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Leal leads the practice

The Colombian driver was the fastest man of the session. Marciello and Coletti were second and third.

Julian Leal finished the GP2 practice as quickest. The Carlin driver was ahead of the Racing Engineering teammates, with Marciello second and Coletti third.

With a big risk of rain, the drivers quickly joined the track to make the most of the 45 minutes of practice at an unknown track for the series. Nasr went top, followed by the Americans Daly and Rossi. The latter beat the Brazilian in his following lap.

Lightrain started to fall and although the track was slippery, it wasn’t enough to put on the wet tyres. Several drivers decided to enter the pit lane as the conditions were getting worse. When the rain stopped, they came back.

Rossi was still on top while Coletti was second, followed by fellow contryman Richelmi. Minutes later, Palmer improved Rossi’s time and went first. Coletti quickly beat Palmer, but both were relegated to second and third by Nasr, who went top.

With 16 minutes to go, Marciello was first. Nasr was second, Cecotto third, Evans fourth and Coletti fifth. The times were improving as the session was about to end, but the rain started to fall hard and the practice finished with Leal leading the timesheets.

Results:

Pos. Car Driver Team Nation Laps Time Gap
1 4 Julián Leal Carlin COL 24 1:15,652
2 5 Raffaele Marciello R Racing Engineering ITA 20 1:15,768 + 0,116
3 6 Stefano Coletti Racing Engineering MON 23 1:15,83 + 0,178
4 3 Felipe Nasr Carlin BRA 21 1:15,944 + 0,292
5 23 Johnny Cecotto Trident VEN 26 1:16,189 + 0,537
6 1 Mitch Evans RT Russian Time NZ 24 1:16,192 + 0,54
7 11 Daniel Abt Hilmer Motorsport GER 25 1:16,3 + 0,648
8 16 Rene Binder Arden International AUT 22 1:16,426 + 0,774
9 10 Stoffel Vandoorne R ART Grand Prix BEL 22 1:16,463 + 0,811
10 7 Joylon Palmer Dams GBR 24 1:16,502 + 0,85
11 19 Alexander Rossi EQ8 Caterham Racing USA 20 1:16,544 + 0,892
12 8 Stéphane Richelmi Dams MON 21 1:16,572 + 0,92
13 22 Sergio Canamasas Trident ESP 24 1:16,62 + 0,968
14 18 Rio Haryanto EQ8 Caterham Racing IND 24 1:16,62 + 0,968
15 15 Simon Trummer Rapax CHE 24 1:16,721 + 1,069
16 20 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport NED 22 1:16,865 + 1,213
17 25 Conor Daly Venezuela GP Lazarus USA 21 1:16,888 + 1,236
18 26 Arhur Pic R Campos Racing FRA 20 1:16,935 + 1,283
19 14 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rapax GBR 24 1:17,104 + 1,452
20 12 Facu Regalia R Hilmer Motorsport ARG 23 1:17,169 + 1,517
21 2 Artem Markelov R RT Russian Time RUS 22 1:17,171 + 1,519
22 17 André Negrao R Arden International BRA 20 1:17,288 + 1,636
23 21 Tio Ellinas R MP Motorsport CYP 22 1:17,3 + 1,648
24 9 Takuya Izawa R ART Grand Prix JAP 22 1:17,37 + 1,718
25 27 Kimiya Sato R Campos Racing JAP 22 1:17,605 + 1,953
26 24 Nathanaël Berthon Venezuela GP Lazarus FRA 16 1:17,785 + 2,133