Pastor Maldonado tops Pantano in opening GP2 practice

Pastor Maldonado set the pace in the 30 minutes of free practice ahead of qualifying for the GP2 Series round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The Venezuelan lapped the track in 1:57.055, just 0.048 seconds quicker than series leader Giorgio Pantano.

Pos

Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1. Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:57.055 + 0.000 12
2. Pantano Racing Engineering 1:57.103 + 0.048 10
3. Petrov Barwa International Campos 1:57.219 + 0.164 11
4. Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:57.333 + 0.278 12
5. Valsecchi Durango 1:57.537 + 0.482 13
6. Chandhok iSport International 1:57.558 + 0.503 11
7. Zuber Piquet Sports 1:57.576 + 0.521 12
8. Soucek Super Nova Racing 1:57.644 + 0.589 12
9. Kobayashi Dams 1:57.661 + 0.606 11
10. D'Ambrosio Dams 1:57.681 + 0.626 13
11. Parente Super Nova Racing 1:57.760 + 0.705 12
12. Rodriguez FMS International 1:57.803 + 0.748 14
13. Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 1:57.874 + 0.819 9
14. Di Grassi Barwa International Campos 1:57.905 + 0.850 11
15. Senna iSport International 1:57.998 + 0.943 11
16. Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:58.265 + 1.210 10
17. Filippi Trust Team Arden 1:58.420 + 1.365 12
18. Tung Trident Racing 1:58.476 + 1.421 12
19. Nunes DPR 1:58.494 + 1.439 13
20. Conway Trident Racing 1:58.611 + 1.556 13
21. Asmer FMS International 1:58.960 + 1.905 11
22. Valerio Durango 1:59.127 + 2.072 12
23. Villa Racing Engineering 1:59.146 + 2.091 10
24. Valles BCN Competicion 1:59.148 + 2.093 13
25. Herck DPR 1:59.416 + 2.361 11
26. Iaconelli BCN Competicion 1:59.487 + 2.432 13