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GP2: Pole n°2 for Romain Grosjean

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Khatir Soltani
The leader of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series is back on top form this Friday: after he set the pace in this morning's Free Practice, the RDD driver was once again quickest during qualifying in a 1:44.182.

He will fight for a third win. Also back at the top: Karun Chandhok who signed the second fastest lap time of the day at the wheel of his iSport International car in a 1:44.965. As for Adrian Valles and his FMS International car, they were once again very competitive as they complete the Top 3.

Title runner-up Bruno Senna still has a very good chance to fight for the win as he will be starting from the fourth place. Sébastien Buemi and Fairuz Fauzy will place their Trust Team Arden and Super Nova Racing cars on the 4th line in front of TDP Kamui Kobayashi, Davide Valsecchi, Yelmer Buurman and Christian Bakkerud.


Starting grid :

Row 1
Romain Grosjean - ART - 1'44"182
Karun Chandhok - iSport - 1'44"965
Row 2
Adrian Valles - FMSI - 1'45"035
Bruno Senna - iSport - 1'45"094
Row 3
Sebastien Buemi - Arden - 1'45"182
Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 1'45"367
Row 4
Kamui Kobayashi - Dams - 1'45"401
Davide Valsecchi - Durango - 1'45"471
Row 5
Yelmer Buurman - Arden - 1'45"560
Luca Filippi - Meritus - 1'45"166
Row 6
Christian Bakkerud - Super Nova - 1'45"576
Ho Pin Tung - Trident - 1'45"704
Row 7
Ben Hanley - Campos - 1'45"879
Stephen Jelley - ART - 1'45"901
Row 8
Alberto Valerio - Durango - 1'45"932
Jerome D'Ambrosio - Dams - 1'46"019
Row 9
Vitaly Petrov - Campos - 1'45"483
Harald Schlegelmilch - Trident - 1'46"069
Row 10
Hiroki Yoshimoto - Meritus - 1'45"719
Milos Pavlovic - BCN - 1'46"093
Row 11
Diego Nunes - DPR - 1'46"186
Michael Herck - FMSI - 1'46"258
Row 12
Marco Bonanomi - Piquet - 1'46"281
Marcello Puglisi - Piquet - 1'46"923
Row 13
Armaan Ebrahim - DPR - 1'46"923
Jason Tahinci - BCN - 1'46"710

Khatir Soltani
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