Karthikeyan came up with a flying lap of 1:34.583 to top the half four session for his new team Super Nova. His teammate Vittorio Ghirelli had the provisional pole but ended up third fastest with 1:34.757.

The former HRT driver was awarded his maiden Auto GP win after Giovesi was stripped of the victory for pitlane infringement.u00a0

Narain Karthikeyan