The British driver, Jordan King has been the fastest of the GP2 Series free practice session in the Sakhir International Circuit (Bahrain). King led along with Alexander Rossi and Alex Lynn.
The first official session of the 11th GP2 Series season had started with Alexander Rossi at front of the time sheets, before his teammate, Jordan King took the first place until the end of the session.
Alex Lynn finished on third place behind the both Racing Engineering cars, and in front of his teammate in Dams, Pierre Gasly who finished seventh. The Frenchman is one of the favorites for the championship alongside with…
…Stoffel Vandoorne who finished in fourth place. The 2014 Vice-Champion, had to retire of the session due to mechanical issues.
Results:
| Pos. | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Lap Time | |
| 1 | 7 | Jordan King (R) | Racing Engineering | 17 | 1:42,441 | |
| 2 | 8 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | 20 | 1:42,451 | + 0,010 |
| 3 | 2 | Alex Lynn (R) | Dams | 18 | 1:42,509 | + 0,068 |
| 4 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 14 | 1:42,612 | + 0,171 |
| 5 | 14 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 16 | 1:42,948 | + 0,507 |
| 6 | 15 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 16 | 1:43,043 | + 0,602 |
| 7 | 1 | Pierre Gasly | Dams | 18 | 1:43,249 | + 0,808 |
| 8 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Russian Time | 16 | 1:43,327 | + 0,886 |
| 9 | 11 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident | 16 | 1:43,400 | + 0,959 |
| 10 | 6 | Nobuharu Matsushita (R) | ART Grand Prix | 13 | 1:43,422 | + 0,981 |
| 11 | 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 18 | 1:43,457 | + 1,016 |
| 12 | 3 | Julián Leal | Carlin | 12 | 1:43,581 | + 1,140 |
| 13 | 18 | Sergey Sirotkin (R) | Rapax | 15 | 1:43,684 | + 1,243 |
| 14 | 21 | Norman Nato (R) | Arden International | 14 | 1:43,762 | + 1,321 |
| 15 | 4 | Marco Sørensen | Carlin | 16 | 1:43,774 | + 1,333 |
| 16 | 19 | Robert Visoiu (R) | Rapax | 13 | 1:43,810 | + 1,369 |
| 17 | 23 | Richie Stanaway (R) | Status Grand Prix | 16 | 1:43,814 | + 1,373 |
| 18 | 16 | Sergio Canamasas | MP Motorsport | 14 | 1:43,948 | + 1,507 |
| 19 | 26 | Nathanaël Berthon | Lazarus | 14 | 1:44,178 | + 1,737 |
| 20 | 12 | Rene Binder | Trident | 18 | 1:44,233 | + 1,792 |
| 21 | 22 | Marlon Stöckinger (R) | Status Grand Prix | 12 | 1:44,515 | + 2,074 |
| 22 | 17 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 15 | 1:44,517 | + 2,076 |
| 23 | 20 | André Negrao | Arden International | 14 | 1:44,529 | + 2,088 |
| 24 | 27 | Zoël Amberg (R) | Lazarus | 5 | 1:51,825 | + 9,384 |
