Grosjean tops opening Macau practice
F3 Euro Series champion Romain Grosjean topped opening practice for the Macau Grand Prix on Thursday, but his session ended in disaster when he crashed out after being caught up in another's car accident
The Frenchman had moved to the top of timesheets with three minutes of practice remaining but moments later found himself unable to avoid an accident after Stephen Jelley slammed into the barriers at Police Bend and bounced back into his path.
The two cars ending up blocking the track, and Grosjean's ASM team will now have to work hard to repair the heavy damage to the left-hand side of his car before this afternoon's first qualifying session.
Raikkonen-Robertson Racing's Sebastien Buemi was second fastest, just ahead of British Formula Three champion Marko Asmer in the Hitech Racing car.
The session was red flagged once halfway through when Frenchman Frank Mailleux spun into the barriers at R Bend, and his car was left stranded in a dangerous position.
Other drivers to hit problems included Lei Kit Meng, who spun at Lisboa but avoided hitting anything, Walter Grubmuller who returned to the pits early on with damaged right rear suspension and Sam Bird who swiped the barriers at Lisboa.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Romain Grosjean ASM 2:14.223 12 2. Sebastien Buemi Raikkonen-Robertson 2:14.315 12 3. Marko Asmer Hitech Racing 2:14.601 12 4. Robert Streit Prema Powerteam 2:14.766 12 5. Kodai Tsukakoshi Manor Motorsport 2:14.994 10 6. Edoardo Mortara Signature Plus 2:15.617 11 7. Oliver Jarvis Team Reckless Tom's 2:15.625 13 8. Stephen Jelley Raikkonen-Robertson 2:15.724 11 9. Bruno Senna Raikkonen-Robertson 2:15.759 12 10. Nico Hulkenberg ASM 2:15.837 12 11. Jonathan Kennard Raikkonen-Robertson 2:15.862 12 12. Kazuya Oshima Team Reckless Tom's 2:15.940 13 13. Kamui Kobayashi ASM 2:16.106 12 14. Yelmer Buurman Manor Motorsport 2:16.213 12 15. James Jakes Manor Motorsport 2:16.772 11 16. Atte Mustonen Signature Plus 2:17.060 12 17. Esteban Guerrieri Signature Plus 2:17.288 12 18. Niall Breen Carlin Motorsport 2:17.317 12 19. Carlo van Dam HBR Motorsport 2:17.466 12 20. Brendon Hartley Carlin Motorsport 2:19.115 11 21. Takuya Izawa Fortec Motorsport 2:19.256 12 22. Sam Bird Carlin Motorsport 2:19.731 6 23. R. van der Zande Prema Powerteam 2:20.149 11 24. Frank Mailleux Manor Motorsport 2:21.208 4 25. Michael Ho Hitech Racing 2:22.003 8 26. Rodolfo Avila HBR Motorsport 2:22.647 5 27. Cheong Lou Meng Swiss Racing Team 2:24.389 8 28. Lei Kit Meng Carlin Motorsport 2:27.459 9 29. Jo Merszei Swiss Racing Team 2:28.494 8 30. Walter Grubmuller Hitech Racing 13:22.351 2
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