Di Grassi takes Hungary GP2 pole

Racing Engineering driver Di Grassi backed up his pace from this morning's practice session by again going quickest, the 1m27.867s that he set 10 minutes in proving too big a hurdle for the rest of the field.

Vitaly Petrov came close, his best lap falling just 0.066s shy, and while there were signs that he had the potential to go slightly quicker, he never managed to get a clear enough lap to find out.

Nevertheless, the Russian's front row start will give Barwa Addax something to look forward to in the race, with his team-mate Grosjean again facing the prospect of having to drive through the field after crashing five minutes into the session.

Grosjean was attempting to pass DPR's Franck Perera when the pair touched at Turn 10, pitching both cars off the circuit; Grosjean's trip ending in the tyre barriers, Perera's in the gravel.

Points leader Nico Hulkenberg will start the race from fifth for ART alongside Super Nova's Luca Filippi, with his team-mate Javier Villa and Durango's Davide Valsecchi having blocked out the second row.

Pos  Driver               Team                Time       Gap
 1.  Lucas di Grassi      Racing Engineering  1m27.867s
 2.  Vitaly Petrov        Addax               1m27.933s  + 0.066s
 3.  Javier Villa         Super Nova          1m28.023s  + 0.156s
 4.  Davide Valsecchi     Durango             1m28.151s  + 0.284s
 5.  Nico Hulkenberg      ART                 1m28.297s  + 0.430s
 6.  Luca Filippi         Super Nova          1m28.379s  + 0.512s
 7.  Pastor Maldonado     ART                 1m28.452s  + 0.585s
 8.  Andreas Zuber        Fisichella          1m28.465s  + 0.598s
 9.  Davide Rigon         Trident             1m28.534s  + 0.667s
10.  Roldan Rodriguez     Piquet              1m28.536s  + 0.669s
11.  Alberto Valério      Piquet              1m28.617s  + 0.750s
12.  Diego Nunes          iSport              1m28.632s  + 0.765s
13.  Daniel Clos          Racing Engineering  1m28.670s  + 0.803s
14.  Alvaro Parente       Ocean               1m28.799s  + 0.932s
15.  Sergio Perez         Arden               1m28.897s  + 1.030s
16.  Giedo van der Garde  iSport              1m28.923s  + 1.056s
17.  Luiz Razia           Fisichella          1m28.974s  + 1.107s
18.  Edoardo Mortara      Arden               1m29.058s  + 1.191s
19.  Michael Herck        DPR                 1m29.222s  + 1.355s
20.  Karun Chandhok       Ocean               1m29.250s  + 1.383s
21.  Kamui Kobayashi      DAMS                1m29.256s  + 1.389s
22.  Nelson Panciatici    Durango             1m29.387s  + 1.520s
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio    DAMS                1m29.731s  + 1.864s
24.  Ricardo Teixeira     Trident             1m30.550s  + 2.683s
25.  Franck Perera        DPR                 1m37.519s  + 9.652s
26.  Romain Grosjean      Addax               1m46.315s  + 18.448s