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Kobayashi tops first day

Kamui Kobayashi has topped the first day of GP2 Asia Series second season debut in Shanghai today.

It was a first for the drivers as they discovered the 5.451km splendid track. Kamui Kobayashi topped both the morning and the afternoon session setting the pace in a 1:45.963. His countryman Sakon Yamamoto followed in a 1:46.255 at the wheel of his ART Grand Prix car ahead of Spaniard Roldan Rodriguez on Piquet GP. The second Dams driver, Belgian Jérôme d'Ambrosio, set the fourth fastest laptime. Giedo Van der Garde on GFH Team iSport was today's quickest rookie in a 1:46.599 ahead of FMS Andreas Zuber, Durango's Davide Valsecchi, rookie James Jakes at the wheel of Super Nova and sophomore Vitaly Petrov on Campos. Rookie Mika Maki completed the Top 10 on the second Super Nova Car.

This morning's session was interrupted by many red flags including one that lasted for almost 50 minutes after some oil was deposited on numerous parts of the track following a minor mechanical incident on Andreas Zuber's FMS car. The session was then extended until 12:45pm.

Tomorrow's second testing day will start at 9am, local time.

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