Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP2 Series Media Service
Julian Leal posted the fastest time in free practice as the GP2 season resumed at Spa-Francorchamps.
The Carlin driver was 0.153 seconds faster than his fellow South American driver Johnny Cecotto around the Belgian circuit.
Raffaele Marciello was third fastest, ahead of the Lazarus duo of Nathanael Berthon and Conor Daly.
Local star Stoffel Vandoorne took sixth ahead of Cecotto’s Trident team-mate Sergio Canamasas.
Eighth was Stefano Coletti, who triggered a red flag with around ten minutes left on the clock when he spun through the gravel and back onto the track at Fagnes, leaving his car stranded facing the wrong way. The session resumed with four minutes remaining.
Coletti’s fellow Monegasque driver Stephane Richelmi was ninth and Mitch Evans tenth.
Championship leader Jolyon Palmer was 12th, two spots ahead of his main rival Felipe Nasr. The top 16 were covered by less than a second.
Fresh from wrapping up the Auto GP title at the Nurburgring last weekend, Kimiya Sato was 26th and last.
Session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:57.877 | 12 | |
| 2 | Johnny Cecotto | Trident | 1:58.030 | 0.153 | 11 |
| 3 | Raffaele Marciello | Racing Engineering | 1:58.265 | 0.388 | 14 |
| 4 | Nathanael Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:58.291 | 0.414 | 15 |
| 5 | Conor Daly | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:58.302 | 0.425 | 14 |
| 6 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:58.339 | 0.462 | 13 |
| 7 | Sergio Canamasas | Trident | 1:58.370 | 0.493 | 13 |
| 8 | Stefano Coletti | Racing Engineering | 1:58.374 | 0.497 | 11 |
| 9 | Stephane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:58.399 | 0.522 | 14 |
| 10 | Mitch Evans | Russian Time | 1:58.439 | 0.562 | 14 |
| 11 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Rapax | 1:58.454 | 0.577 | 12 |
| 12 | Jolyon Palmer | DAMS | 1:58.462 | 0.585 | 14 |
| 13 | Marco Sorensen | MP Motorsport | 1:58.487 | 0.610 | 13 |
| 14 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:58.658 | 0.781 | 10 |
| 15 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:58.787 | 0.910 | 13 |
| 16 | Rio Haryanto | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:58.800 | 0.923 | 13 |
| 17 | Takuya Izawa | ART Grand Prix | 1:58.889 | 1.012 | 12 |
| 18 | Tom Dillmann | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:58.923 | 1.046 | 13 |
| 19 | Daniel Abt | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:58.943 | 1.066 | 14 |
| 20 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:59.020 | 1.143 | 12 |
| 21 | Rene Binder | Arden International | 1:59.167 | 1.290 | 14 |
| 22 | Jon Lancaster | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:59.179 | 1.302 | 14 |
| 23 | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:59.311 | 1.434 | 13 |
| 24 | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1:59.463 | 1.586 | 12 |
| 25 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:59.531 | 1.654 | 12 |
| 26 | Kimiya Sato | Campos Racing | 1:59.564 | 1.687 | 11 |