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GP2: Filippi and De Jong set the pace in Barcelona

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Khatir Soltani
Luca Filippi and Daniel De Jong set the best lap times of the two test sessions held Tuesday at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.

In the morning session, Filippi set his best lap time in 1m29.775, ahead of Daniel De Jong (1m30.115), both drivers running for Team Coloni.

In the afternoon, it was De Jong’s turn to be quickest, with a lap in 1m30.408, which was not fast enough however to beat Filippi's morning time.

Formula 3 Euroseries' new champion Daniel Juncadella had an impressive run in the afternoon, as the Spaniard stood on the top of the timing sheets for most of the session, before ending up with the third best performance.

Amongst the drivers on track in Barcelona, Canadian driver Gianmarco Raimondo made his GP2 debuts with team Racing Engineering. Raimondo, who currently leads the F3 Open International standings, ranked 24th and 19th overall.
Khatir Soltani
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