Lopez grabs maiden GP2 pole
Jose Maria Lopez scored his first ever GP2 pole position ahead of this weekend's races at Magny-Cours
The Super Nova driver shot to the head of the timesheets early on in the 30-minute session and held on despite the top five being covered by under two tenths of a second.
Timo Glock carried on his strong form following his switch to iSport and will line up alongside Lopez on the front row for tomorrow's race.
Giorgio Pantano gave FMS their best qualifying performance of the season to take third, while runaway points leader Lewis Hamilton had to settle for fourth after hitting traffic on his final flying lap.
His closest title challenger Nelson Piquet Jr will start fifth. His hopes of pole came crashing down when he misjudged the chicane and launched the Piquet Sports car over the kerbs.
Lucas di Grassi's session was brought to a premature conclusion when Luca Filippi overshot his braking point at the Adelaide hairpin and whacked the back of the Durango car, taking off its rear wing in the impact.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Lopez Super Nova International 1:23.911 10 2. Glock iSport International 1:24.031 + 0.120 8 3. Pantano FMS International 1:24.057 + 0.146 11 4. Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:24.100 + 0.189 7 5. Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:24.120 + 0.209 13 6. Carroll Racing Engineering 1:24.291 + 0.380 9 7. Premat ART Grand Prix 1:24.334 + 0.423 9 8. Viso iSport International 1:24.400 + 0.489 10 9. Perera DAMS 1:24.455 + 0.544 12 10. Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:24.595 + 0.684 13 11. Di Grassi Durango 1:24.628 + 0.717 4 12. Bruni Trident Racing 1:24.670 + 0.759 16 13. Ammermueller Arden International Ltd 1:24.707 + 0.796 9 14. Monfardini DAMS 1:24.778 + 0.867 9 15. Negrao Piquet Sports 1:24.948 + 1.037 12 16. Zuber Trident Racing 1:25.053 + 1.142 14 17. Pla DPR Direxiv 1:25.200 + 1.289 14 18. Filippi BCN Competicion 1:25.254 + 1.343 3 19. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:25.454 + 1.543 14 20. Valles Campos Racing 1:25.484 + 1.573 13 21. Jani Arden International Ltd 1:25.569 + 1.658 11 22. Villa Racing Engineering 1:25.703 + 1.792 12 23. Fauzy Super Nova International 1:25.923 + 2.012 12 24. Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:26.016 + 2.105 12 25. Hernandez Durango 1:26.539 + 2.628 14 26. Tahinci FMS International 1:26.793 + 2.882 14
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