Lapierre tops warm-up at Valencia
DAMS driver Nicolas Lapierre topped the only warm-up session of the GP2 season at Valencia on Sunday morning
The session counted for little but honour, but despite this there were a couple of shunts and a red flag.
Yesterday's heroes, winner Vitaly Petrov (Campos) and Marcos Martinez (Racing Engineering) blotted their copybooks with offs at the final corner and Turn 11 respectively.
Martinez got stuck as he attempted to rejoin, causing the session to be briefly halted. Also off at Turn 11 was Xandi Negrao, who nudged his Minardi/Piquet car into the tyre wall after locking up.
Turn 11 also attracted Markus Niemela (BCN) soon after the session restarted.
Lapierre had the most to gain from the session, having been knocked out of Saturday's race when a collision with Lucas di Grassi broke his right-front wheel before the first corner.
The Frenchman's 1:20.662 lap was set with 45 seconds remaining, knocking Luca Filippi (Super Nova) from the top spot. Filippi couldn't respond, as he'd also taken a trip through the Turn 11 gravel.
Roldan Rodriguez (Minardi/Piquet) was third, ahead of Andi Zuber (iSport), Kohei Hirate (Trident) and Andy Soucek (DPR).
Title rivals Timo Glock (iSport) and Lucas di Grassi (ART) - such as they are with four points between them and only a maximum of seven on offer, and di Grassi starting way down the grid - were 10th and 14th respectively.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Lapierre DAMS 1:20.662 9 2. Filippi Super Nova International 1:20.886 + 0.224 9 3. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:20.908 + 0.246 5 4. Zuber iSport International 1:20.946 + 0.284 10 5. Hirate Trident Racing 1:20.975 + 0.313 9 6. Soucek DPR 1:21.016 + 0.354 4 7. Nakajima DAMS 1:21.024 + 0.362 10 8. Carroll FMS International 1:21.027 + 0.365 10 9. Chandhok Durango 1:21.043 + 0.381 7 10. Glock iSport International 1:21.284 + 0.622 10 11. Martinez Racing Engineering 1:21.453 + 0.791 4 12. Senna Arden International 1:21.482 + 0.820 10 13. Villa Racing Engineering 1:21.660 + 0.998 9 14. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:21.671 + 1.009 10 15. Bakkerud DPR 1:21.733 + 1.071 9 16. Garcia Durango 1:21.783 + 1.121 5 17. Conway Super Nova International 1:21.892 + 1.230 9 18. Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:22.019 + 1.357 8 19. Hernandez Trident Racing 1:22.027 + 1.365 9 20. Albuquerque Arden International 1:22.112 + 1.450 9 21. Tung BCN Competicion 1:22.326 + 1.664 10 22. Aleshin ART Grand Prix 1:22.381 + 1.719 10 23. Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:22.516 + 1.854 10 24. Tahinci FMS International 1:22.620 + 1.958 11 25. Niemela BCN Competicion 1:22.690 + 2.028 5 26. Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:24.459 + 3.797 1
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