Pantano tops disrupted free practice
Giorgio Pantano topped the timesheets in free practice for the GP2 Series' visit to Hungary on Friday, but the session was affected by a red flag - and some inefficient marshalling - which meant the final reckoning was skewed somewhat
Pantano (Campos Grand Prix) lapped the Hungaroring in 1:28.992, two tenths faster than Kazuki Nakajima (DAMS), who was a further tenth up on Monaco winner Pastor Maldonado (Trident).
Luca Filippi was fourth fastest for Super Nova, ahead of series leader Timo Glock and iSport teammate Andreas Zuber.
The crucial 30-minute session was disrupted with eight minutes to go when Adam Carroll spun at the chicane and beached his car on the grassy run-off.
Marshals were unable to push him back onto the track, although one did manage to fall over trying. Two minutes later the session was red flagged, as Carroll's car would not budge.
It took another five minutes to find a tow truck to effect the removal of Carroll's FMS machine, and the session was restarted for a total of 53 seconds.
Others to spin or slide off included Bruno Senna (Arden), Filippi (twice), Maldonado and Andy Soucek (DPR). The latter was impressive once again in the early stages, when the track was still dirty. He finished seventh fastest.
Carroll was classified 11th, while series front-runner Lucas di Grassi was down in 12th. ART teammate Sebastien Buemi was 18th, Mike Conway (Super Nova) 20th and Senna 21st.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:28.992 10 2. Nakajima DAMS 1:29.197 + 0.205 14 3. Maldonado Trident Racing 1:29.293 + 0.301 12 4. Filippi Super Nova International 1:29.556 + 0.564 13 5. Glock iSport International 1:29.569 + 0.577 13 6. Zuber iSport International 1:29.588 + 0.596 13 7. Soucek DPR 1:29.620 + 0.628 13 8. Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:29.666 + 0.674 13 9. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:29.877 + 0.885 13 10. Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:29.928 + 0.936 14 11. Carroll FMS International 1:29.982 + 0.990 10 12. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:30.052 + 1.060 12 13. Lapierre DAMS 1:30.264 + 1.272 13 14. Chandhok Durango 1:30.326 + 1.334 10 15. Villa Racing Engineering 1:30.419 + 1.427 13 16. Zaugg Arden International 1:30.550 + 1.558 13 17. Hirate Trident Racing 1:30.639 + 1.647 13 18. Buemi ART Grand Prix 1:30.644 + 1.652 11 19. Tung BCN Competicion 1:30.872 + 1.880 13 20. Conway Super Nova International 1:30.914 + 1.922 14 21. Senna Arden International 1:30.982 + 1.990 9 22. Bakkerud DPR 1:31.083 + 2.091 12 23. Tahinci FMS International 1:31.418 + 2.426 13 24. Garcia Durango 1:31.723 + 2.731 13 25. Niemela BCN Competicion 1:32.620 + 3.628 13 26. Martinez Racing Engineering 1:33.915 + 4.923 13
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