10/06/2008
NEWS STORY
It has been a trouble-free day today in Le Castellet where the first half of a two-day test session took place. The session was joined this afternoon by Estonian Marko Asmer, who was making his debut with Fisichella Motor Sport International.
The young Spanish driver, Javier Villa (right), set the fastest laptime this afternoon just ahead of teammate and championship leader Giorgio Pantano. Also quick was Pastor Maldonado – who set the pace this morning – in third, ahead of Luca Filippi. Both iSport International men finished 5th and 6th quickest, Chandhok leading Senna. Grosjean, Zuber, d'Ambrosio and di Grassi completed the Top 10.
Right at the end of the session, Lucas di Grassi posted a time under 1:13.000, but it was cancelled after it was proven that he had cut the chicane. The top twelve cars all posted times within one second.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Villa | Racing Engineering | 1:13.037 | - |
| 2 | Pantano | Racing Engineering | 1:13.235 | 0.198 |
| 3 | Maldonado | Piquet Sports | 1:13.390 | 0.353 |
| 4 | Filippi | ART Grand Prix | 1:13.410 | 0.373 |
| 5 | Chandhok | iSport Intl | 1:13.436 | 0.399 |
| 6 | Senna | iSport Intl | 1:13.465 | 0.428 |
| 7 | Grosjean | ART Grand Prix | 1:13.628 | 0.591 |
| 8 | Zuber | Piquet Sports | 1:13.794 | 0.757 |
| 9 | D'Ambrosio | DAMS | 1:13.862 | 0.825 |
| 10 | di Grassi | Barwa Intl Campos Team | 1:13.917 | 0.880 |
| 11 | Parente | Super Nova Racing | 1:14.017 | 0.980 |
| 12 | Kobayashi | DAMS | 1:14.028 | 0.991 |
| 13 | Petrov | Barwa Intl Campos Team | 1:14.075 | 1.038 |
| 14 | Nunes | DPR | 1:14.110 | 1.073 |
| 15 | Valerio | Durango | 1:14.173 | 1.136 |
| 16 | Soucek | BCN Competicion | 1:14.192 | 1.155 |
| 17 | Buemi | Trust Team Arden | 1:14.283 | 1.246 |
| 18 | Conway | Trident Racing | 1:14.295 | 1.258 |
| 19 | Tung | Trident Racing | 1:14.383 | 1.346 |
| 20 | Buurman | Trust Team Arden | 1:14.512 | 1.475 |
| 21 | Rodriguez | FMS Intl | 1:15.161 | 2.124 |
| 22 | Herck | DPR | 1:15.373 | 2.336 |
| 23 | Bakkerud | Super Nova Racing | 1:15.423 | 2.386 |
| 24 | Asmer | FMS Intl | 1:15.951 | 2.914 |