Davide Valsecchi claimed pole position for Saturday's
GP2 feature race at the Bahrain International Circuit, with a lap of 1:41.200s over a quarter of a second faster than Lotus GP's Esteban Gutierrez who will line up alongside him on the front row.
In an impressive day for DAMS overall, Valsecchi's rookie team mate Felipe Nasr clinched third place ahead of Fabio Leimer, with Johnny Cecotto Jr. and Stephane Richelmi making up row three.
Qualifying times 1.
Davide Valsecchi DAMS
1m 41.200s (10 laps)
2.
Esteban Gutierrez Lotus
1m 41.479s + 0.279s (7 laps)
3.
Felipe Nasr DAMS
1m 41.785s + 0.585s (6 laps)
4.
Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering
1m 41.798s + 0.598s (10 laps)
5.
Johnny Cecotto Jr. Addax
1m 41.858s + 0.658s (11 laps)
6.
Stephane Richelmi Trident
1m 41.862s + 0.662s (10 laps)
7.
Marcus Ericsson iSport
1m 41.933s + 0.733s (10 laps)
8.
James Calado Lotus
1m 41.939s + 0.739s (9 laps)
9.
Luiz Razia Arden
1m 41.962s + 0.762s (10 laps)
10.
Max Chilton Carlin
1m 41.980s + 0.780s (12 laps)
11.
Rio Haryanto Carlin
1m 42.097s + 0.897s (13 laps)
12.
Giedo van der Garde Caterham
1m 42.139s + 0.939s (12 laps)
13.
Jolyon Palmer iSport
1m 42.156s + 0.956s (11 laps)
14.
Dani Clos Addax
1m 42.158s + 0.958s (10 laps)
15.
Tom Dillmann Rapax
1m 42.190s + 0.990s (12 laps)
16.
Fabio Onidi Coloni
1m 42.374s + 1.174s (10 laps)
17.
Rodolfo Gonzalez Caterham
1m 42.409s + 1.209s (12 laps)
18.
Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering
1m 42.427s + 1.227s (8 laps)
19.
Julian Leal Trident
1m 42.456s + 1.256s (12 laps)
20.
Fabrizio Crestani Lazarus
1m 42.706s + 1.506s (13 laps)
21.
Brendon Hartley Ocean
1m 42.782s + 1.582s (13 laps)
22.
Stefano Coletti Coloni
1m 42.853s + 1.653s (11 laps)
23.
Nigel Melker Ocean
1m 42.895s + 1.695s (12 laps)
24.
Simon Trummer Arden
1m 43.014s + 1.814s (14 laps)
25.
Giancarlo Serenelli Lazarus
1m 43.907s + 2.707s (11 laps)
26.
Ricardo Teixeira Rapax
1m 44.078s + 2.878s (14 laps)