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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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