GP2 Series
| Thoughts of a champion: \'Job done!\' Kamui Kobayashi reminisces his second GP2 Asia Series season and talks about the future GP2 Asia Series: Kamui, congratulations on this title. Fantastic job! Kamui Kobayashi: Thank you! GP2 Asia Series: How does that feel, being the GP2 Asia Champion? Kamui: It feels great, really! That’s what really mattered today. It’s important to show t ... (more) |
| Diego Nunes leads a Piquet GP 1-2 podium finish as Kobayashi becomes Champion The Toyota Formula One test driver’s poor start from pole position today meant that he could not celebrate his GP2 Asia Series title on the podium, but the new champion managed to make his way back to the front of the field again thanks to an early pitstop ... (more) |
| GP2 Asia Series title fight wraps up in Bahrain After a drama-filled weekend at the rain soaked Sepang International Circuit three weeks ago everything was left up in the air, but it all comes down to this: both titles will be decided this weekend in Bahrain. Dams and Kamui Kobayashi look as strong as ever, especially after a pole position and another podium were pocketed in Malaysia.The winner of the ... (more) |
| My Qi-Meritus.Mahara want a good season finish at home for the GP2 Asia Bahrain race My Qi-Meritus.Mahara head home for the sixth and final round of the GP2 Asia season in Bahrain with revived hopes after their driver lineup of Portugal\'s Alvaro Parente and Italy\'s Marco Bonanomi showed good speed and potential in the last outing in Malaysia. Parente even earned the My Qi-Meritus.Mahara team a point after setting the fastest lap in race ... (more) |
| Vitaly Petrov sails to Sepang sprint race win Vitaly Petrov put his experience and skills to good use today in Sepang. In a critically wet and slippery track, the Russian put in a great performance to snatch the win and take the current third place in the drivers’championship. The rain started to fall hard on the grid before the formation lap and the race was delayed for thirty minutes. The star ... (more) |
 Durango on the podium in MalaysiaDurango once more on the podium with Davide Valsecchi, third at the end of Malaysian race 2. Michael Dalle Stelle, on the contrary, crossed the line as twentieth. The race started under the rain, this arose an electric problem on Davide’s car who sai ... (more) |
| Vitaly Petrov sails to Sepang sprint race win Vitaly Petrov put his experience and skills to good use today in Sepang. In a critically wet and slippery track, the Russian put in a great performance to snatch the win and take the current third place in the drivers’ championship. The rain started to fall hard on the grid before the formation lap and the race was delayed for thirty minutes. The s ... (more) |
| GP2 Asia turns the heat for the Malaysian round The 2009 GP2 Asia Series flew to the heat and humidity of Malaysia this week for the fifth Round of the Championship. The twenty-six drivers will fight for the win in front of the Formula One paddock at the Sepang International Circuit this Saturday and Sunday. With a total of 26 points scored in Qatar during the fourth round of the season – the high ... (more) |
 Marco Bonanomi and Alvaro Parente reach out to the kidsThe ELC International School was the destination for Marco Bonanomi and Alvaro Parente – the two drivers for My Qi-Meritus.Mahara – this morning ahead of their GP2 race this weekend at the Sepang International Circuit. (more) |
 Top 2009 IFM driver to test in GP2 Series with Dams For the third year running, International Formula Master (IFM) drivers will battle it out on track throughout the 2009 season for a chance to be rewarded with a test with a top GP2 Series team. (more) |
 Positive balance in Barcelona for DurangoThird and last GP2 test day in Barcelona with some little problems disturbing the work in the Durango garage. On Valsecchi’s car a temperature sensor failed during the morning, while the exhausts had to be fixed on both cars. (more) |
| Fat Burner Racing Engineering concludes pre-season tests program This afternoon, Lucas Di Grassi and Dani Clos concluded Fat Burner Racing Engineering’s pre-season program in Barcelona. They finished the final day of testing before the start of the 2009 GP2 Main Series registering the third and 17th best time overall respectively. On a trouble-free session, both Fat Burner Racing Engineering drivers continued wit ... (more) |
