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Monza Auto GP: Tamas Pal Kiss quickest in free practice

Tamas Pal Kiss and Andrea Roda topped the times in the two free practice sessions ahead of the fourth round of the Auto GP series at Monza this weekend

Zele Racing's Kiss set a best of 1m37.059s in the morning's running, half a second ahead of Roda. The Virtuosi UK-run Italian driver headed one of the two female racers entered this weekend, Michela Cerruti, who was third fastest in her Super Nova Lola.

Her team-mate Markus Pommer was fourth fastest in the first session but completed just a single lap in the second after a suspected electrical problem affected his gear selection.

In the slightly slower second session it was Roda who headed the times, stopping the clocks at 1m37.697s.

Cristof Von Grunigen set the second fastest time as he prepares for his Auto GP bow this weekend with Zele Racing. The Swiss racer made a significant improvement of 1.4s in the latter of the 30-min.

Euronova's Japanese duo of Shinya Michimi and Yoshitaka Kuroda were difficult to split in each session, with the pair never more than a few tenths of a second apart.

They finished fifth and sixth respectively in session one, while Kuroda just got the better of his countryman in the afternoon running when the pair ended fourth and ffth overall.

Venezuelan racer Samin Gomez spent both sessions familiarising herself with her first run out in Auto GP to end up in 12th and 11th places.

The only notable drama came in the latter session when Loris Spinelli rotated his Euronova Lola-Zytek at the second Lesmo corner, just avoiding contact with the guardrail but beaching himself on the exit kerb.

Follow the first AutoGP race from Monza on AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live on Saturday May 31st at 14:30pm UK time

Practice 1                                                        
                                                                  
Pos Driver                Team             Time       Gap     Laps
 1. Tamas Pal Kiss        Zele             1m37.059s           13 
 2. Andrea Roda           Virtuosi         1m37.502s  +0.443s  15 
 3. Michela Cerruti       Super Nova       1m38.269s  +1.210s  13 
 4. Markus Pommer         Super Nova       1m38.291s  +1.232s  13 
 5. Shinya Michimi        Euronova         1m38.460s  +1.401s  13 
 6. Yoshitaka Kuroda      Zele             1m38.562s  +1.503s  12 
 7. Kevin Giovesi         Eurotech         1m38.693s  +1.634s  14 
 8. Christof von Grunigen Zele             1m38.725s  +1.666s  13 
 9. Michele La Rosa       MLR 71/Euronova  1m39.239s  +2.180s  12 
10. Giuseppe Cipriani     Virtuosi         1m40.039s  +2.980s  13 
11. Loris Spinelli        Eurotech         1m40.205s  +3.146s  14 
12. Samin Gomez           Zele             1m41.131s  +4.072s  10 
13. Francesco Dracone     Super Nova       1m41.633s  +4.574s  10 
                                                                  
Practice 2                                                        
                                                                  
Pos Driver                Team             Time       Gap     Laps
 1. Andrea Roda           Virtuosi         1m37.697s           14 
 2. Christof von Grunigen Zele             1m37.850s  +0.153s  8  
 3. Kevin Giovesi         Eurotech         1m37.873s  +0.176s  11 
 4. Yoshitaka Kuroda      Zele             1m37.967s  +0.270s  13 
 5. Shinya Michimi        Euronova         1m38.106s  +0.409s  12 
 6. Tamas Pal Kiss        Zele             1m38.157s  +0.460s  11 
 7. Michela Cerruti       Super Nova       1m38.179s  +0.482s  14 
 8. Francesco Dracone     Super Nova       1m38.876s  +1.179s  13 
 9. Michele La Rosa       MLR 71/Euronova  1m39.076s  +1.379s  13 
10. Loris Spinelli        Eurotech         1m39.139s  +1.442s  12 
11. Samin Gomez           Zele             1m39.347s  +1.650s  11 
12. Giuseppe Cipriani     Virtuosi         1m39.376s  +1.679s  14 
13. Markus Pommer         Super Nova       No time set            
                                                                  

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