Fabrizio Crestani tops GP2 free practice wash-out at Silverstone

Only a handful of flying laps were recorded in the soaking wet conditions, and spins caused no less than three red flags in 30 minutes.

For the record, Crestani led the way on 2m23.035s, well over a second clear of Esteban Gutierrez (Lotus GP) who was an earlier spinner.

Local hero Max Chilton (Carlin) was third fastest, ahead of Lotus GP's James Calado. Times were pretty much wholly unrepresentative of the true competitive order, however, due to all the disruption.

Pos  Driver               Team                Time       Gap
 1.  Fabrizio Crestani    Lazarus             2m23.035s
 2.  Esteban Gutierrez    Lotus               2m24.207s  + 1.172s
 3.  Max Chilton          Carlin              2m25.228s  + 2.193s
 4.  James Calado         Lotus               2m25.386s  + 2.351s
 5.  Nigel Melker         Ocean               2m25.934s  + 2.899s
 6.  Julian Leal          Trident             2m25.952s  + 2.917s
 7.  Felipe Nasr          DAMS                2m26.081s  + 3.046s
 8.  Rio Haryanto         Carlin              2m26.380s  + 3.345s
 9.  Luiz Razia           Arden               2m26.676s  + 3.641s
10.  Fabio Leimer         Racing Engineering  2m26.900s  + 3.865s
11.  Johnny Cecotto       Addax               2m26.959s  + 3.924s
12.  Marcus Ericsson      iSport              2m27.814s  + 4.779s
13.  Davide Valsecchi     DAMS                2m28.704s  + 5.669s
14.  Nathanael Berthon    Racing Engineering  2m29.220s  + 6.185s
15.  Jolyon Palmer        iSport              2m32.016s  + 8.981s
16.  Victor Guerin        Ocean               2m32.097s  + 9.062s
17.  Simon Trummer        Arden               2m32.598s  + 9.563s
18.  Daniel de Jong       Rapax               2m33.027s  + 9.992s
19.  Fabio Onidi          Coloni              2m34.573s  + 11.538s
20.  Stephane Richelmi    Trident             2m35.095s  + 12.060s
21.  Giancarlo Serenelli  Lazarus             2m41.346s  + 18.311s
22.  Josef Kral           Addax               2m45.872s  + 22.837s
     Stefano Coletti      Coloni
     Ricardo Teixeira     Rapax
     Giedo van der Garde  Caterham
     Rodolfo Gonzalez     Caterham