Kobayashi snatches pole in Dubai
Kamui Kobayashi has won the pole position for race 1 of the GP2 Asia event in Dubai .
"There was a lot of traffic, so it was difficult to get a time," said Kobayashi. "I think I was quite lucky."
Sakon Yamamoto (ART) made it an all-Japan front row with an even later effort, 0.184 seconds down.
Race 1 is Friday and Race 2 is Saturday.
Race 1 Lineup
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Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | K. Kobayashi | DAMS | 01'41"091 | – | 13 |
| 2 | S. Yamamoto | ART | 01'41"275 | 00'00"184 | 12 |
| 3 | V. Petrov | Barwa Campos | 01'41"341 | 00'00"250 | 14 |
| 4 | R. Rodriguez | Piquet | 01'41"376 | 00'00"285 | 15 |
| 5 | D. Valsecchi | Durango | 01'41"472 | 00'00"381 | 15 |
| 6 | Y. Buurman | ORT | 01'41"549 | 00'00"459 | 14 |
| 7 | G. Van Der Garde | iSport | 01'41"557 | 00'00"466 | 15 |
| 8 | D. Nunes | Piquet | 01'41"593 | 00'00"502 | 15 |
| 9 | S. Perez | Barwa Campos | 01'41"768 | 00'00"677 | 15 |
| 10 | J. D'Ambrosio | DAMS | 01'41"777 | 00'00"686 | 14 |
| 11 | A. Zuber | FMS | 01'41"798 | 00'00"707 | 14 |
| 12 | P. Maldonado | ART | 01'41"838 | 00'00"747 | 13 |
| 13 | R. Van der Zande | TTA | 01'42"054 | 00'00"963 | 15 |
| 14 | J. Villa | Super Nova | 01'42"062 | 00'00"971 | 13 |
| 15 | J. Jakes | Super Nova | 01'42"066 | 00'00"975 | 15 |
| 16 | E. Bamber | Qi-Meritus | 01'42"068 | 00'00"977 | 15 |
| 17 | L. Razia | TTA | 01'42"204 | 00'01"113 | 14 |
| 18 | G. Ricci | Trident | 01'42"351 | 00'01"260 | 14 |
| 19 | H. Al Fardan | iSport | 01'42"367 | 00'01"276 | 15 |
| 20 | A. Valerio | Trident | 01'42"540 | 00'01"450 | 15 |
| 21 | A. Yoong | Qi-Meritus | 01'43"026 | 00'01"935 | 14 |
| 22 | M. Herck | DPR | 01'43"102 | 00'02"011 | 14 |
| 23 | F. Crestani | ORT | 01'43"315 | 00'02"225 | 14 |
| 24 | C. Van Der Drift | Trident | 01'43"393 | 00'02"302 | 15 |
| 25 | M. Dalle Stelle | Durango | 01'45"603 | 00'04"512 | 15 |
| 26 | K. Nai Chia Chen | FMS | 01'48"410 | – | 16 |