Calado on pole at Catalunya

In qualifying for race 1, rookie driver James Calado took his first ever pole in GP2 Series, with a time of 1:30.655.  Most drivers chose to go out early in the session, to take advantage of the rubber which had been left on the track by the Formula One practice session that had preceded GP2 qualifying.  Stéphane Richelmi was the first driver to go faster than 1:31.000, but his time was soon bettered by Calado.  Championship leader Davide Valsecchi only qualified 7^th, having been slowed down by traffic and yellow flags. Josef Král, returning to GP2 after sitting out the rounds at Bahrain, was 16^th, having gone fastest in practice, while Víctor Guerin was 21^st on his GP2 Series debut.

Grid for Catalunya Feature Race

1.	James Calado	1:30.655
2.	Fabio Leimer	1:30.865
3.	Stéphane Richelmi	1:30.902
4.	Max Chilton	1:30.962
5.	Giedo van der Garde	1:31.006
6.	Fabio Onidi	1:31.167
7.	Davide Valsecchi	1:31.212
8.	Stefano Coletti	1:31.212
9.	Jolyon Palmer	1:31.269
10.	Nathanaël Berthon	1:31.308
11.	Esteban Gutiérrez	1:31.320
12.	Nigel Melker	1:31.332
13.	Luiz Razia	1:31.377
14.	Marcus Ericsson	1:31.391
15.	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	1:31.565
16.	Josef Král	1:31.599
17.	Fabrizio Crestani	1:31.677
18.	Tom Dillmann	1:31.682
19.	Simon Trummer	1:31.939
20.	Rodolfo González	1:31.966
21.	Víctor Guerin	1:32.270
22.	Felipe Nasr	1:32.325
23.	Julián Leal	1:32.691
24.	Rio Haryanto	1:33.010
25.	Ricardo Teixeira	1:33.083
26.	Giancarlo Serenelli	1:33.329