GP2: Ericsson tops rain-hit qualifying

By Charles Bradley

Friday, June 28th 2013, 15:48 GMT

Marcus Ericsson scored his second pole of the season for DAMS at Silverstone on Friday afternoon, setting the quickest lap of the half-hour session just before a rain shower curtailed any further improvements.

The threat of rain meant that all 26 cars went straight out at the green light on a virtually-dry track using the Pirelli medium-compound tyres.

A flurry of fast times soon followed, with Felipe Nasr and Sam Bird the early pacesetters before Ericsson produced his 1m40.716s.

That would remain as the pole time, with rain spots finally arriving as cars headed pitwards for their second set of tyres.

When they re-emerged, the conditions were markedly worse and remained so until the end of the qualifying period.

Bird's Russian Time machine will start alongside Ericsson on the front row, his best time 0.371s slower than the Swede. Nasr will start third, with points leader Stefano Coletti alongside.

Coletti had a scare this morning, when he was slowest in free practice, but clearly regained his mojo in qualifying with fourth position.

Ericsson's team-mate Stephane Richelmi was fifth fastest, ahead of last year's Silverstone pacesetter Fabio Leimer.

Rio Haryanto and Mitch Evans were next up, ahead of Tom Dillmann and James Calado.

Those who failed to get a quick time in before the rain included Robin Frijns (who was quickest early on but will start 16th), Johnny Cecotto Jr (who spun on his out lap and will start 18th), Alexander Rossi (19th) and Jolyon Palmer (20th).

  Pos  Driver               Team                Time       Gap   1.  Marcus Ericsson      DAMS                1m40.716s   2.  Sam Bird             Russian Time        1m41.087s  +0.371s   3.  Felipe Nasr          Carlin              1m41.144s  +0.428s   4.  Stefano Coletti      Rapax               1m41.219s  +0.503s   5.  Stephane Richelmi    DAMS                1m41.411s  +0.695s   6.  Fabio Leimer         Racing Engineering  1m41.442s  +0.726s   7.  Rio Haryanto         Addax               1m41.537s  +0.821s   8.  Mitch Evans          Arden               1m41.563s  +0.847s   9.  Tom Dillmann         Russian Time        1m41.633s  +0.917s  10.  James Calado         ART                 1m41.662s  +0.946s  11.  Julian Leal          Racing Engineering  1m41.765s  +1.049s  12.  Fabrizio Crestani    Lazarus             1m41.771s  +1.055s  13.  Nathanael Berthon    Trident             1m41.812s  +1.096s  14.  Sergio Canamasas     Caterham            1m41.881s  +1.165s  15.  Kevin Ceccon         Trident             1m41.890s  +1.174s  16.  Robin Frijns         Hilmer              1m41.970s  +1.254s  17.  Jon Lancaster        Hilmer              1m41.978s  +1.262s  18.  Johnny Cecotto Jr    Arden               1m42.013s  +1.297s  19.  Alexander Rossi      Caterham            1m42.020s  +1.304s  20.  Jolyon Palmer        Carlin              1m42.207s  +1.491s  21.  Simon Trummer        Rapax               1m42.213s  +1.497s  22.  Rene Binder          Lazarus             1m42.376s  +1.660s  23.  Jake Rosenzweig      Addax               1m42.402s  +1.686s  24.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs  MP                  1m42.658s  +1.942s  25.  Daniel Abt           ART                 1m42.687s  +1.971s  26.  Daniel de Jong       MP                  1m42.862s  +2.146s  

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