Early on the session was called to a halt when Giancarlo Serenelli spun and stopped in the middle of the track, forcing red flags to be shown until his car could be removed. When the session began again, series leader Davide Valsecchi went fastest, before seeing his time bettered by Esteban Gutiérrez and Nasr, before Calado claimed pole with his fastest laps.
In his first ever GP2 Series qualifying session, Daniël de Jong, who is replacing an ill Ricardo Teixeira this weekend, had a torrid time, qualifying 25th.
Post-session penalties were handed to Gutiérrez, Valsecchi, Johnny Cecotto, Jr. and Simon Trummer as punishment for their impeding other drivers. Gutiérrez, Valsecchi and Cecotto, Jr. were handed 3-place grid penalties, while Trummer was handed a 2-place grid penalty.
As he did not set a time, Serenelli will not be on the grid for the feature race.
EDIT: Actually, Serenelli will start, from 26th.
Grid for Valencia Feature Race
| 1. | James Calado | 1:47.342 |
| 2. | Felipe Nasr | 1:47.349 |
| 3. | Giedo van der Garde | 1:47.543 |
| 4. | Max Chilton | 1:47.674 |
| 5. | Esteban Gutiérrez1 | 1:47.444 |
| 6. | Davide Valsecchi1 | 1:47.458 |
| 7. | Fabio Leimer | 1:47.779 |
| 8. | Jolyon Palmer | 1:47.801 |
| 9. | Marcus Ericsson | 1:47.972 |
| 10. | Rio Haryanto | 1:47.996 |
| 11. | Luiz Razia | 1:48.155 |
| 12. | Tom Dillmann | 1:48.176 |
| 13. | Stefano Coletti | 1:48.222 |
| 14. | Stéphane Richelmi | 1:48.288 |
| 15. | Nathanaël Berthon | 1:48.518 |
| 16. | Fabio Onidi | 1:48.578 |
| 17. | Johnny Cecotto, Jr.1 | 1:48.390 |
| 18. | Simon Trummer2 | 1:48.565 |
| 19. | Josef Král | 1:48.626 |
| 20. | Julián Leal | 1:48.641 |
| 21. | Fabrizio Crestani | 1:48.846 |
| 22. | Rodolfo González | 1:48.936 |
| 23. | Nigel Melker | 1:49.021 |
| 24. | Víctor Guerin | 1:49.335 |
| 25. | Daniël de Jong | 1:49.900 |
| 26. | Giancarlo Serenelli |
1 Esteban Gutiérrez, Davide Valsecchi and Johnny Cecotto, Jr. handed 3-place grid penalties for impeding other cars.
2 Simon Trummer handed a 2-place grid penalty for impeding other cars.
2 Simon Trummer handed a 2-place grid penalty for impeding other cars.
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