Rodriguez tops Monza GP2 practice

The Piquet GP driver led virtually the entire session, with Racing Engineering's di Grassi looking equally secure as best of the rest.

Javier Villa was third-fastest for Super Nova, edging out points leader Nico Hulkenberg by just 0.02s, with Vitaly Petrov a further 0.2s behind in fifth.

It was a relatively low-key Friday morning, with Spa winner Alvaro Parente and ART's Pastor Maldonado providing the only drama by throwing themselves off the circuit at the Parabolica. But while Maldonado at least waited until the end of the session to do it, Parente's mis-step leaves the Portuguese driver facing the prospect of qualifying with just four laps under his belt.

Series debutant Johnny Cecotto Jr made a modest start for DPR, finishing the session in 21st, although the field has been thinned out by Durango's forced withdrawal from the round.

Pos  Driver               Team                Time       Gap
 1.  Roldan Rodriguez     Piquet              1m30.607s
 2.  Lucas di Grassi      Racing Engineering  1m30.733s  + 0.126s
 3.  Javier Villa         Super Nova          1m30.972s  + 0.365s
 4.  Nico Hulkenberg      ART                 1m31.002s  + 0.395s
 5.  Vitaly Petrov        Addax               1m31.171s  + 0.564s
 6.  Diego Nunes          iSport              1m31.329s  + 0.722s
 7.  Giedo van der Garde  iSport              1m31.417s  + 0.810s
 8.  Pastor Maldonado     ART                 1m31.457s  + 0.850s
 9.  Edoardo Mortara      Arden               1m31.490s  + 0.883s
10.  Luca Filippi         Super Nova          1m31.589s  + 0.982s
11.  Alberto Valerio      Piquet              1m31.624s  + 1.017s
12.  Andreas Zuber        Coloni              1m31.684s  + 1.077s
13.  Michael Herck        DPR                 1m31.831s  + 1.224s
14.  Kamui Kobayashi      DAMS                1m31.887s  + 1.280s
15.  Sergio Perez         Arden               1m31.891s  + 1.284s
16.  Dani Clos            Racing Engineering  1m31.931s  + 1.324s
17.  Davide Rigon         Trident             1m31.957s  + 1.350s
18.  Karun Chandhok       Ocean               1m31.979s  + 1.372s
19.  Luiz Razia           Coloni              1m32.812s  + 2.205s
20.  Davide Valsecchi     Addax               1m32.949s  + 2.342s
21.  Johnny Cecotto Jr    DPR                 1m32.985s  + 2.378s
22.  Ricardo Teixeira     Trident             1m33.042s  + 2.435s
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio    DAMS                1m36.761s  + 6.154s
24.  Alvaro Parente       Ocean               1m38.704s  + 8.097s