Glock takes pole in Hungary
Timo Glock celebrated his elevation to BMW Sauber F1 reserve driver status this weekend by claiming pole position for Saturday's GP2 feature race at the Hungaroring
Series leader Glock outpaced iSport teammate Andreas Zuber by 0.190 seconds, and the pair ended over half a second clear of the opposition led by ART's Lucas di Grassi.
Giorgio Pantano (Campos Grand Prix) will start fourth, but will rue busting a lap in which he'd set the fastest first sector time. Glock ruled the split times elsewhere.
The session really came alive in the closing minutes, with di Grassi laying down the initial benchmark with a lap of 1:28.349. Then Glock banged in his flyer - a 1:27.566, some 0.7 seconds faster.
Zuber had time to chip away at his fastest lap, bringing it down to 1:27.756 on his final effort.
Pastor Maldonado will start fifth for Trident, ahead of a truly last-ditch effort from Adam Carroll (FMS). His session appeared spent when he spun at the same chicane he'd spun at this morning.
He recovered to set a cracking sixth fastest time of 1:28.648, but might be in trouble with the stewards as his spin was under waved yellow flags.
Luca Filippi was seventh fastest for Super Nova, ahead of a subdued Kazuki Nakajima (DAMS), Nicolas Lapierre (DAMS) and Andy Soucek (DPR).
The session was punctuated by a couple of big crashes, the first Karun Chandhok, who spun his Durango car into the tyrewall, and the second Kohei Hirate, who found a more direct approach to smashing his car into the tyres. Both walked away unhurt.
Those who didn't fare well in the timesheets included Sebastien Buemi (15th for ART), Mike Conway (18th for Super Nova) and Bruno Senna (24th for Arden).
Despite iSport's dominance, there is hope for di Grassi: the last time Glock and Zuber started from the front, at Magny-Cours, they crashed into each other within seconds of the start.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Timo Glock iSport International 1:27.566 15 2. Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:27.756 + 0.190 14 3. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:28.349 + 0.783 11 4. Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:28.411 + 0.845 15 5. Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 1:28.546 + 0.980 14 6. Adam Carroll FMS International 1:28.648 + 1.082 17 7. Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:28.715 + 1.149 14 8. Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1:28.716 + 1.150 16 9. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:28.775 + 1.209 15 10. Andy Soucek DPR 1:28.797 + 1.231 14 11. Borja Garcia Durango 1:28.852 + 1.286 17 12. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:28.869 + 1.303 15 13. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:29.038 + 1.472 15 14. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:29.127 + 1.561 16 15. Sébastien Buemi ART Grand Prix 1:29.209 + 1.643 14 16. Ho-Pin Tung BCN Competicion 1:29.330 + 1.764 13 17. C.Bakkerud DPR 1:29.387 + 1.821 13 18. Mike Conway Super Nova International 1:29.477 + 1.911 12 19. Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:29.497 + 1.931 10 20. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:29.560 + 1.994 15 21. Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:29.588 + 2.022 14 22. Karun Chandhok Durango 1:29.899 + 2.333 4 23. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:30.024 + 2.458 14 24. Bruno Senna Arden International 1:30.245 + 2.679 15 25. Markus Niemela BCN Competicion 1:30.801 + 3.235 14 26. Marcos Martinez Racing Engineering 1:34.670 + 7.104 3
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