Grosjean leads Bahrain practice
Romain Grosjean went quickest in the first practice session for the penultimate round of the inaugural GP2 Asia series in Bahrain this morning
The Frenchman, who leads the championship by 11 points from Russian Vitaly Petrov, was 0.567 seconds quicker than second-placed Adrian Valles.
Sebastien Buemi was third, ahead of Luca Filippi, who won GP2 feature race at the Sakhir circuit last season, with Bruno Senna fifth.
The qualifying session for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix support races takes place this afternoon.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:43.529 13 2. Valles Fisichella Motor Sport 1:44.096 + 0.567 15 3. Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:44.267 + 0.738 13 4. Filippi Qi-Meritus Mahara 1:44.339 + 0.810 13 5. Senna iSport International 1:44.413 + 0.884 6 6. Kobayashi Dams 1:44.539 + 1.010 14 7. Yoshimoto Qi-Meritus Mahara 1:44.653 + 1.124 15 8. Fauzy Super Nova Racing 1:44.694 + 1.165 14 9. Bonanomi Piquet Sports 1:44.745 + 1.216 15 10. D'ambrosio Dams 1:44.773 + 1.244 15 11. Chandhok iSport International 1:44.908 + 1.379 12 12. Petrov Barwa International Campos 1:44.922 + 1.393 14 13. Valsecchi Durango 1:44.948 + 1.419 14 14. Puglisi Piquet Sports 1:44.973 + 1.444 16 15. Schleghelmilch Trident Racing 1:45.117 + 1.588 14 16. Hanley Barwa International Campos 1:45.117 + 1.588 12 17. Buurman Trust Team Arden 1:45.349 + 1.820 14 18. Herck Fisichella Motor Sport 1:45.357 + 1.828 14 19. Tahinci BCN Competicion 1:45.453 + 1.924 14 20. Tung Trident Racing 1:45.478 + 1.949 11 21. Nunes DPR 1:45.613 + 2.084 16 22. Valerio Durango 1:45.642 + 2.113 13 23. Bakkerud Super Nova Racing 1:45.703 + 2.174 14 24. Jelley ART Grand Prix 1:46.084 + 2.555 14 25. Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:46.097 + 2.568 13 26. Ebrahim DPR 1:46.826 + 3.297 12
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