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AUTO GP NEWS

Quaife-Hobbs fastest in second practice for Auto GP round at Algarve

By Peter Mills

Friday, June 1st 2012, 11:43 GMT

Championship leader Adrian Quaife-Hobbs set the fastest time in Auto GP's second free practice session at the Autodromo Algarve.

The Briton posted a time of 1m33.095s that was just 0.011s faster than Super Nova team-mate Victor Guerin in a session twice interrupted by red flags.

The second stoppage, caused when Facu Regalia's Campos Racing Lola came to a halt at Turn 6, denied Quaife-Hobbs' rivals from challenging his position in the final minute of the half hour session.

Brazilian Guerin was the only leading runner to use a set of new Kumho tyres.

Slowed by brake balance and electrical problems on Thursday, Sergio Campana's Portimao weekend continued to gather momentum. The MLR 71 racer repeated his FP1 position of third, set on new tyres owing to his limited Thursday running.

FP1 pacesetter Pal Varhaug took fourth for Vurtuosi UK. Manor MP Motorsport's Daniel de Jong was fifth, 0.017s ahead of Valencia winner Sergey Sirotkin (Euronova Racing).

Lazarus GP2 driver Giancarlo Serenelli brought out the first red flag when his Ombra Racing machine encountered technical trouble at Turn 5 a third of the way into the session.


Pos  Driver              Team                     Time               Laps
 1.  A.Quaife-Hobbs      Supernova International  1m33.095s            12
 2.  Victor Guerin       Supernova International  1m33.106s  +  0.011  13
 3.  Sergio Campana      MLR 71                   1m33.375s  +  0.280  12
 4.  Pal Varhaug         Virtuosi UK              1m33.457s  +  0.362  12
 5.  Daniel de Jong      Manor MP Motorsport      1m33.682s  +  0.587  14
 6.  Sergey Sirotkin     Euronova Racing          1m33.699s  +  0.604  13
 7.  Facu Regalia        Campos Racing            1m33.919s  +  0.824  11
 8.  J.C.Sistos          Zele Racing              1m33.978s  +  0.883  9
 9.  Sten Pentus         Zele Racing              1m34.046s  +  0.951  14
10.  C.van der Drift     Manor MP Motorsport      1m34.068s  +  0.973  11
11.  Antonio Spavone     Euronova Racing          1m34.080s  +  0.985  12
12.  Maxim Snegirev      Campos Racing            1m34.439s  +  1.344  14
13.  G.Cipriani          Campos Racing            1m34.997s  +  1.902  14
14.  F.Dracone           Virtuosi UK              1m35.216s  +  2.121  14
15.  G.Serenelli         Ombra Racing             1m35.504s  +  2.409  4
16.  Michele La Rosa     MLR 71                   1m36.285s  +  3.190  13

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