Just as importantly, title rival Bruno Senna could do no better than 12th position, leaving the title Pantano's for the taking. He is now 13 points clear with 18 still up for grabs in the races.
Pantano (Racing Engineering) was in typical imperious Monza form. He produced three laps in the 1:31.2 bracket - only Lucas di Grassi (Campos) was able to come close with one of his own. Pantano's early marker was a 1:31.274, which he improved to 1:31.223 on his second set of slicks.
Di Grassi then slammed in a 1:31.239 – just 0.016 seconds slower – but Pantano responded with a 1:31.220, to increase his advantage by a further three thousandths of a second.
As Pantano was punching the air as he skipped into the weighbridge area, Senna was simultaneously punching his steering wheel in frustration, as his final, last-ditch effort was ruined by traffic.
Senna (iSport) opted to take his second set of fresh tyres early, but was never really in the hunt with the front-runners. He will now have to hope that outside factors, such as the rain that is predicted for tomorrow, to have some sort of negative effect on Pantano and propel him towards the front.
Sebastien Buemi will start third for Arden after an impressive session for the Banbury-based team, as his teammate Luca Filippi will line up alongside him on the second row.
Vitaly Petrov was fifth fastest for Campos, ahead of Piquet Sports duo Pastor Maldonado and Andi Zuber. Roldan Rodriguez (FMS), Javier Villa (Racing Engineering) and Karun Chandhok (iSport) round out the top 10.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Pantano Racing Engineering 1:31.220 12 2. Di Grassi Barwa Campos Team 1:31.239 + 0.019 14 3. Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:31.330 + 0.110 14 4. Filippi Trust Team Arden 1:31.440 + 0.220 14 5. Petrov Barwa Campos Team 1:31.527 + 0.307 14 6. Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:31.546 + 0.326 14 7. Zuber Piquet Sports 1:31.663 + 0.443 13 8. Rodriguez FMS International 1:31.708 + 0.488 16 9. Villa Racing Engineering 1:31.797 + 0.577 15 10. Chandhok iSport International 1:31.810 + 0.590 11 11. Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:31.949 + 0.729 13 12. Senna iSport International 1:31.964 + 0.744 15 13. Valsecchi Durango 1:32.090 + 0.870 16 14. Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 1:32.092 + 0.872 14 15. Soucek Super Nova Racing 1:32.165 + 0.945 14 16. Conway Trident Racing 1:32.229 + 1.009 14 17. Nunes DPR 1:32.236 + 1.016 14 18. Kobayashi Dams 1:32.361 + 1.141 16 19. D'ambrosio Dams 1:32.503 + 1.283 16 20. Valerio Durango 1:32.550 + 1.330 15 21. Parente Super Nova Racing 1:32.604 + 1.384 15 22. Asmer FMS International 1:32.808 + 1.588 16 23. Tung Trident Racing 1:32.817 + 1.597 14 24. Herck DPR 1:33.021 + 1.801 16 25. Iaconelli BCN Competicion 1:33.264 + 2.044 16
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