Brazilians have dominated the morning on the streets of Long Beach with Nelson Piquet Jr and Lucas di Grassi topping the times.

Piquet was fastest in the opening session with Audi sportscar ace di Grassi taking the top spot in the following two sessions.

Next up is qualifying . The session is a straight fight for the fastest laptime and determines the order for the day’s race. The session will last 55 minutes (40 minutes track time) with drivers divided into four groups of five cars.

Each group has 10 minutes to set their best time. Full power (200kw / 270bhp) will be available throughout with drivers only able to use one car.

Group 1
Scott Speed, Andretti
Charles Pic, China Racing
Nick Heidfeld, Venturi
Jaime Alguersuari, Virgin
Jean-Eric Vergne, Andretti

Group 2
Loic Duval, Dragon
Jarno Trulli, Trulli
Bruno Senna, Mahindra
Nico Prost, e.dams-Renault
Sam Bird, Virgin

Group 3
Salvador Duran, Amlin Aguri
Stephane Sarrazin, Venturi
Antonio Felix da Costa, Amlin Aguri
Nelson Piquet Jr, China Racing
Lucas di Grassi, ABT

Group 4
Vitantonio Liuzzi, Trulli
Karun Chandhok, Mahindra
Daniel Abt, ABT
Jerome D’Ambrosio, Dragon
Sebastien Buemi, e.dams-Renault