Crestani tops GP2 test

The Auto GP graduate lapped in 1m29.420s in the morning session, and his time stood as the quickest of the day. Max Chilton was fastest for Carlin in the slightly slower afternoon session.

iSport's Jolyon Palmer was Crestani's closest challenger in the morning, 0.2 seconds behind, and ahead of Stephane Richelmi (Trident), Rio Haryanto (Carlin) and Stefano Coletti (Coloni).

Trident's Julian Leal got within 0.015s of Chilton in the afternoon, with Marcus Ericsson third for iSport, and Coletti next up ahead of James Calado (Lotus).

Last week's Jerez pacesetter Davide Valsecchi was sixth and seventh in the two sessions for DAMS.

Valsecchi's team-mate Felipe Nasr caused one of three stoppages when he went into the gravel this afternoon. The morning had ended slightly early when both recent Racing Engineering re-signing Nathanael Berthon and Leal stopped on course, while the afternoon's second red flag came when Fabio Onidi spun his Coloni car.

Lazarus tried Venezuela's Giancarlo Serenelli in its second car today, while Rapax - which has yet to confirm any drivers for 2012 - ran GP2 returnee Ricardo Teixeira and former Formula Renault 3.5 driver Sergio Canamasas.

Jon Lancaster confirmed a deal with Ocean today, and joined the field for the afternoon, when he was 18th.

Arden's Luiz Razia sat out the sessions due to illness.