A quiet and unusually early Friday morning practice for
GP2 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir for
GP2 saw Max Chilton post an early lap time of 1m42.136s that no one would top.
A sole red flag punctuated proceedings after 20 minutes when Jolyon Palmer stopped out on track at the exit of turn 8.
Practice times 1.
Max Chilton Carlin
1m42.136s (4 laps)
2.
Davide Valsecchi DAMS
1m 42.436s + 0.300s (6 laps)
3.
Luiz Razia Arden
1m 42.691s + 0.555s (4 laps)
4.
Rio Haryanto Carlin
1m 42.793s + 0.657s (9 laps)
5.
Giedo van der Garde Caterham
1m 42.883s + 0.747s (9 laps)
6.
Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering
1m 42.947s + 0.811s (5 laps)
7.
Felipe Nasr DAMS
1m 43.008s + 0.872s (10 laps)
8.
Marcus Ericsson iSport
1m 43.051s + 0.915s (4 laps)
9.
Brendon Hartley Ocean
1m 43.076s + 0.940s (6 laps)
10.
Fabrizio Crestani Lazarus
1m 43.109s + 0.973s (8 laps)
11.
Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering
1m 43.193s + 1.057s (3 laps)
12.
Stefano Coletti Coloni
1m 43.277s + 1.141s (12 laps)
13.
Fabio Onidi Coloni
1m 43.283s + 1.147s (11 laps)
14.
Rodolfo Gonzalez Caterham
1m 43.311s + 1.175s (12 laps)
15.
Dani Clos Addax
1m 43.405s + 1.269s (5 laps)
16.
Simon Trummer Arden
1m 43.522s + 1.386s (5 laps)
17.
Nigel Melker Ocean
1m 43.573s + 1.437s (5 laps)
18.
Tom Dillmann Rapax
1m 43.852s + 1.716s (4 laps)
19.
Giancarlo Serenelli Lazarus
1m 44.613s + 2.477s (9 laps)
20.
Johnny Cecotto Addax
1m 45.449s + 3.313s (3 laps)
21.
Stephane Richelmi Trident
1m 46.271s + 4.135s (5 laps)
22.
Jolyon Palmer iSport
1m 53.449s + 11.313s (3 laps)
23.
Julian Leal Trident
1m 57.225s + 15.089s (6 laps)
24.
Esteban Gutierrez Lotus
No time (1 lap)
25.
James Calado Lotus
No time (2 laps)
26.
Ricardo Teixeira Rapax
No time (0 laps)