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Stefano Coletti heads GP2 practice at Hockenheim

by Peter Allen
Stefano Coletti

Photo: Sam Bloxham/GP2 Series Media Service

Stefano Coletti topped the GP2 practice session for round six of the 2014 season at Hockenheim.

Series veteran Coletti was followed by rookies Stoffel Vandoorne and Raffaele Marciello. Coletti managed a time of 1m24.771s, 0.110s ahead of ART racer Vandoorne and 0.383s quicker than his Racing Engineering team-mate Marciello.

American drivers Alexander Rossi and Conor Daly had strong showings to complete the top five. Having parted company with Caterham, Rossi has joined Campos Racing this weekend in place of Kimiya Sato, who is in Auto GP action at Spielberg.

Stephane Richelmi was seventh ahead of Daly’ Lazarus team-mate Nathanael Berthon. Felipe Nasr was eighth ahead of Johnny Cecotto and Rene Binder.

Championship leader Jolyon Palmer was 12th, Silverstone feature race winner Mitch Evans 17th and Rossi’s Caterham replacement Tom Dillmann 21st.

Bottom of the pile were Marco Sorensen and Julian Leal whose cars both stopped during the session, Sorensen’s in the pit entry.

Session results
Pos Driver? Team Time? Gap Laps?
1 Stefano Coletti Racing Engineering 1:24.771 14
2 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1:24.881 0.110 21
3 Raffaele Marciello Racing Engineering 1:25.154 0.383 19
4 Alexander Rossi Campos Racing 1:25.177 0.406 20
5 Conor Daly Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:25.228 0.457 21
6 Stephane Richelmi DAMS 1:25.271 0.500 20
7 Nathanael Berthon Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:25.299 0.528 19
8 Felipe Nasr Carlin 1:25.329 0.558 23
9 Johnny Cecotto Trident 1:25.355 0.584 21
10 Rene Binder Arden International 1:25.359 0.588 18
11 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 1:25.448 0.677 19
12 Jolyon Palmer DAMS 1:25.494 0.723 21
13 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1:25.497 0.726 20
14 Takuya Izawa ART Grand Prix 1:25.589 0.818 19
15 Rio Haryanto EQ8 Caterham Racing 1:25.671 0.900 16
16 Sergio Canamasas Trident 1:25.676 0.905 16
17 Mitch Evans Russian Time 1:25.719 0.948 20
18 Daniel Abt Hilmer Motorsport 1:25.736 0.965 22
19 Simon Trummer Rapax 1:25.792 1.021 22
20 Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 1:25.841 1.070 18
21 Tom Dillmann EQ8 Caterham Racing 1:25.911 1.140 20
22 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rapax 1:25.964 1.193 19
23 Andre Negrao Arden International 1:26.031 1.260 18
24 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:26.139 1.368 18
25 Marco Sorensen MP Motorsport 1:26.314 1.543 12
26 Julian Leal Carlin 1:26.672 1.901 12