Photo: Alastair Staley/GP2 Media Service
Monegasque driver Stefano Coletti topped the Friday practice session of the GP2 round at Spa-Francorchamps.
While Fabio Leimer led the timesheets with ten minutes to go, it was the championship leader who eventually rose to the top, with the Swiss driver falling to third behind ART’s James Calado.
Russian Time’s Tom Dillmann was almost half-a-second down on Coletti in fourth, with the Hilmer pair of Robin Frijns, making his return to the GP2 series after a one-round hiatus, and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs following in fifth and sixth.
The DAMS duo of Stephane Richelmi and Marcus Ericsson were seventh and eighth respectively, the Monegasque having ended the session on a low note with a spin into the Bus Stop Chicane.? Julian Leal and Nathanael Berthon rounding out the top ten.
Championship contenders Felipe Nasr and Sam Bird were 12th and 13th, placing between the Caterham duo of Alexander Rossi and Sergio Canamasas.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | 1:58.386 | 12 | |
| 2 | James Calado | ART Grand Prix | 1:58.445 | +0.059 | 10 |
| 3 | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 1:58.581 | +0.195 | 11 |
| 4 | Tom Dillmann | Russian Time | 1:58.864 | +0.478 | 11 |
| 5 | Robin Frijns | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:58.903 | +0.517 | 11 |
| 6 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:58.987 | +0.601 | 12 |
| 7 | Stephane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:59.057 | +0.671 | 10 |
| 8 | Marcus Ericsson | DAMS | 1:59.131 | +0.745 | 10 |
| 9 | Julian Leal | Racing Engineering | 1:59.168 | +0.782 | 11 |
| 10 | Nathanael Berthon | Trident Racing | 1:59.201 | +0.815 | 12 |
| 11 | Alexander Rossi | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:59.405 | +1.019 | 12 |
| 12 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:59.407 | +1.021 | 12 |
| 13 | Sam Bird | Russian Time | 1:59.447 | +1.061 | 12 |
| 14 | Sergio Canamasas | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:59.500 | +1.114 | 13 |
| 15 | Mitchell Evans | Arden International | 1:59.575 | +1.189 | 9 |
| 16 | Johnny Cecotto | Arden International | 1:59.650 | +1.264 | 11 |
| 17 | Dani Clos | MP Motorsport | 1:59.685 | +1.299 | 12 |
| 18 | Vittorio Ghirelli | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:59.748 | +1.362 | 12 |
| 19 | Rene Binder | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:59.753 | +1.367 | 10 |
| 20 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:59.891 | +1.505 | 11 |
| 21 | Jolyon Palmer | Carlin | 2:00.162 | +1.776 | 12 |
| 22 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 2:00.278 | +1.892 | 11 |
| 23 | Daniel Abt | ART Grand Prix | 2:00.290 | +1.904 | 9 |
| 24 | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 2:00.375 | +1.989 | 11 |
| 25 | Rio Haryanto | Barwa Addax Team | 2:00.407 | +2.021 | 11 |
| 26 | Ricardo Teixeira | Trident Racing | 2:01.300 | +2.914 | 10 |