The ART Grand Prix driver claimed his fourth pole position of the season in front of Bruno Senna and Kamui Kobayashi.
After setting the pace during Free Practice, the Frenchman snatched his fourth pole position in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. iSport International Brazilian ace, Bruno Senna, will start next to him on the front row. Japanese star Kamui Kobayashi from Dams takes second row, next to Piquet Sports’ Marco Bonanomi.
Hiroki Yashimoto completes the Top 5, followed by Yelmer Buurman, Vitaly Petrov, Sébastien Buemi, Luca Filippi and Davide Valsecchi. Out of the six drivers who can still fight for second and third of the GP2 Asia championship, only Adrian Valles and Fairuz Fauzy failed to qualify in the Top 10: the Spaniard ended up 18th, just in front of the Malaysian driver.
Romain Grosjean (ART Grand Prix): "I was declared champion after I had to retire from last race because of technical problems. Here, in Dubai, I don’t want to miss the opportunity to end the Asia Series on a high note. I hope this pole is the beginning of a great weekend."
Bruno Senna (iSport International): "I’m happy with this result: the car was really good today, but I made a small mistake and Grosjean took pole. I’m positive that the race will be very interesting this afternoon!"
Kamui Kobayashi (Dams): "It could have been better… As the championship went on, we became more and more competitive and I really want to finish second. I’ll have to make a good start and then, fight again for the win."
Race 1 will take at 15:30, local time.
Dubai - Qualifications
1. Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:40.887 14
2. Bruno Senna iSport International 1:41.095 14
3. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:41.224 15
4. Marco Bonanomi Piquet Sports 1:41.629 15
5. Hiroki Yoshimoto Qi-Meritus Mahara 1:41.819 15
6. Yelmer Buurman Trust Team Arden 1:41.819 15
7. Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 1:41.836 15
8. Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:41.870 14
9. Luca Filippi Qi-Meritus Mahara 1:41.962 10
10. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:41.988 16
11. Jason Tahinci BCN Competicion 1:41.998 16
12. Alberto Valerio Durango 1:42.056 3
13. KarunChandhok iSport International 1:42.063 15
14. Jérôme d’Ambrosio Dams 1:42.089 14
15. MilosPavlovic BCN Competicion 1:42.136 14
16. Harald Schleghelmilch Trident Racing 1:42.223 14
17. Ho-Pin Ting Trident Racing 1:42.223 14
18. AdrianValles Fisichella Motor Sport International 1:42.358 7
19. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing 1:42.440 14
20 Christian Bakkerud Super Nova Racing 1:42.652 17
21. Ben Hanley Barwa International Campos Team 1:42.657 14
22. Stephen Jelley ART Grand Prix 1:42.697 14
23. Marcello Puglisi Piquet Sports 1:42.717 &13
24. Aarman Ebrahim DPR 1:42.866 14
25 Roldan Rodriguez Fisichella Motor Sport International 1:43.254 13
26. Diego Nunes DPR 1:43.839 4
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