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Red Bull Ring GP2: Johnny Cecotto Jr grabs pole in tight session

Johnny Cecotto Jr will start round seven of the GP2 Series from pole position after setting the fastest time in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring on Friday

As the threatening rain stayed away throughout the session, Trident's Cecotto set his pole time on his first run, although a later effort on his second set of tyres would have been good enough for pole too.

Points leader Jolyon Palmer will start second for DAMS, getting to within 0.04s of Cecotto before spinning at Turn 8 on his second run.

Carlin's Felipe Nasr qualified third, getting to within 0.006s of Palmer's time. The Williams F1 reserve will look back on a last corner moment on his first run that might have cost him a place or two.

Stefano Coletti jumped up to fourth with his final lap, but his Racing Engineering team-mate Raffaele Marciello had the best 'what if?' story, as he was up on Cecotto's pole time at sector two, only to find a Caterham cruising into the pits on the apex of Turn 8, which ruined his line and cost him his pole shot.

The Ferrari protege will start fifth.

McLaren junior Stoffel Vandoorne, who had swapped second with Palmer after the first runs, slipped down the order to sixth as the session wore on.

Arthur Pic, Mitch Evans, Alexander Rossi and Stephane Richelmi round out the top 10.

Practice pacesetter Julian Leal was only 12th fastest.


Pos Driver               Team                  Time       Gap
 1. Johnny Cecotto Jr    Trident               1m15.312s         
 2. Jolyon Palmer        DAMS                  1m15.352s  +0.040s
 3. Felipe Nasr          Carlin                1m15.358s  +0.046s
 4. Stefano Coletti      Racing Engineering    1m15.443s  +0.131s
 5. Raffaele Marciello   Racing Engineering    1m15.449s  +0.137s
 6. Stoffel Vandoorne    ART                   1m15.481s  +0.169s
 7. Arthur Pic           Campos                1m15.608s  +0.296s
 8. Mitch Evans          Russian Time          1m15.614s  +0.302s
 9. Alexander Rossi      Caterham              1m15.644s  +0.332s
10. Stephane Richelmi    DAMS                  1m15.664s  +0.352s
11. Andre Negrao         Arden                 1m15.773s  +0.461s
12. Julian Leal          Carlin                1m15.784s  +0.472s
13. Rio Haryanto         Caterham              1m15.811s  +0.499s
14. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs  Rapax                 1m15.927s  +0.615s
15. Tio Ellinas          MP                    1m15.964s  +0.652s
16. Sergio Canamasas     Trident               1m16.034s  +0.722s
17. Takuya Izawa         ART                   1m16.092s  +0.780s
18. Artem Markelov       Russian Time          1m16.136s  +0.824s
19. Daniel Abt           Hilmer                1m16.246s  +0.934s
20. Kimiya Sato          Campos                1m16.274s  +0.962s
21. Rene Binder          Arden                 1m16.331s  +1.019s
22. Daniel de Jong       MP                    1m16.334s  +1.022s
23. Facu Regalia         Hilmer                1m16.497s  +1.185s
24. Simon Trummer        Rapax                 1m16.531s  +1.219s
25. Conor Daly           Lazarus               1m16.539s  +1.227s
26. Nathanael Berthon    Lazarus               1m16.654s  +1.342s


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