Pantano tops Istanbul free practice

Giorgio Pantano topped the times in the 30-minutes of free practice at Istanbul Park on Friday morning for round two of the GP2 Series.

The Italian's Racing Engineering machine outpaced the Piquet Sports duo of Andi Zuber and Pastor Maldonado. Pantano's 1:33.815s was almost two-tenths quicker than Zuber, with Maldonado over half a second adrift.

Fourth fastest was Romain Grosjean of ART Grand Prix, ahead of Vitaly Petrov (Campos), Super Nova's new man Andy Soucek and Durango's Davide Valsecchi.

Bruno Senna was eighth fastest for iSport, ahead of Javier Villa (Racing Engineering), who would later spin into the tyrewall, and Barcelona Sprint Race winner Kamui Kobayashi (DAMS). Fellow Barca winner Alvaro Parente was down in 12th, behind iSport's Karun Chandhok, and ended his session stranded at Turn 1.

Adam Carroll was 13th fastest on his return to GP2 and FMS. The man he replaced, Adrian Valles, got off to a bad start with BCN Competicion, clashing with a Durango car and spinning off.

Valles only managed to complete six laps and was the slowest of the 26 cars.

Spinners during the session included Luca Filippi (ART) and Yelmer Buurman (Arden). The were both able to continue running.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Pantano Racing Engineering 1:33.815 11 2. Zuber Piquet Sports 1:34.010 + 0.195 15 3. Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:34.373 + 0.558 14 4. Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:34.547 + 0.732 13 5. Petrov Campos Team 1:34.689 + 0.874 13 6. Soucek Super Nova Racing 1:34.835 + 1.020 15 7. Valsecchi Durango 1:34.952 + 1.137 15 8. Senna iSport International 1:34.969 + 1.154 16 9. Villa Racing Engineering 1:34.986 + 1.171 13 10. Kobayashi Dams 1:34.989 + 1.174 16 11. Chandhok iSport International 1:35.055 + 1.240 14 12. Parente Super Nova Racing 1:35.070 + 1.255 15 13. Carroll FMS International 1:35.228 + 1.413 15 14. Filippi ART Grand Prix 1:35.269 + 1.454 14 15. Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:35.297 + 1.482 15 16. D'Ambrosio Dams 1:35.433 + 1.618 15 17. Conway Trident Racing 1:35.456 + 1.641 14 18. Rodriguez FMS International 1:35.476 + 1.661 12 19. Valerio Durango 1:35.502 + 1.687 15 20. Hanley Campos Team 1:35.567 + 1.752 13 21. Buurman Trust Team Arden 1:35.705 + 1.890 16 22. Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:35.761 + 1.946 16 23. Ricci DPR 1:36.225 + 2.410 15 24. Nunes DPR 1:36.470 + 2.655 17 25. Tung Trident Racing 1:36.563 + 2.748 16 26. Valles BCN Competicion 1:37.194 + 3.379 6

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