GP2 Asia Series leader sets the pace in Round 3 Free Practice in Bahrain The  iSport Italian  ace  set  the  fastest  laptime  during  this  morning’s  Free  Practice  at Sakhir in  a 1:44.852, but with Jules Bianchi at  ART and teammate Oliver Turvey in tow only two hundredths behind him.

The trouble-free Free Practice session opened on a dirty track and on the traditional layout.  In the first stages, Alvaro Parente, Javier Villa, Michael Herck and Sergio Perez successively claim the top spot  until  ART  duo  Bianchi  and  Sam  Bird  join  in  the  fight,  closely  followed  by  Giacomo  Ricci, Christian Vietoris and Charles Pic. A few seconds after Bianchi clocked in the best laptime, Davide Valsecchi showed his true colours ten  minutes  into  the  session  and  set  camp  at  the  top  of  the  timing  sheet  and  no  man  would dislodge him  for  the rest  of  the session. 

At  mid-point, as most of the  field  returned  to the  pits, Turvey  moved  up to third,  a spot later  claimed by Luca Filippi, but the  Brit fought back minutes later to better his time and recovered third place.

Bahrain –Free Practice session

Driver Team Time Laps

1. Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:44.852 11 2. Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1:44.874 13 3. Oliver Turvey iSport International 1:44.877 14 4. Luca Filippi MalaysaQI-Meritus.com 1:45.046 10 5. Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 1:45.229 12 6. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:45.249 13 7. Edoardo Piscopo DAMS 1:45.324 13 8. Christian Vietoris DAMS 1:45.402 14 9. Alexander Rossi MalaysiaQI-Meritus.com 1:45.424 15 10. Alvaro Parente Scuderia Coloni 1:45.432 11 11. Javier Villa Arden International 1:45.460 13 12. Charles Pic Arden International 1:45.527 14 13. Sergio Perez Barwa Addax Team 1:45.547 13 14. Daniele Zampieri Rapax 1:45.725 11 15. Max Chilton Barwa Addax Team 1:45.785 13 16. Michael Herck DPR 1:45.803 15 17. William Bratt Scuderia Coloni 1:45.852 9 18. Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 1:45.922 15 19. Josef Kral Super Nova Racing 1:46.146 14 20 Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 1:46.271 14 21. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Rapax 1:46.634 13 22. Yelmer Buurman Ocean Racing Technology 1:46.726 12 23. Jake Rosenzweig Super Nova Racing 1:47.488 14 24. Plamen Kralev Trident Racing 1:55.803 ‘3