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Palmer gets the first practice

2013 GP2 Series. Round 9. Autodromo di Monza, Monza, Italy. 8th September. Sunday Race. Jolyon Palmer (GBR, Carlin). Action. World Copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Media Service. ref: Digital Image _A8C6463.jpg -------------------- Alastair Staley / GP2 2013 GP2 Series Round 9 - Monza, Italy 08 September 2013 ©2013 Alastair Staley / GP2, all rights reserved

GP2 turn back again this weekend, this time in Singapore. Weather conditions so hard, no more and no less than 32 º C and 35 º C on track with humidity of 57%. Extreme conditions in this part of the globe: drivers and cars will need to give the maximum. The traffic on this circuit will be a problem in the qualifying session in addition to the visibility (rated at 8 pm in Singapore). Remember that the pole is rewarded with 4 points

The fight for the drivers and constructors titles remains very tight. Bird leads, Leimer follows by 6 points, to 24 points Coletti, Nasr to 29 and Calado 40 points. The five drivers with a mathematical chance of winning the championship. In teams titles the thing is more closed between Russian Time and the spanish team Racing Engineering to only 16 points. Carlin is close behind.

It’s been a short 30-minute practice in sunlight conditions with the spectacular views of the city of Singapore, where the results have improve as the driders were driving lap by lap getting the feeling of the car and circuit. Palmer and Leimer have a stronger rhythms and they are the faster during this practice. The contenders for the title as Calado, Bird and Nasr occupied from the sixth to the eighth respectively with a GAP of a second of Palmer. Coletti is in the back of the results. Problems in the team Rapax

New driver this weekend, the canadian Gianmarco Raimondo, in his GP2 debut within the Trident Racing team

P Driver Time
1 J Palmer 1:55.912
2 F Leimer 1:56.165
3 M Ericsson 1:56.509
4 A Rossi 1:56.758
5 M Evans 1:56.885
6 J Calado 1:57.067
7 S Bird 1:57.089
8 F Nasr 1:57.089
9 J Cecotto 1:57.297
10 S Richelmi 1:57.755
11 R Haryanto 1:57.822
12 N Berthon 1:57.919
13 T Dillmann 1:58.017
14 R Binder 1:58.135
15 S Canamasas 1:58.358
16 J Lancaster 1:58.376
17 J Leal 1:58.377
18 D Clos 1:58.495
19 D Abt 1:58.518
20 J Rosenzweig 1:58.916
21 V Ghirelli 1:58.939
22 D de Jong 1:59.063
23 S Trummer 1:59.213
24 S Coletti 1:59.375
25 A Quaife-Hobb 1:59.559
26 G Raimondo 2:00.990