Renault F1 protege Grosjean lapped in 1:27.411s, over two-tenths clear of Mike Conway's Trident Racing machine. Grosjean's team-mate Luca Filippi was third fastest, the Italian on a high after his recent podium at Magny-Cours following a difficult start to the season.
Both Conway and Filippi had big moments during the session, which was held in sunny but windy conditions. Conway was forced into a long grassy moment after losing control at Becketts, but he bounced across the grass without doing any harm to his car.
Filippi spun at the high-speed at Stowe corner, a feat repeated shortly after by fellow frontrunner Bruno Senna (iSport). Both got briefly airborne as they rattled over the kerbs, but both returned to earth safely.
Series leader Giorgio Pantano was fourth fastest for Racing Engineering, ahead of Kamui Kobayashi, who stalled his DAMS car at the end of the pitlane at the conclusion of the session after a disastrous practice start.
Andi Zuber, a winner last year here with iSport, was sixth quickest for Piquet Sports. Super Nova duo Andy Soucek and Alvaro Parente were next up, ahead of Lucas di Grassi (Campos) and iSport partners Senna and Karun Chandhok. The latter had a big grassy moment exiting Luffield, that he did well to catch.
Other expected frontrunners well down included Pastor Maldonado, who was only 15th for Piquet Sports. Returning from injury with Durango, Davide Valsecchi was 24th fastest.
Pos Driver bTeam Time Gap 1. Romain Grosjean ART 1:27.411 2. Mike Conway Trident 1:27.699 +0.288 3. Luca Filippi ART 1:27.741 +0.330 4. Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:27.746 +0.335 5. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:27.791 +0.380 6. Andi Zuber Piquet Sports 1:28.062 +0.651 7. Andy Soucek Super Nova 1:28.076 +0.665 8. Alvaro Parente Super Nova 1:28.119 +0.708 9. Lucas di Grassi Campos 1:28.128 +0.717 10. Bruno Senna iSport 1:28.296 +0.885 11. Karun Chandhok iSport 1:28.403 +0.992 12. Sebastien Buemi Arden 1:28.468 +1.057 13. Adrian Valles BCN 1:28.477 +1.066 14. Vitaly Petrov Campos 1:28.627 +1.216 15. Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:28.809 +1.398 16. Jerome d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:28.967 +1.556 17. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:28.978 +1.567 18. Marko Asmer FMS 1:29.109 +1.698 19. Roldan Rodriguez FMS 1:29.209 +1.798 20. Alberto Valerio Durango 1:29.466 +2.055 21. Diego Nunes DPR 1:29.721 +2.310 22. Yelmer Buurman Arden 1:29.876 +2.465 23. Ho-Pin Tung Trident 1:30.044 +2.633 24. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:30.460 +3.049 25. Michael Herck DPR 1:30.509 +3.098 26. Carlos Iaconelli BCN 1:31.349 +3.938
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