Frenchman Jules Bianchi took the pole position for the first GP2 race of the weekend in Silverstone with only one fast lap as the rain soaked the Silverstone circuit nine minutes in the qualifying session.
The track conditions never improved following the rain fall so positions remained unchanged after those first meaningful laps. The majority of the field sat in their pits for the remaining of the session.
Alvaro Parente will start in second with Romain Grosjean in third position. The later will however start in 13th because of a 10-place penalty for causing a collision in Valencia, two weeks ago. Christian Vietoris inherits the third spot.
Qualifying results – Silverstone:
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Jules Bianchi ART 1m58.531s
2. Alvaro Parente Carlin 1m58.971s + 0.440s
3. Romain Grosjean DAMS 1m59.020s + 0.489s
4. Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1m59.143s + 0.612s
5. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1m59.881s + 1.350s
6. Max Chilton Carlin 1m59.952s + 1.421s
7. Marcus Ericsson iSport 2m00.044s + 1.513s
8. Esteban Gutierrez ART 2m00.109s + 1.578s
9. Sam Bird iSport 2m00.175s + 1.644s
10. Charles Pic Addax 2m00.223s + 1.692s
Etc.
The track conditions never improved following the rain fall so positions remained unchanged after those first meaningful laps. The majority of the field sat in their pits for the remaining of the session.
Alvaro Parente will start in second with Romain Grosjean in third position. The later will however start in 13th because of a 10-place penalty for causing a collision in Valencia, two weeks ago. Christian Vietoris inherits the third spot.
Qualifying results – Silverstone:
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Jules Bianchi ART 1m58.531s
2. Alvaro Parente Carlin 1m58.971s + 0.440s
3. Romain Grosjean DAMS 1m59.020s + 0.489s
4. Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1m59.143s + 0.612s
5. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1m59.881s + 1.350s
6. Max Chilton Carlin 1m59.952s + 1.421s
7. Marcus Ericsson iSport 2m00.044s + 1.513s
8. Esteban Gutierrez ART 2m00.109s + 1.578s
9. Sam Bird iSport 2m00.175s + 1.644s
10. Charles Pic Addax 2m00.223s + 1.692s
Etc.