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Reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robin Frijns was quickest in the GP2 practice session at Nurburgring, topping the timesheets early on and remaining the leader until the checkered flag.
In a session which saw drivers struggle to get heat into the tyres, Sam Bird took second ahead of Arden’s Mitch Evans. Fabio Leimer was fourth, leading championship leader Stefano Coletti and ART’s James Calado, who narrowly avoided a severe accident by managing to correct for a spin in time.
Jolyon Palmer took seventh, ahead of Bird’s teammate Tom Dillmann. Adrian-Quaife Hobbs and Rene Binder rounded out the top ten.
Session results
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Robin Frijns | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:39.838 | 14 | |
2 | Sam Bird | Russan Time | 1:39.962 | +0.124 | 13 |
3 | Mitchell Evans | Arden International | 1:40.165 | +0.327 | 12 |
4 | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 1:40.304 | +0.466 | 12 |
5 | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | 1:40.340 | +0.502 | 13 |
6 | James Calado | ART Grand Prix | 1:40.425 | +0.587 | 13 |
7 | Jolyon Palmer | Carlin | 1:40.457 | +0.619 | 13 |
8 | Tom Dillmann | Russan Time | 1:40.509 | +0.671 | 13 |
9 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | MP Motorsport | 1:40.533 | +0.695 | 13 |
10 | Rene Binder | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:40.652 | +0.814 | 14 |
11 | Marcus Ericsson | DAMS | 1:40.782 | +0.944 | 14 |
12 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:40.797 | +0.959 | 13 |
13 | Johnny Cecotto | Arden International | 1:40.813 | +0.975 | 15 |
14 | Stephane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:40.830 | +0.992 | 14 |
15 | Kevin Ceccon | Trident Racing | 1:40.883 | +1.045 | 13 |
16 | Julian Leal | Racing Engineering | 1:40.941 | +1.103 | 12 |
17 | Nathanael Berthon | Trident Racing | 1:40.949 | +1.111 | 14 |
18 | Alexander Rossi | Caterham Racing | 1:40.951 | +1.113 | 12 |
19 | Sergio Canamasas | Caterham Racing | 1:40.982 | +1.144 | 13 |
20 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:41.096 | +1.258 | 15 |
21 | Rio Haryanto | Barwa Addax Team | 1:41.230 | +1.392 | 13 |
22 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:41.356 | +1.518 | 13 |
23 | Fabrizio Crestani | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:41.500 | +1.662 | 14 |
24 | Jon Lancaster | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:41.709 | +1.871 | 14 |
25 | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 1:41.805 | +1.967 | 12 |
26 | Daniel Abt | ART Grand Prix | 1:42.324 | +2.486 | 12 |