Giedo van der Garde tops Bahrain GP2 qualifying
Giedo van der Garde set the fastest laptime in qualifying for Friday's GP2 Series feature race at Sakhir
The Caterham driver's 1m42.451s pole lap was investigated by the stewards as he was one of many drivers to run wide on the exit of the final corner. The officials ruled that van der Garde had not gained an advantage and his pole stood.
Behind him, last week's double winner Davide Valsecchi (DAMS) just pipped Racing Engineering's Fabio Leimer for second.
Max Chilton, quickest in this morning's practice session, was fourth quickest, just ahead of his Carlin team-mate Rio Haryanto.
Lotus drivers Esteban Gutierrez and James Calado lost out as their decision to save a set of tyres by not posting a time in practice failed to pay off. The Mexican was 13th, the Brit down in 22nd.
Luiz Razia (Arden), who is second in the championship, was sixth fastest.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1m42.451s 2. Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1m42.596s + 0.145s 3. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1m42.619s + 0.168s 4. Max Chilton Carlin 1m42.628s + 0.177s 5. Rio Haryanto Carlin 1m42.691s + 0.240s 6. Luiz Razia Arden 1m42.839s + 0.388s 7. Rodolfo Gonzalez Caterham 1m42.951s + 0.500s 8. Dani Clos Addax 1m43.080s + 0.629s 9. Marcus Ericsson iSport 1m43.124s + 0.673s 10. Tom Dillmann Rapax 1m43.163s + 0.712s 11. Felipe Nasr DAMS 1m43.172s + 0.721s 12. Stefano Coletti Coloni 1m43.206s + 0.755s 13. Esteban Gutierrez Lotus 1m43.213s + 0.762s 14. Brendon Hartley Ocean 1m43.219s + 0.768s 15. Fabrizio Crestani Lazarus 1m43.311s + 0.860s 16. Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering 1m43.328s + 0.877s 17. Jolyon Palmer iSport 1m43.391s + 0.940s 18. Fabio Onidi Coloni 1m43.447s + 0.996s 19. Nigel Melker Ocean 1m43.453s + 1.002s 20. Johnny Cecotto Addax 1m43.599s + 1.148s 21. Julian Leal Trident 1m43.659s + 1.208s 22. James Calado Lotus 1m43.757s + 1.306s 23. Simon Trummer Arden 1m43.929s + 1.478s 24. Stephane Richelmi Trident 1m44.100s + 1.649s 25. Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1m44.850s + 2.399s 26. Giancarlo Serenelli Lazarus 1m45.036s + 2.585s
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