Kobayashi leads Bahrain practice
GP2 Asia championship leader Kamui Kobayashi continued to show strong form in the series' return to action in practice at Bahrain on Thursday
The DAMS driver, winner of the Dubai race two months ago, posted a best time of 1:42.642 to finish clearly ahead of his closest rival Nico Hulkenberg.
The ART Grand Prix racer finished over half a second behind Kobayashi, with teammate Jerome D'Ambrosio in third, but nearly a whole second adrift.
GP2 Asia returnee Marco Bonanomi placed his Meritus car in a promising fourth, ahead of fellow rookie Edoardo Mortara in the quicker Arden car. Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:42.642
2. Nico Hulkenberg ART 1:43.221 +0.579
3. Jerome d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:43.444 +0.802
4. Marco Bonanomi Qi-Meritus 1:43.520 +0.878
5. Edoardo Mortara Arden 1:43.576 +0.934
6. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet 1:43.577 +0.935
7. Diego Nunes Piquet 1:43.597 +0.955
8. James Jakes Super Nova 1:43.872 +1.230
9. Giedo van der Garde iSport 1:44.001 +1.359
10. Javier Villa Super Nova 1:44.024 +1.382
11. Vitaly Petrov Campos 1:44.027 +1.385
12. Luiz Razia Arden 1:44.037 +1.395
13. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:44.095 +1.453
14. Sergio Perez Campos 1:44.113 +1.471
15. Sakon Yamamoto ART 1:44.185 +1.543
16. Hamad Al-Fardan iSport 1:44.492 +1.850
17. Yelmer Buurman Ocean 1:44.521 +1.879
18. Earl Bamber Qi-Meritus 1:44.666 +2.024
19. Adrian Valles Trident 1:44.907 +2.265
20. Michael Herck DPR 1:44.949 +2.307
21. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:45.142 +2.500
22. Fabrizio Crestani Ocean 1:45.532 +2.890
23. Rodolfo Gonzalez FMS 1:45.563 +2.921
24. Frankie Provenzano Trident 1:45.828 +3.186
25. Michael Dalle Stelle Durango 1:46.053 +3.411
26. Kevin Nai Chia Chen FMS 1:47.023 +4.381
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