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Marcus Ericsson fastest for iSport in GP2 practice at Valencia Street Circuit

Marcus Ericsson topped free practice on Friday ahead of this afternoon's qualifying session for round six of the GP2 Series, as the resurrection in fortunes of former series champion iSport continued at the Valencia Street Circuit

Ericsson, whose team-mate Jolyon Palmer won last time out at Monaco, lapped in 1m48.088s, outpacing series leader Davide Valsecchi of DAMS by 0.163 seconds.

Giedo van der Garde was third fastest for Caterham, despite a scary moment when a weaving Fabrizio Crestani (Lazarus) did not see him coming and forced him into evasive action.

Palmer was fourth fastest, to underline iSport's recent renaissance, just 0.002s off van der Garde's time. Monaco race one winner Johnny Cecotto Jr was fifth quickest for Addax, ahead of Carlin's Max Chilton.

Fabio Leimer was next up for Racing Engineering, followed by James Calado (Lotus GP), Felipe Nasr (DAMS) and Stefano Coletti (Scuderia Coloni).

It was a poor session for Luiz Razia, who is second in the championship. He was only 13th fastest in his Arden International machine.

The session was red-flagged halfway through, when Caterham's Rodolfo Gonzalez spun into the barriers as he put the power down exiting Turn 13. The delay while his car was removed cost his peers six minutes of track time.


Pos  Driver               Team                Time       Gap
 1.  Marcus Ericsson      iSport              1m48.088s
 2.  Davide Valsecchi     DAMS                1m48.251s  + 0.163s
 3.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham            1m48.264s  + 0.176s
 4.  Jolyon Palmer        iSport              1m48.266s  + 0.178s
 5.  Johnny Cecotto       Addax               1m48.472s  + 0.384s
 6.  Max Chilton          Carlin              1m48.534s  + 0.446s
 7.  Fabio Leimer         Racing Engineering  1m48.627s  + 0.539s
 8.  James Calado         Lotus               1m48.862s  + 0.774s
 9.  Felipe Nasr          DAMS                1m48.939s  + 0.851s
10.  Stefano Coletti      Coloni              1m49.044s  + 0.956s
11.  Stephane Richelmi    Trident             1m49.178s  + 1.090s
12.  Josef Kral           Addax               1m49.303s  + 1.215s
13.  Luiz Razia           Arden               1m49.382s  + 1.294s
14.  Rio Haryanto         Carlin              1m49.461s  + 1.373s
15.  Simon Trummer        Arden               1m49.603s  + 1.515s
16.  Fabiano Crestani     Lazarus             1m49.605s  + 1.517s
17.  Tom Dillman          Rapax               1m49.693s  + 1.605s
18.  Esteban Gutierrez    Lotus               1m49.798s  + 1.710s
19.  Fabio Onidi          Coloni              1m49.994s  + 1.906s
20.  Nathanael Berthon    Racing Engineering  1m50.126s  + 2.038s
21.  Julian Leal          Trident             1m50.343s  + 2.255s
22.  Nigel Melker         Ocean               1m50.467s  + 2.379s
23.  Victor Guerin        Ocean               1m51.408s  + 3.320s
24.  Daniel de Jong       Rapax               1m51.480s  + 3.392s
25.  Giancarlo Serenelli  Lazarus             1m53.161s  + 5.073s
26.  Rodolfo Gonzalez     Caterham            2m03.746s  + 15.658s

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