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Sergey Sirotkin tops first Auto GP practice session of 2012 at Monza

Sergey Sirotkin staged a last-lap flier to top the opening Auto GP World Series practice session of the year at Monza

The 16-year-old Euronova driver's time of 1m38.164s edged out Italian Formula 3 champion Sergio Campana, MLR71, by 0.269s. Both are making their series debuts this weekend.

Britain's Adrian Quaife-Hobbs led for much of the half-hour session. The Super Nova driver was eventually usurped by Campana with eight minutes remaining.

The former GP3 driver held on to finish in third sport, ahead of Zele Racing's GP2 race winner Giacomo Ricci.

The top six was rounded out by two South American graduates from Italian F3. Super Nova's Brazilian teenager Victor Guerin took fifth ahead of Campos Racing's Argentinian Facu Regalia.

Driver changes among the sixteen-car field from Monza's pre-season test last week include the addition of former Superleague frontrunner Chris van der Drift at Manor MP Motorsport. The Kiwi ended the morning 12th fastest, two spots behind another late signing, Vancouver-born Chinese racer Adderly Fong.

Ombra driver Fong steps up to Auto GP following three years in F3. Virtuosi UK's Matteo Beretta completed the 'newcomers'. The 17-year-old Italian recorded a podium in last year's European F3 Open.

Pos  Driver               Team         Time       Gap
 1.  Sergey Sirotkin      Euronova     1m38.164s
 2.  Sergio Campana       MLR 71       1m38.433s  + 0.269s
 3.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs  Supernova    1m38.466s  + 0.302s
 4.  Giacomo Ricci        Zele         1m38.887s  + 0.723s
 5.  Victor Guerin        Supernova    1m38.971s  + 0.807s
 6.  Facu Regalia         Campos       1m39.092s  + 0.928s
 7.  Maxim Snegirev       Campos       1m39.269s  + 1.105s
 8.  Giuseppe Cipriani    Campos       1m39.422s  + 1.258s
 9.  Daniel de Jong       Manor MP     1m39.630s  + 1.466s
10.  Adderly Fong         Ombra        1m39.835s  + 1.671s
11.  Antonio Spavone      Euronova     1m40.052s  + 1.888s
12.  Chris van der Drift  Manor MP     1m40.877s  + 2.713s
13.  Giancarlo Serenelli  Ombra        1m41.659s  + 3.495s
14.  Michele La Rosa      MLR 71       1m41.713s  + 3.549s
15.  Matteo Beretta       Virtuosi UK  1m42.058s  + 3.894s
16.  Pal Varhaug          Virtuosi UK  1m42.443s  + 4.279s

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