Caterham's Giedo van der Garde set the fastest lap time of the Friday morning practice session at the start of GP2's second consecu🃏tive weekend a𒁏t the Bahrain International Circuit at Sakhir.

His fast lap time survived a post-race stewards investigation for being set while running off the track at the final corner. It was 0.145s ahead 🌳of the best time Davide Valsecchi could set ea🌜rly in the session, also on the harder prime tyres.

Qualifying times

1. Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1m42.451s (11 laps)
2. Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1m 42.596s + 0.145s (11 laps)
3. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1m 42.619s + 0.168s (10 laps)
4. Max Chilton Carlin 1m 42.628s + 0.177s (11 laps)
5. Rio Haryanto Carlin 1m 42.691s + 0.240s (11 laps)
6. Luiz Razia Arden 1m 42.839s + 0.388s (10 laps)
7. Rodolfo Gonzalez Caterham Racing 1m 42.951s + 0.500s (11 laps)
8. Dani Clos Addax 1m 43.080s + 0.629s (11 laps)
9. Marcus Ericsson iSport 1m 43.124s + 0.673s (11 laps)
10. Tom Dillmann Rapax 1m 43.163s + 0.712s (13 laps)
11. Felipe Nasr DAMS 1m 43.172s + 0.721s (12 laps)
12. Stefano Coletti Coloni 1m 43.206s + 0.755s (13 laps)
13. Esteban Gutierrez Lotus GP 1m 43.213s + 0.762s (11 laps)
14. Brendon Hartley Ocean Racing 1m 43.219s + 0.768s (11 laps)
15. Fabrizio Crestani Lazarus 1m 43.311s + 0.860s (9 laps)
16. Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering 1m 43.328s + 0.877s (12 laps)
17. Jolyon Palmer iSport 1m 43.391s + 0.940s (10 laps)
18. Fabio Onidi Coloni 1m 43.447s + 0.996s (10 laps)
19. Nigel Melker Ocean Racing 1m 43.453s + 1.002s (10 laps)
20. Johnny Cecotto Addax 1m 43.599s + 1.148s (10 laps)
21. Julian Leal Trident Racing 1m 43.659s + 1.208s (10 laps)
22. James Calado Lotus GP 1m 43.757s + 1.306s (12 laps)
23. Simon Trummer Arden 1m 43.929s + 1.478s (12 laps)
24. Stephane Richelmi Trident Racing 1m 44.100s + 1.649s (9 laps)
25. Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1m 44.850s + 2.399s (12 laps)
26. Giancarlo Serenelli Lazarus 1m 45.036s + 2.585s (11 laps)