Kobayashi tops Malaysia practice
GP2 Asia Series leader and Toyota Formula 1 test driver Kamui Kobayashi set the pace in practice for rounds nine and ten of the series in Malaysia on Friday morning
The Japanese driver set a time of 1m46.432s, just 0.15s faster than team-mate Jerome d'Ambrosio as the DAMS squad locked out the top spots ahead of Piquet GP's Roldan Rodriguez and Diego Nunes.
Vitaly Petrov was fifth for Barwa, while David Valsecchi ensured the top six were covered by less than half a second.
Alvaro Parente placed seventh for Meritus, though his team-mate Marco Bonanomi endured a miserable session, completing just one lap following an electrical problem.
Edoardo Mortara, Sergio Perez and series returnee Pastor Maldonado completed the top 10.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:46.432 2. Jerome d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:46.667 +0.235 3. Rolden Rodriguez Piquet 1:46.717 +0.285 4. Diego Nunes Piquet 1:46.742 +0.310 5. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax 1:46.760 +0.328 6. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:46.843 +0.411 7. Alvaro Parente Meritus 1:46.912 +0.480 8. Edoardo Mortara Arden 1:46.984 +0.552 9. Sergio Perez Barwa Addax 1:47.036 +0.604 10. Pastor Maldonado ART 1:47.156 +0.724 11. Javier Villa Super Nova 1:47.287 +0.855 12. Luiz Razia Arden 1:47.471 +1.039 13. Hamad Al-Fardan iSport 1:47.667 +1.235 14. James Jakes Super Nova 1:47.701 +1.269 15. Davide Rigon Trident 1:47.831 +1.399 16. Yelmer Buurman Ocean 1:47.840 +1.408 17. Giedo van der Garde iSport 1:47.843 +1.411 18. Sakon Yamamoto ART 1:47.948 +1.516 19. Fabrizio Crestani Ocean 1:48.097 +1.665 20. Rodolfo Gonzalez FMS 1:48.374 +1.942 21. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:48.417 +1.985 22. Michael Herck DPR 1:48.498 +2.066 23. Ricardo Teixeira Trident 1:49.649 +3.217 24. Michael Dalle Stelle Durango 1:50.036 +3.604 25. Kevin Nai Chia Chen FMS 1:50.413 +3.981 26. Marco Bonanomi Meritus No time
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