Grosjean on Auto GP pole again
Romain Grosjean took his second Auto GP pole in two attempts by emerging on top of a tricky wet/dry session at Magny-Cours
With lap times getting faster and faster as the wet track dried through qualifying, DAMS driver Grosjean produced a 1m45.722s lap to secure pole for his home race.
Another recent Auto GP addition will join him on the front row, with Esteban Guerrieri taking second on his debut, ahead of his Charouz-Gravity team-mate Adrien Tambay, who fared better in the wet.
Duncan Tappy took fourth for DAMS, while Super Nova's debutant Jake Rosenzweig benefited from a well-timed lap to claim fifth.
Several drivers were caught out by the changing conditions and did not get a good lap in at the right time or get their set-up right for the weather. Giorgio Pantano will start back in 11th in his first appearance with Euronova, with championship leader Edoardo Piscopo (DAMS) and practice pacesetter Jonny Reid (Super Nova) sharing the seventh and final row.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Romain Grosjean DAMS 1m45.722s 2. Esteban Guerrieri Charouz-Gravity 1m45.918s + 0.196s 3. Adrien Tambay Charouz-Gravity 1m46.074s + 0.352s 4. Duncan Tappy DAMS 1m46.369s + 0.647s 5. Jake Rosenzweig Super Nova 1m46.799s + 1.077s 6. Fabio Onidi Lazarus 1m47.505s + 1.783s 7. Stefano Bizzarri RP 1m48.040s + 2.318s 8. Celso Miguez RP 1m48.085s + 2.363s 9. Jan Charouz Charouz-Gravity 1m48.121s + 2.399s 10. Julian Leal Trident 1m48.283s + 2.561s 11. Giorgio Pantano Euronova 1m48.376s + 2.654s 12. Carlos Iaconelli Durango 1m48.422s + 2.700s 13. Edoardo Piscopo DAMS 1m48.554s + 2.832s 14. Jonny Reid Super Nova 1m50.710s + 4.988s
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