| Javier Villa tops three-day test session in Barcelona Today, the GP2 Series concluded their last test session of the 2009 season, in Barcelona. After three days of hard work, Javier Villa came out as the quickest man on track, signi ... (more) |
| Alvaro Parente dominates Day 2 in Barcelona The last three-day test session of the 2009 GP2 Series season resumed today at the Catalunya circuit in Spain. On a sunny track, it was Portuguese Alvaro Parente who signed both fastest lapt ... (more) |
 A nice improvement for Durango in BarcelonaAnother satisfying day for Durango in Barcelona. Davide Valsecchi set a very good third fastest lap this morning while Nelson Panciatici went fourteenth in the afternoon. Davide said “Yesterday I was curious about the modifications we did this morning. (more) |
| Fat Burner Racing Engineering continues to progress in Barcelona Second day of testing for Fat Burner Racing Engineering at the Circuito de Cataluña near Barcelona, where the team continues working on its preparations for the upcoming 2009 season of the GP2 Main Series. Both Fat Burner Racing Engineering drivers, Lucas Di Grassi and Dani Clos, continued working on their respective test programs for the three day ... (more) |
| Lucas di Grassi tops first day in Barcelona The last test session of the 2009 season opened today at the Catalunya Circuit near Barcelona where the thirteen GP2 Teams gathered once more for a three-day session. On a track that will host the ... (more) |
 A good start for Davide Valsecchi in SpainToday, on the Barcelona track, started the second block of official 2009 GP2 Main Series test sessions. For Durango the first results had been quite good, Davide Valsecchi being sixth and Nelson Panciatici twentieth . (more) |
| Fat Burner Racing Engineering’s Lucas Di Grassi fastest again Mixed emotions for Fat Burner Racing Engineering during the first day of testing at the Circuito de Cataluña, where Lucas Di Grassi set the fastest time of the day and Dani Clos suffered an engine failure in the morning. After very productive and successful three days of testing in Paul Ricard two weeks ago, Fat Burner Racing Engineering’s Da ... (more) |
| Bruno Michel: \'Our championship has never been healthier or more successful\' Bruno, the first 2009 GP2 test session took place last week at Paul Ricard. What first conclusions can you draw? Those first three days have been very positive: our 2009 update kit has been reliable and competitive from the get go. Every day, track records were broken in all circuit configurations.We wanted to gain performance from our new engine and so ... (more) |
 Nelson Panciatici new Durango GP2 driverAt the wheel of the Durango during the next GP2 championship, together with Davide Valsecchi, there will be the young French driver Nelson Panciatici. Ivone Pinton declared: “I kept an eye on Nelson during the last seasons, he was my first choice for t ... (more) |
| Fat Burner Racing Engineering Tests in Barcelona After three very valuable days of work at Paul Ricard last week, Fat Burner Racing Engineering has prepared its cars to take part in the second and last of the GP2 pre-season tests at Barcelona from the 23rd to the 25th of March. The Spanish team has an ambitious work program for this test in the Catalonian Circuit, where during the second weekend of May w ... (more) |
| Fat Burner Racing Engineering fly at Paul Ricard Lucas di Grassi signed today’s fastest latpime closely followed by his young teammate Dani Clos Following their 2008 success, Fat Burner Racing Engineering start their 2009 campaign with the same kind o ... (more) |
| Second test day for Fat Burner Racing Engineering Productive second test day for Fat Burner Racing Engineering during the Paul Ricard GP2 test, where both the team’s drivers - Lucas Di Grassi and Dani Clos - finished the day at the top of the timesheets. During the second day of testing, running on the 2A track configuration, Fat Burner Racing Engineering had a trouble-free session and continued wo ... (more) |
| Romain Grosjean quickest in morning session at Paul Ricard The first three-day test session of the GP2 Series 2009 season resumed this morning at Paul Ricard. As planned, the thirteen teams mainly concentrate today on aero mapping and high speed configuration. On a sunny 2A track configuration that includes a long straight, s ... (more) |
