Lopez finished this morning's test session as the quickest driver in the
GP2 series. His lap of 1:12.547 has set the new standard for 2006-spec GP2
series cars at the track, beating the former record of 1:12.838 held by
Lewis Hamilton on the 3.853km "3D" track solution.

The Argentine set his lap mid-way through the session at a colder than
expected Circuit Paul Ricard. With temperatures hitting a high of 13
degrees, Lopez's lap was one of four to dip ino the 1:12s this morning. He
was joined in the bracket by ART Grand Prix's Alex Premat, Dams driver
Franck Perera and Nelson Piquet Jr in his Piquet Sports entry.

Franck Perera was the busiest man on track this morning, running a total of
48 laps. Jason Tahinci (FMS International) and Felix Porteiro (Campos
Racing) both completed 47 laps each.

Testing continues this afternoon at 14:00 for the drivers to run the final
three hours in which to set their mark on the GP2 series records before we
leave Circuit Paul Ricard until our mid-season test.

Pos

Driver

Team

Time

Laps

1

LOPEZ

Super Nova International

1:12.547

27

2

PREMAT

ART Grand Prix

1:12.834

39

3

PERERA

DAMS

1:12.838

48

4

PIQUET

Piquet Sports

1:12.986

46

5

LAPIERRE

Arden International

1:13.108

36

6

VISO

iSport International

1:13.146

31

7

AMMERMULLER

Arden International

1:13.148

36

8

HAMILTON

ART Grand Prix

1:13.241

35

9

DI GRASSI

Durango

1:13.409

27

10

PLA

DPR Direxiv

1:13.418

43

11

VALLES

Campos Racing

1:13.428

31

12

FAUZY

Super Nova International

1:13.437

29

13

NEGRAO

Piquet Sports

1:13.462

21

14

ZUBER

Trident Racing

1:13.587

29

15

GLOCK

BCN Competicion

1:13.605

32

16

GOMMENDY

iSport International

1:13.615

26

17

CARROLL

Racing Engineering

1:13.615

33

18

FILIPPI

FMS International

1:13.634

26

19

PORTEIRO

Campos Racing

1:13.678

47

20

PICCIONE

DPR Direxiv

1:13.712

45

21

BRUNI

Trident Racing

1:13.724

24

22

HERNANDEZ

Durango

1:13.752

35

23

YOSHIMOTO

BCN Competicion

1:13.797

17

24

TAHINCI

FMS International

1:14.089

47

25

VILLA

Racing Engineering

1:14.329

24

26

MONFARDINI

DAMS

1:17.278

7