The GP2 paddock gathered today for the final three-day pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya, and once again, it was Pastor Maldonado who set the pace, the Venezuelan posting an impressive 1:27.457. However, the rookies didn't falter with four of them finishing in the Top 5, ART's Sam Bird leading Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris, Arden's Charles Pic and Super Nova's Ericsson.

This morning, track activity was pretty slow for most of the first two hours, with Ocean's Max Chilton and Vietoris topping the timesheets. In the final sixty minutes of the three-hour session, the German's best lap time was bettered by Addax' Giedo van der Garde who would remain on top until the chequered flag. He was closely followed by Bird while the British driver's teammate Jules Bianchi moved up to P4 ahead of Pic.

The session was red flagged once after Ho-Pin Tung (DAMS) touched the barriers at Turn 5. At the restart, Maldonado improved to claim the fourth best lap time. Behind the Top 5, Jerome d'Ambrosio placed his DAMS car in sixth place ahead of iSport's Oliver Turvey, Pic, Trident's Adrian Zaugg and Josef Kral at Super Nova.

After the lunch break, Bianchi took charge and rapidly topped the timesheets with teammate Bird in tow. However, shortly after it was d'Ambrosio's turn to shine until Maldonado moved up to P1.

With the arrival of light rain, Bird claimed top spot ahead of Bianchi, Kral and Dani Clos. But the raindrops soon vanished and Davide Valsecchi moved up to P4 while Ericsson clocked the second best lap time.

With fifteen remaining, Maldonado climbed back to the top of the timesheet ahead of Bird and Vietoris. Pic swooped in fourth with Ericsson in tow. Bianchi was the fifth rookie to follow while Michael Herck climbed to P7 ahead of Valsecchi, Luiz Razia, and Kral.