ART 1-2 in final free practice
GP2's mad Monaco Friday started with reigning champions ART Grand Prix hitting form and scoring a one-two with drivers Lucas di Grassi and category debutant Sebastien Buemi in the second and final free practice session
Di Grassi lapped the principality in 1:21.540 in the half-hour session, which will be followed almost immediately by qualifying. Di Grassi outpaced Buemi, who is standing in for the injured Michael Ammermuller, by just 0.088s.
Championship leader Timo Glock was third fastest for iSport, ahead of yesterday's pacesetter Pastor Maldonado (Trident), who caught traffic on his final lap after a scorching first sector time.
Luca Filippi was a strong fifth for Super Nova, ahead of Andreas Zuber (iSport), Antonio Pizzonia (FMS), Nicolas Lapierre (DAMS), Javier Villa (Racing Engineering) and Andy Soucek (DPR).
The only true victim of the session was Xandi Negrao, who stuffed his Minardi/Piquet car into the wall on the exit of the swimming pool. With his right-front corner swiped off, it's going to take a miracle fix it in time for qualifying.
Ho Pin Tung did well to keep his BCN car out of the Rascasse barriers, although he caused Bruno Senna (Arden) to join him up the escape road. Tung went no further, but Senna rejoined to finish 17th, 1.7 seconds off the pace.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:21.540 15 2. Buemi ART Grand Prix 1:21.628 + 0.088 18 3. Glock iSport International 1:21.740 + 0.200 12 4. Maldonado Trident Racing 1:21.914 + 0.374 17 5. Filippi Super Nova International 1:21.971 + 0.431 17 6. Zuber iSport International 1:22.017 + 0.477 16 7. Pizzonia FMS International 1:22.302 + 0.762 17 8. Lapierre DAMS 1:22.708 + 1.168 19 9. Villa Racing Engineering 1:22.751 + 1.211 15 10. Soucek DPR 1:22.762 + 1.222 17 11. Conway Super Nova International 1:22.801 + 1.261 18 12. Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:22.966 + 1.426 17 13. Zaugg Arden International 1:22.998 + 1.458 17 14. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:23.235 + 1.695 20 15. Bakkerud DPR 1:23.251 + 1.711 17 16. Chandhok Durango 1:23.284 + 1.744 16 17. Senna Arden International 1:23.311 + 1.771 17 18. Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:24.055 + 2.515 16 19. Yamamoto BCN Competicion 1:24.137 + 2.597 17 20. Hirate Trident Racing 1:24.160 + 2.620 16 21. Nakajima DAMS 1:24.417 + 2.877 19 22. Garcia Durango 1:24.839 + 3.299 15 23. Jimenez Racing Engineering 1:25.724 + 4.184 9 24. Tahinci FMS International 1:26.516 + 4.976 16 25. Tung BCN Competicion 1:38.310 +16.770 3 26. Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports no time 2
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