Glock tops free practice in Spain
Timo Glock set the pace in the GP2 free practice at Barcelona ahead of this afternoon's qualifying session
Glock, second in the championship, lapped his iSport-run car in 1:29.126, over two tenths clear of fellow ex-Jordan F1 racer Giorgio Pantano, who looked strong for Campos Racing.
Third quickest was Kazuki Nakajima of DAMS, but he has the spectre of a 10-place grid penalty hanging over him after an 'avoidable accident' in Bahrain.
Pastor Maldonado was a surprise fourth fastest for Trident, with Karun Chandhok making it five teams in the top five places in his Durango entry. Lucas di Grassi was sixth quickest for reigning champs ART, after surviving a huge spin on the exit of Turn 8.
His teammate, GP2 new-boy Mikhail Aleshin, suffered a disastrous start to his weekend, as chronic throttle system problems limited him to two very slow laps.
Another driver in need of mileage, BCN's Ho-Pin Tung, spun off on the exit of Turn 2 on his out lap, as the rear of his car appeared to seize up.
Other shunters included Chandhok, who went off at the second hairpin, while the fast Campsa right-hander accounted for Bahrain race two winner Nicolas Lapierre and Jason Tahinci. All drivers and cars escaped unscathed.
Yellow flags blighted the session, so some of the pace-setters, including series leader Luca Filippi, might not have shown their true colours.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Timo Glock iSport International 1:29.126 14 2. Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:29.349 + 0.223 13 3. Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1:29.549 + 0.423 14 4. Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 1:29.751 + 0.625 13 5. Karun Chandhok Durango 1:29.810 + 0.684 13 6. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:29.874 + 0.748 16 7. Bruno Senna Arden International 1:29.906 + 0.780 14 8. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:29.917 + 0.791 8 9. Mike Conway Super Nova International 1:29.990 + 0.864 14 10. Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:30.066 + 0.940 13 11. Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:30.232 + 1.106 16 12. Andy Soucek DPR 1:30.244 + 1.118 14 13. Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:30.311 + 1.185 11 14. Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:30.352 + 1.226 7 15. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:30.358 + 1.232 12 16. Sergio Jimenez Racing Engineering 1:30.553 + 1.427 13 17. Borja Garcia Durango 1:30.577 + 1.451 14 18. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:30.629 + 1.503 17 19. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:30.646 + 1.520 17 20. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:30.734 + 1.608 17 21. Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:30.794 + 1.668 16 22. Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competicion 1:31.711 + 2.585 15 23. C.Bakkerud DPR 1:34.374 + 5.248 4 24. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:39.915 + 10.789 3 25. Michael Aleshin ART Grand Prix No time 2 26. Ho-Pin Tung BCN Competicion No Time 1
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