The first generation of the GP2 Series has ended today at Circuit Paul Ricard, the circuit at which the series took its initial steps with its first development car more than three years ago. Today was the final time that the third and final incarnation of that car will be run in Europe, and the test ended with Andy Zuber coming to within hundredths of a second of setting new lap record.

That honour, however remains with Jose Maria Lopez who set a 1:12.547 on the 3D track formation back in March 2006.
The final two days of the test saw Andy Zuber dominate much of the running for both FMS and Super Nova, with Pastor Maldonado at ART and Minardi Piquet Sports and Luca Filippi at Racing Engineering and Super Nova remaining as the other stand out drivers. Yesterday also saw GP2 Series history made as Simona de Silvestro became the first female driver to take part in a GP2 session.

After three thrilling years the GP2 Series now looks towards January and the beginning of a new era with the launch of the GP2 Asia Series, while in February 26 of the new GP2 / 08 car will run here at Circuit Paul Ricard for the first test of the 2008 season.
 
Day Three          Day Four    
                
  Driver  Team  Time                                               Driver  Team  Time
1  Pastor Maldonado  ART Grand Prix  1:13.094    1  Andreas Zuber  Super Nova Int.  1:12.584
2  Andreas Zuber  FMS International 1:13.153  2  Pastor Maldonado  Minardi Piquet Sports  1:12.819
3  Mike Conway  Minardi Piquet Sports  1:13.203  3  Luca Filippi  Super Nova Int.  1:12.879
4  Luca Filippi  Racing Engineering  1:13.226    4  Romain Grosjean  Racing Engineering  1:12.917
5  Ben Hanley  Minardi Piquet Sports  1:13.236    5  Adrian Zaugg  BCN Competicion  1:12.950
6  Borja Garcia  iSport International  1:13.415    6  Kazuki Nakajima  ART Grand Prix  1:12.959
7  Vitaly Petrov  Campos Grand Prix  1:13.586    7  Yelmer Buurman  ART Grand Prix  1:13.094
8  Karun Chandhok  DPR  1:13.615    8  Adrian Valles  iSport International  1:13.290
9  Marcos Martinez  Racing Engineering  1:13.638    9  Borja Gacria  Minardi Piquet Sports  1:13.323
10  Davide Valsecchi  iSport International  1:13.660    10  Davide Rigon  FMS International  1:13.338
11  Giedo V Der Garde  DAMS  1:13.724    11  Vitaly Petrov  Campos Grand Prix  1:13.411
12  Kamui Kobayashi  DAMS  1:13.759    12  Chris Van der Drift  Trident Racing  1:13.451
13  Christian Bakkerud  Super Nova International  1:13.809    13  Geido  V Der Garde  DAMS  1:13.489
14  Yelmer Buurman  ART Grand Prix  1:13.831    14  Bruno Senna  iSport International  1:13.517
15  Adrian Zaugg  DPR  1:13.852    15  Davide Valsecchi  Durango  1:13.533
16  Dani Clos  BCN Competicion  1:13.980    16  Ben Hanley  DPR  1:13.570
17  Michael Herck  Trident Racing  1:14.149    17  Oliver Jarvis  DPR  1:13.615
18  Chris Van der Drift  Trident Racing  1:14.153    18  Renger V der Zande  Arden International  1:13.735
19  Celso Miguez  Durango  1:14.291    19  Alberto Valerio  Racing Engineering  1:13.742
20  Davide Rigon  FMS International  1:14.477    20  Kamui Kobayashi  DAMS  1:13.811
21  Adam Khan  Arden International  1:14.602    21  Michael Herck  Trident Racing  1:13.887
22  Giacomo Piccini  Durango  1:14.876    22  Ho Pin Tung  Campos Grand Prix  1:13.931
23  Maximo Cortez   Campos Grand Prix  1:14.986    23  Alejandro Nunez  BCN Competicion  1:13.968
24  Steven Jelley  Super Nova International  1:15.007    24  Maro Engel  FMS International  1:13.978
25  Simona De Silvestro  Campos Grand Prix  1:15.049    25  Adam Khan  Arden International  1:14.145
26  Recardo Bruins Choi  Arden International  1:15.170    26  Fabrizio Crestani  Durango  1:15.340
27  Vladimr Arabadzhiev  BCN Competicion  1:15.472    27  Nico Verdonck  DPR  1:15.984
28  German Sancez   Campos Grand Prix  1:16.107    28  Tengyi Jiang   FMS International  1:16.185