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Abu Dhabi GP2: McLaren F1 reserve Stoffel Vandoorne tops practice

McLaren Formula 1 test driver Stoffel Vandoorne began his bid to beat 2015 Sauber racer Felipe Nasr to the GP2 runner-up spot with the fastest time in Abu Dhabi practice

While Jolyon Palmer has already wrapped up the GP2 title, Nasr is only eight points ahead of series rookie Vandoorne for second place.

Vandoorne led the way in Friday's opening session, clocking a 1m50.437s lap for ART to beat DAMS' Stephane Richelmi by 0.075 seconds.

DAMS held a one-two for a spell with Richelmi and Palmer, but they were first demoted, then separated, as Arthur Pic slotted his Campos entry into third.

Johnny Cecotto Jr completed the top five ahead of Nasr.

Ferrari and Red Bull proteges Raffaelle Marciello and Pierre Gasly were next up in seventh and eighth, followed by Mitch Evans and Kimiya Sato.

European Formula 3 and Formula Renault 3.5 racer Nicholas Latifi was 22nd on his GP2 debut with Hilmer, ahead of series returnees Conor Daly and Kevin Giovesi.

At the foot of the timesheets, both Jon Lancaster and Simon Trummer had mechanical problems.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1m50.437s -
2 Stephane Richelmi DAMS 1m50.512s 0.075s
3 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1m50.548s 0.111s
4 Jolyon Palmer DAMS 1m50.760s 0.323s
5 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident 1m50.855s 0.418s
6 Felipe Nasr Carlin 1m50.911s 0.474s
7 Raffaele Marciello Racing Engineering 1m51.012s 0.575s
8 Pierre Gasly Caterham Racing 1m51.032s 0.595s
9 Stefano Coletti Racing Engineering 1m51.122s 0.685s
10 Mitch Evans RT RUSSIAN TIME 1m51.137s 0.700s
11 Kimiya Sato Campos Racing 1m51.187s 0.750s
12 Marco Sorensen MP Motorsport 1m51.401s 0.964s
13 Nathanael Berthon Venezuela GP Lazarus 1m51.402s 0.965s
14 Rio Haryanto Caterham Racing 1m51.427s 0.990s
15 Sergio Canamasas Trident 1m51.442s 1.005s
16 Julian Leal Carlin 1m51.464s 1.027s
17 Takuya Izawa ART Grand Prix 1m51.542s 1.105s
18 Artem Markelov RT RUSSIAN TIME 1m51.658s 1.221s
19 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 1m51.772s 1.335s
20 Andre Negrao Arden International 1m51.931s 1.494s
21 Rene Binder Arden International 1m52.006s 1.569s
22 Nicholas Latifi Hilmer Motorsport 1m52.185s 1.748s
23 Conor Daly Venezuela GP Lazarus 1m52.321s 1.884s
24 Kevin Giovesi Rapax 1m52.330s 1.893s
25 Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 1m52.514s 2.077s
26 Simon Trummer Rapax 2m04.662s 14.225s

CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

Pos Driver Points
1 Jolyon Palmer 256
2 Felipe Nasr 200
3 Stoffel Vandoorne 192
4 Mitch Evans 151
5 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 128
6 Stefano Coletti 115
7 Arthur Pic 110
8 Raffaele Marciello 72
9 Julian Leal 68
10 Stephane Richelmi 63


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