Da Costa top for Red Bull on day two

Thursday 08th November 2012, 02:19 by TF1T Staff 

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Red Bull were back at the top of the times as Antonio Felix da Costa lapped the Abu Dhabi circuit quickest during day two of the young driver test.

His 1:42.679, although slower than the quickest time from Tuesday set by Kevin Magnussen, was enough to put him ahead of McLaren's Oliver Turvey who was almost a second slower.

It was a busy day for McLaren with Turvey and Gary Paffett's combined laps totaling 102, by far the most completed by any team.

Edoardo Mortara placed his Lotus third quickest having taken over from Nicolas Prost on day two, whilst Esteban Gutierrez took over from Robin Frijns at Sauber.

Johnny Cecotto Jnr and Giedo van der Garde once again complete the bottom two positions for Toro Rosso and Caterham respectively.

2012 Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test Results:

PosDriverTeamTimeGapLaps
01. A. Felix da Costa Red Bull 1:42.679   61
02. O. Turvey McLaren 1:43.176 +0.497 61
03. E. Mortara Lotus 1:43.418 +0.739 75
04. E. Gutierrez Sauber 1:43.486 +0.806 93
05. G. Paffett McLaren 1:43.771 +1.092 41
06. J. Cecotto Jnr Toro Rosso 1:44.569 +1.890 76
07. G. Van der Garde Caterham 1:45.106 +2.427 72

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