Hockenheim GP2: Gasly pips Markelov in tight practice
Red Bull junior Pierre Gasly was quickest in the GP2 practice session at Hockenheim, narrowly edging out Russian Time's Artem Markelov.
Pierre Gasly, PREMA Racing leads Raffaele Marciello, RUSSIAN TIME
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The Frenchman set his best time of 1m23.269s at the end of his first stint, beating Markelov by less than a tenth.
Although Gasly failed to improve and had a hectic run by going wide three times, he stayed in the lead for rest of the session.
Markelov took second with Alex Lynn and top rookie Luca Ghiotto only 0.009s and 0.018s slower respectively.
Racing Engineering duo Norman Nato and Jordan King sandwiched sixth-placed Raffaele Marciello.
King narrowly finished ahead of Oliver Rowland and Antonio Giovinazzi as Sergey Sirotkin completed the top 10.
Practice result
Cla | # | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21 | Pierre Gasly | Prema Powerteam | 19 | 1'23.269 | 197.749 | ||
2 | 10 | Artem Markelov | RUSSIAN TIME | 21 | 1'23.361 | 0.092 | 0.092 | 197.531 |
3 | 5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 21 | 1'23.370 | 0.101 | 0.009 | 197.509 |
4 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 21 | 1'23.379 | 0.110 | 0.009 | 197.488 |
5 | 3 | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | 16 | 1'23.470 | 0.201 | 0.091 | 197.273 |
6 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello | RUSSIAN TIME | 20 | 1'23.668 | 0.399 | 0.198 | 196.806 |
7 | 4 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 15 | 1'23.670 | 0.401 | 0.002 | 196.801 |
8 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 17 | 1'23.675 | 0.406 | 0.005 | 196.789 |
9 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Powerteam | 21 | 1'23.681 | 0.412 | 0.006 | 196.775 |
10 | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 1'23.796 | 0.527 | 0.115 | 196.505 |
11 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhofer | Carlin | 16 | 1'23.931 | 0.662 | 0.135 | 196.189 |
12 | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 22 | 1'24.023 | 0.754 | 0.092 | 195.974 |
13 | 7 | Mitch Evans | Campos Racing | 20 | 1'24.025 | 0.756 | 0.002 | 195.970 |
14 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 21 | 1'24.067 | 0.798 | 0.042 | 195.872 |
15 | 12 | Arthur Pic | Rapax | 22 | 1'24.098 | 0.829 | 0.031 | 195.800 |
16 | 11 | Gustav Malja | Rapax | 23 | 1'24.282 | 1.013 | 0.184 | 195.372 |
17 | 18 | Rene Binder | Carlin | 18 | 1'24.425 | 1.156 | 0.143 | 195.041 |
18 | 24 | Nabil Jeffri | Arden International | 19 | 1'24.653 | 1.384 | 0.228 | 194.516 |
19 | 23 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport | 21 | 1'24.863 | 1.594 | 0.210 | 194.035 |
20 | 8 | Sean Gelael | Campos Racing | 20 | 1'24.920 | 1.651 | 0.057 | 193.904 |
21 | 25 | Jimmy Eriksson | Arden International | 20 | 1'24.938 | 1.669 | 0.018 | 193.863 |
22 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 22 | 1'25.730 | 2.461 | 0.792 | 192.072 |
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