Italy fittingly fastest in free practice

It was a difficult session, interrupted by two red flags, a brief but heavy cloud burst, and foxes on the track.

As the asphalt dried late on, Italian newcomer Fabio Onidi posted his best lap to send Piercarlo Ghinzani's squad to the top of the times. Local heroes Team Netherlands and Jereon Bleekemolen had been quick throughout, but were demoted to second, while Adam Carroll - who was spectacular when the track was at its wettest - took third for Team Ireland.

Thirteen cars made it out in the session, although only 11 set a time. John Martin crashed after losing the back of the Team Australia car under braking, while Team Brazil did only an installation lap with Felipe Guimaraes at the wheel.

Newcomers Team Monaco and Team Korea both ran, although Korean Jin Woo Hwang had a number of off track moments in the tricky conditions.

China, France, Portugal and the USA - who have Charlie Kimball driving this weekend - didn't make it out after their cars arrived at the circuit late last night. All four should be ready to compete in the up-coming second session.

Pos  Driver                 Team             Time         Gap
 1.  Fabio Onidi            Italy            1:38.845
 2.  Jeroen.Bleekemolen     Netherlands      1:40.668  +1.823
 3.  Adam Carroll           Ireland          1:41.036  +2.191
 4.  Neel Jani              Switzerland      1:42.528  +3.683
 5.  Fairuz Fauzy           Malaysia         1:43.038  +4.193
 6.  Daniel Morad           Lebanon          1:43.082  +4.237
 7.  Clivio Piccione        Monaco           1:43.679  +4.834
 8.  Earl Bamber            New Zealand      1:44.065  +5.220
 9.  Jin Woo Hwang          Korea            1:44.532  +5.687
10.  Adrian Zaugg           South Africa     1:47.646  +8.801
11.  Satrio Hermanto        Indonesia        1:48.422  +9.577
12.  John Martin            Australia
13.  Felipe Guimarães       Brazil
14.  Ho-Pin Tung            China
15.  Loïc Duval             France
16.  Felipe Albuquerque     Portugal
17.  Charlie Kimball        USA