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ART locks out front row at Monza

ART Grand Prix has locked out the front row for tomorrow's GP2 feature race at Monza, with Jules Bianchi edging out team-mate Sam Bird in today's qualifying session

Bianchi established himself at the top with a 1m30.269s early on and was never bettered, with Bird falling just 0.042s shy of the Frenchman's time. Jerome D'Ambrosio will start from third for DAMS alongside iSport's Oliver Turvey.

Points leader Pastor Maldonado provided the only real drama of the session when he spun after catching too much kerb at the first chicane and beached himself, bringing out the red flag with six minutes remaining.

The Venezuelan had been trying to improve upon seventh at the time, and considering that he only lost one position after the session restarted, the outcome certainly could have been worse from his point of view.

Maldonado's cause was helped by two yellow flags during the final five minutes, including one triggered by Adrian Zaugg going off at the Parabolica in the final moments of the session, that made it extremely difficult for anyone to lower their times.

Title contender Sergio Perez was among those unable to capitalise on his misfortune and will start alongside the Rapax driver in seventh, with Coloni's Alvaro Parente and DAMS' Romain Grosjean on the third row just ahead of them.

Coloni's Brendon Hartley was the quickest of the series debutants in 22nd, leaving Trident's Edoardo Piscopo to start from 24th.


Pos Driver                 Team                   Time          Gap 
 1. Jules Bianchi          ART                    1m30.269s
 2. Sam Bird               ART                    1m30.311s  +0.042
 3. Jerome D'Ambrosio      DAMS                   1m30.366s  +0.097
 4. Oliver Turvey          iSport                 1m30.468s  +0.199
 5. Alvaro Parente         Coloni                 1m30.474s  +0.205
 6. Romain Grosjean        DAMS                   1m30.542s  +0.273
 7. Sergio Perez           Addax                  1m30.555s  +0.286
 8. Pastor Maldonado       Rapax                  1m30.675s  +0.406
 9. Daniel Clos            Racing Engineering     1m30.682s  +0.413
10. Christian Vietoris     Racing Engineering     1m30.687s  +0.418
11. Luca Filippi           Super Nova             1m30.691s  +0.422
12. Davide Valsecchi       iSport                 1m30.714s  +0.445
13. Fabrizio Crestani      DPR                    1m30.801s  +0.532
14. Giedo van der Garde    Addax                  1m30.894s  +0.625
15. Luiz Razia             Rapax                  1m31.107s  +0.838
16. Charles Pic            Arden                  1m31.131s  +0.862
17. Adrian Zaugg           Trident                1m31.246s  +0.977
18. Fabio Leimer           Ocean                  1m31.255s  +0.986
19. Marcus Ericsson        Super Nova             1m31.372s  +1.103
20. Rodolfo Gonzalez       Arden                  1m31.439s  +1.170
21. Michael Herck          DPR                    1m31.458s  +1.189
22. Brendon Hartley        Coloni                 1m31.601s  +1.332
23. Max Chilton            Ocean                  1m31.667s  +1.398
24. Edoardo Piscopo        Trident                1m32.100s  +1.831

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