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Robin Frijns tops Nurburgring practice

by Valentin Khorounzhiy

Photo: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service

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