Hamilton takes pole and title lead
Lewis Hamilton recorded his first GP2 pole position ahead of this weekend's feature race at Barcelona, and as a result the Briton is now in the championship lead
Hamilton leapt ahead of ART teammate Alex Premat late in the session with a great effort of 1:23.3. Erstwhile points-leader Nelson Piquet Junior set up a thrilling prospect by putting his Piquet Sports car on the front row, while Premat was forced to settle for third.
Last year's winner in the Barcelona feature race Gimmi Bruni will line up fourth in the Trident, while Adam Carroll demonstrated Racing Engineering's improved form with a good run to fifth. Sixth went to impressive German rookie Michael Ammermuller.
Giorgio Pantano's comeback was inauspicious, the Italian recording the slowest time after crashing his car into the barrier on his second flying lap.
Ernesto Viso also spun, causing the session to be briefly halted, while his iSport team had worked wonders to get teammate Tristan Gommendy into the session after a late engine change.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:23.372 12 2. Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:23.704 + 0.332 12 3. Premat ART Grand Prix 1:23.758 + 0.386 14 4. Bruni Trident Racing 1:23.890 + 0.518 16 5. Carroll Racing Engineering 1:23.916 + 0.544 14 6. Ammermueller Arden International Ltd 1:24.102 + 0.730 15 7. Perera DAMS 1:24.162 + 0.790 14 8. Lopez Super Nova International 1:24.190 + 0.818 14 9. Pla DPR Direxiv 1:24.257 + 0.885 13 10. Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:24.294 + 0.922 14 11. Lapierre Arden International Ltd 1:24.441 + 1.069 13 12. Gommendy iSport International 1:24.477 + 1.105 17 13. Zuber Trident Racing 1:24.611 + 1.239 17 14. Di Grassi Durango 1:24.660 + 1.288 16 15. Valles Campos Racing 1:24.858 + 1.486 15 16. Glock BCN Competicion 1:24.870 + 1.498 15 17. Negrao Piquet Sports 1:24.920 + 1.548 15 18. Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:25.179 + 1.807 16 19. Hernandez Durango 1:25.180 + 1.808 15 20. Monfardini DAMS 1:25.348 + 1.976 12 21. Viso iSport International 1:25.515 + 2.143 9 22. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:25.657 + 2.285 12 23. Tahinci FMS International 1:25.811 + 2.439 12 24. Villa Racing Engineering 1:25.882 + 2.510 16 25. Fauzy Super Nova International 1:25.996 + 2.624 15 26. Pantano FMS International 1:26.035 + 2.663 3
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