Lapierre on top in free practice
Nicolas Lapierre led Kazuki Nakajima in a DAMS one-two in free practice for the Valencia GP2 Series finale on Saturday morning
Championship leader Timo Glock set the early pace for iSport, but he fell back as drivers improved in the second half of the session.
The German ended up sixth fastest, four places ahead of title rival Lucas di Grassi (ART), whom he leads by two points in the standings.
Lapierre lapped just 0.086 seconds quicker than Nakajima, with Minardi/Piquet's Xandi Negrao almost two tenths behind in third. His teammate Roldan Rodriguez was fourth, keeping the team symmetry going, ahead of Giorgio Pantano (Campos).
Glock was sixth despite running wide and briefly off-track at Turn 1. Luca Filippi was seventh for Super Nova, ahead of Andi Zuber (iSport), Mike Conway (Super Nova) and di Grassi.
The session was punctuated by a red flag when Markus Niemela (BCN) spun off into the gravel. Other spinners included both DPR cars and Marcos Martinez (Racing Engineering).
Bruno Senna (Arden) repeated Glock's wide move but, like the iSport driver, escaped the gravel.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. N. Lapierre DAMS 1:19.930 2. K. Nakajima DAMS +0.086 3. A. Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports +0.183 4. R. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports +0.299 5. G. Pantano Campos Grand Prix +0.395 6. T. Glock iSport International +0.416 7. L. Filippi Super Nova International +0.417 8. A. Zuber iSport International +0.443 9. M. Conway Super Nova International +0.630 10. L. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix +0.631 11. B. Garcia Durango +0.659 12. A. Soucek DPR +0.741 13. K. Hirate Trident Racing +0.749 14. A. Carroll FMS International +0.756 15. J. Villa Racing Engineering +0.831 16. V. Petrov Campos Grand Prix +0.990 17. B. Senna Arden International +1.149 18. F. Albuquerque Arden International +1.528 19. M. Martinez Racing Engineering +1.532 20. S. Hernandez Trident Racing +1.598 21. K. Chandhok Durango +1.599 22. M. Aleshin ART Grand Prix +1.947 23. H. Tung BCN Competicion +2.079 24. J. Tahinci FMS International +2.111 25. C. Bakkerud DPR +2.422 26. M. Niemela BCN Competicion +2.541
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