Gutierrez fastest in Monza practice

The Mexican's 1m44.331s effort was enough to ward off a late flying lap from Carlin's Josef Newgarden, who fell 0.161s short.

Jenzer Motorsport pairing Nico Muller and Simon Trummer were just behind them, with Carlin's Dean Smith and early pace-setter Mirko Bortolotti of Addax rounding out the top six.

James Jakes marked his return after missing Hungary and Spa with a hand injury by clocking the fastest time of the three Manor Motorsport drivers to put himself in ninth, just ahead of ART's Alexander Rossi.


Pos Driver                  Team           Time          Gap
 1. Esteban Gutierrez       ART            1m44.331s
 2. Josef Newgarden         Carlin         1m44.492s  +0.161
 3. Nico Muller             Jenzer         1m44.627s  +0.296
 4. Simon Trummer           Jenzer         1m44.681s  +0.350
 5. Dean Smith              Carlin         1m44.695s  +0.364
 6. Mirko Bortolotti        Addax          1m44.707s  +0.376
 7. Dani Juncadella         Tech 1         1m44.847s  +0.516
 8. Nigel Melker            Mucke          1m44.957s  +0.626
 9. James Jakes             Manor          1m44.959s  +0.628
10. Alexander Rossi         ART            1m45.096s  +0.765
11. Oliver Oakes            Atech CRS      1m45.144s  +0.813
12. Robert Wickens          Status         1m45.228s  +0.897
13. Daniel Morad            Status         1m45.270s  +0.939
14. Roberto Merhi           Atech CRS      1m45.294s  +0.963
15. Michael Christensen     MW Arden       1m45.361s  +1.030
16. Miki Monras             MW Arden       1m45.365s  +1.034
17. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs     Manor          1m45.380s  +1.049
18. Felipe Guimaraes        Addax          1m45.384s  +1.053
19. Renger van der Zande    Mucke          1m45.446s  +1.115
20. Pal Varhaug             Jenzer         1m45.548s  +1.217
21. Doru Sechelariu         Tech 1         1m45.561s  +1.230
22. Rio Haryanto            Manor          1m45.664s  +1.333
23. Lucas Foresti           Carlin         1m45.731s  +1.400
24. Pedro Nunes             ART            1m45.848s  +1.517
25. Vittorio Ghirelli       Atech CRS      1m45.974s  +1.643
26. Pablo Sanchez           Addax          1m46.075s  +1.744
27. Tobias Hegewald         Mucke          1m46.137s  +1.806
28. Ivan Lukashevich        Status         1m46.520s  +2.189
29. Stefano Coletti         Tech 1         1m46.580s  +2.249
30. Leonardo Cordeiro       MW Arden       1m46.716s  +2.385