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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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