Two months after outshining all his competitors in Dubai, Kamui Kobayashi has once again taken the top spot today in Bahrain, this time in free practice. He set the fastest laptime in a 1:42.642,half a second quicker than his closest rival of the session. The other Dams car, with Jérômed’ Ambrosio at the wheel, set the third fastest laptime, proving if need be that the French team has become the Metronome of the GP2 Asia Series this season.
Rookie Nico Hülkenberg at ART Grand Prix started his GP2 career with a bang: for his first timeat the Bahraini track, the young German signed the second fastest laptime in a 1:43.221 whileGP2 Asia returnee Marco Bonanomi placed his Meritus.Mahara car in fourth ahead of another impressive rookie, Edoardo Mortara at Arden Motorsport.
Race winner Roldan Rodriguez and his teammate Diego Nunes quickly followed in sixth and seventh. James Jakes, Giedo Van der Garde and Javier Villa completed the top 10. It was a difficult session for Davide Valsecchi and Earl Bamber, respectively 13thand 18th.
The qualifying session will start at 4:00pm today, local time.
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