Photo: Sam Bloxham / GP2 Series Media Service
Monegasque racer Stephane Richelmi claimed his second pole position in the GP2 series in qualifying at Catalunya.
Richelmi was at the head of a comfortable 1-2 for French squad DAMS, with championship leader Jolyon Palmer completing the front row.
The duo’s best laps were set in the first half of the session and would prove to be unreachable for the rest of the contenders.
Palmer would try to continue his pole streak with an effort in the closing minutes, but was unable to make up the 0.128s deficit to his teammate.
A late surge from Racing Engineering saw Stefano Coletti and Raffaele Marciello make up the second row, relegating Felipe Nasr to fifth place.
Mitch Evans was sixth for Russian Time, ahead of Julian Leal and Alexander Rossi.
Series debutant Tio Ellinas was ninth, with Stoffel Vandoorne joining him on row five.
Qualifying results
| Pos | Driver? | Team | Time? | Gap? | Laps? |
| 1 | Stephane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:29.293 | 10 | |
| 2 | Jolyon Palmer | DAMS | 1:29.421 | 0.128 | 9 |
| 3 | Stefano Coletti | Racing Engineering | 1:29.514 | 0.221 | 10 |
| 4 | Raffaele Marciello | Racing Engineering | 1:29.650 | 0.357 | 10 |
| 5 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:29.698 | 0.405 | 11 |
| 6 | Mitchell Evans | Russian Time | 1:29.703 | 0.410 | 9 |
| 7 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 1:29.841 | 0.548 | 11 |
| 8 | Alexander Rossi | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:29.893 | 0.600 | 11 |
| 9 | Tio Ellinas | MP Motorsport | 1:29.902 | 0.609 | 11 |
| 10 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:29.963 | 0.670 | 11 |
| 11 | Rio Haryanto | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:29.983 | 0.690 | 11 |
| 12 | Tom Dillmann | Arden International | 1:30.289 | 0.996 | 10 |
| 13 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:30.300 | 1.007 | 11 |
| 14 | Daniel Abt | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:30.412 | 1.119 | 11 |
| 15 | Nathanael Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:30.470 | 1.177 | 9 |
| 16 | Johnny Cecotto | Trident | 1:30.496 | 1.203 | 11 |
| 17 | Kimiya Sato | Campos Racing | 1:30.510 | 1.217 | 11 |
| 18 | Rene Binder | Arden International | 1:30.553 | 1.260 | 11 |
| 19 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:30.617 | 1.324 | 9 |
| 20 | Sergio Canamasas | Trident | 1:30.737 | 1.444 | 11 |
| 21 | Facu Regalia | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:30.790 | 1.497 | 11 |
| 22 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Rapax | 1:30.884 | 1.591 | 11 |
| 23 | Takuya Izawa | ART Grand Prix | 1:30.903 | 1.610 | 11 |
| 24 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:30.923 | 1.630 | 13 |
| 25 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:31.336 | 2.043 | 12 |
| 26 | Conor Daly | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:31.558 | 2.265 | 9 |