However, he spun off into the wall at the start of the 3rd lap, quickly followed by Lewis Hamilton who locked up.
Upon re-entering the track he made contact with Todd Kelly, and spun off at turn four, this time into the sand trap.
Further back, Bourdais spun off at turn twelve, with a rear suspension failure that put him out of the race.
The rotor of one spun off at a high, crazy angle and they crashed to earth in a fiery tangle.
Piquet spun off at the next corner, his car hitting the barriers.
It's probably the most straightforward song we've ever recorded but we don't really care if people say we're spinning off at a tangent.
However our solar system did not spin off in the direction of the galaxy's rotation but at a right angle from it.
The only safety car of the race was due to Paul Morris spinning off at turn 12 and becoming stuck in the sand trap.
David Kennedy spun off the track at the start of lap two and was unable to rejoin the race and so became the first retirement.
Bourdais spun off at turn two late in the session and beached his car in the gravel.