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The Russian Time driver Sam Bird was quickest in today's qualification in Spa, pocketing his first pole position of the season with a laptime of 1:56.957 set in the first ten minutes of the session. Fabio Leimer and James Calado completed the top 3.
Under blue skies and on a dry track, Johnny Cecotto set the early pace, but eventually, Bird put his head down and found the extra pace.
At the mid-session and as the drivers returned to the pits for a fresh pair of rubbers, Bird, Leimer and Calado were top three ahead of Alexander Rossi and Jolyon Palmer.
When the action resumed, Leimer improved slightly, but not enough to dethrone Bird who bagged pole at the chequered flag. Calado was unable to better his personal best and remained third.
In the final stages of the session, Marcus Ericsson managed to move up to P4 ahead of Rossi. Nathanaël Berthon, Palmer Stéphane Richelmi, Sergio Canmasas (who will be dropped ten places following a grid penalty picked up in Budapest Sprint Race) and Felipe Nasr completed the top ten.
Qualifying results - GP2 (Spa)
1.Sam Bird - Russian Time - 1'56"957
2.Fabio Leimer - Racing Engineering - 1'57"156
3.James Calado - ART - 1'57"404
4.Marcus Ericsson - Dams - 1'57"538
5.Alexander Rossi - Caterham - 1'57"578
6.Nathanael Berthon - Trident - 1'57"588
7.Jolyon Palmer - Carlin - 1'57"691
8.Stephane Richelmi - Dams - 1'57"802
9.Felipe Nasr - Carlin - 1'57"839
10.Robin Frijns - Hilmer - 1'57"881
11.Julian Leal - Racing Engineering - 1'57"924
12.Tom Dillmann - Russian Time - 1'57"950
13.Mitch Evans - Arden - 1'58"271
14.Simon Trummer - Rapax - 1'58"384
15.Dani Clos - MP Motorsport - 1'58"385
16.Johnny Cecotto - Arden - 1'58"419
17.Rio Haryanto - Addax - 1'58"463
18.Sergio Canamasas - Caterham - 1'57"804*
19.Adrian Quaife Hobbs - Hilmer - 1'58"534
20.Stefano Coletti - Rapax - 1'58"618
21.Daniel De Jong - MP Motorsport - 1'58"879
22.Rene Binder - Lazarus - 1'58"803
23.Vittorio Ghirelli - Lazarus - 1'58"831
24.Daniel Abt - ART - 1'59"022
25.Jake Rosenzweig - Addax - 1'59"253
26.Ricardo Teixeira - Trident - no time
*10-place grid penalty
The Russian Time driver Sam Bird was quickest in today's qualification in Spa, pocketing his first pole position of the season with a laptime of 1:56.957 set in the first ten minutes of the session. Fabio Leimer and James Calado completed the top 3.
Under blue skies and on a dry track, Johnny Cecotto set the early pace, but eventually, Bird put his head down and found the extra pace.
At the mid-session and as the drivers returned to the pits for a fresh pair of rubbers, Bird, Leimer and Calado were top three ahead of Alexander Rossi and Jolyon Palmer.
When the action resumed, Leimer improved slightly, but not enough to dethrone Bird who bagged pole at the chequered flag. Calado was unable to better his personal best and remained third.
In the final stages of the session, Marcus Ericsson managed to move up to P4 ahead of Rossi. Nathanaël Berthon, Palmer Stéphane Richelmi, Sergio Canmasas (who will be dropped ten places following a grid penalty picked up in Budapest Sprint Race) and Felipe Nasr completed the top ten.
Qualifying results - GP2 (Spa)
1.Sam Bird - Russian Time - 1'56"957
2.Fabio Leimer - Racing Engineering - 1'57"156
3.James Calado - ART - 1'57"404
4.Marcus Ericsson - Dams - 1'57"538
5.Alexander Rossi - Caterham - 1'57"578
6.Nathanael Berthon - Trident - 1'57"588
7.Jolyon Palmer - Carlin - 1'57"691
8.Stephane Richelmi - Dams - 1'57"802
9.Felipe Nasr - Carlin - 1'57"839
10.Robin Frijns - Hilmer - 1'57"881
11.Julian Leal - Racing Engineering - 1'57"924
12.Tom Dillmann - Russian Time - 1'57"950
13.Mitch Evans - Arden - 1'58"271
14.Simon Trummer - Rapax - 1'58"384
15.Dani Clos - MP Motorsport - 1'58"385
16.Johnny Cecotto - Arden - 1'58"419
17.Rio Haryanto - Addax - 1'58"463
18.Sergio Canamasas - Caterham - 1'57"804*
19.Adrian Quaife Hobbs - Hilmer - 1'58"534
20.Stefano Coletti - Rapax - 1'58"618
21.Daniel De Jong - MP Motorsport - 1'58"879
22.Rene Binder - Lazarus - 1'58"803
23.Vittorio Ghirelli - Lazarus - 1'58"831
24.Daniel Abt - ART - 1'59"022
25.Jake Rosenzweig - Addax - 1'59"253
26.Ricardo Teixeira - Trident - no time
*10-place grid penalty