teams may now perform any upgrades prior to the first round as per the rules here: http://formularejects.com/wiki/Talk:201 ... ies_season
The joker card is available to any teams that wish to use it, but remember as it's only available once if you use it now you will not be able to use it for the rest of the season.

Any teams that don't post their intentions will have their upgrades delayed until later rounds, so they won't miss out completely just will be at a slight disadvantage in the early rounds.

This is also the time to make any last minute changes to your team line up in time for the Round of Australia, if any are required.

Post by **Miguel98** » 04 Aug 2014, 09:47

Wilmer will want a standard Race Pace upgrade.

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 04 Aug 2014, 10:35

Miguel98 wrote:Wilmer will want a standard Race Pace upgrade.

Don't forget a pit stops upgrade can be done for free at this time (and every other upgrade from now on), if you like.

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 04 Aug 2014, 10:54

A very impressive pre-season for MP

, we would like a radical race pace and radical pit stop upgrades, we will use our wild card. We hope that this will keep us near the top of the leaderboards, and hopefully push us above Trident

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 04 Aug 2014, 15:41

Marussia would like a medium race pace and medium pit stop upgrades.
Also, please may we swap Sainz and Da Costa due to the impressive pre season from the spaniard.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 04 Aug 2014, 17:03

Standard race pace and conservative pit stop upgrades for Arden.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 04 Aug 2014, 17:40

Very radical race pace and pit stops
we will use the joker card
plus i will like to hire Pernice as my last reserve driver

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 04 Aug 2014, 19:20

Standard pit practice and conservative qualifying pace please for DAMS