| Javier Villa holds new Paul Ricard track record The Super Nova racer was the quickest this afternoon in a 1:11.930 and signs a new track record with the GP2/08 car The twenty-six GP2 cars carried on with their testing work this afternoon at the Paul Ricard track. Spaniard Javier Villa was the fastest at the wheel of his Super Nova car. He clocked the best time in a 1:11.930 which makes him ... (more) |
| Javier Villa tops GP2 Series morning test session The Super Nova driver clocked a best time of 1:13.325 at Paul Ricard The first test session of the 2009 season began this morning at the Paul Ricard track where the thirteen GP2 Teams gathered this week for a three-day session. It is the opportunity for the twenty- six drivers to get familiar with the 2009 update kit. If no modifications have been made to ... (more) |
| Paul Ricard Test Preview The three day test session at the French circuit of Paul Ricard - 11th to 13th of March - marks the beginning of the 2009 GP2 Main Series season. With a total of six test days before the beginning of the championship at the Spanish Grand Prix in May, Fat Burner Racing Engineering is looking forward to this first session of testing, where the insights gain ... (more) |
 Nelson Panciatici with Durango at Le CastelletFor the three days test session at Paul Ricard which started this morning, at the wheel of the Durango car, together with Davide Valsecchi, there will be the young french driver Nelson Panciatici. (more) |
| Bruno Senna could stay in GP2 Bruno Senna might consider staying in GP2 this year, after missing out on a formula one debut drive with the rescued Honda team.Talks between the 25-year-old Brazilian and Mercedes\' Norbert Haug about a 2009 DTM seat were revealed this week, and now Senna\'s 2008 boss Paul Jackson has flagged the possibility of a renewed collaboration in the F1 feeder serie ... (more) |
| Fat Burner, Racing Engineering’s new title sponsor Racing Engineering will compete in the 2009 GP2 Main Series with the name ‘Fat Burner Racing Engineering’ after both companies reached an agreement that makes the weight loss drink the new title sponsor of the Spanish team. Fat Burner, the functional beverage available in 3 flavors, was initially created for fitness people and rapidly became a ... (more) |
| Luca Di Grassi joins Fat Burner Racing Engineering Fat Burner Racing Engineering is pleased to announce Lucas Di Grassi as its second driver for the 2009 GP2 Championship. Together with GP2 rookie Dani Clos, Lucas Di Grassi will be behind Fat Burner Racing Engineering’s wheel. Lucas and Racing Engineering both had a very successful 2008 season and the aim is to continue building on this form and fig ... (more) |
 Jacques Villeneuve forced to a stopFor this weekend Speedcar event at the Durango cars wheel there will be not Jacques Villeneuve and Christopher Zoechling. Zoechling substitution was scheduled because his contract was expiring but Villeneuve will not be present because of a food i ... (more) |
 Qatar ok but better must be doneDurango closed the works in Qatar with a fifth point claimed by Davide Valsecchi in GP2 and with the fourth of Christopher Zoechling in Speedcar. Quite good results but not fully satisfying for the Durango chief Ivone Pinton who said: “We did well but ... (more) |
 Marco Bonanomi and Alvaro Parente finish in race 2 at DohaItalian driver Marco Bonanomi and Portuguese Alvaro Parente started sixteenth and seventeenth respectively under the bright lights of the Losail International Circuit in the 23-lap second race at Doha and finished in 11th and 16th positions respectively. (more) |
| Doha: tyre problems for Bonanomi and Parente in race one Italian Marco Bonanomi and Portuguese driver Alvaro Parente started the 34-lap long race one in Doha from 12th and 13thplaces respectively in front of a grandstand filled with 5,000 cheering supporters - guests of the team\'s sponsor Questnet. (more) |
 Durango second evening in QatarDavide Valsecchi sixth and Michael Dalle Stelle twentieth, this is the result for the Durango drivers at the end of Qatar GP2 Asia Series Race 1. Davide Valsecchi declared: “I made a good start immediately recovering three positions but then, during th ... (more) |
| Nico Hülkenberg king of Qatar Nico Hülkenberg wins an exciting Qatar night race ahead of both Barwa International Campos Team men The ART Grand Prix racer displayed a brilliant performance tonight in the first-ever GP2 Asia night feature race at the Losail International Circuit to claim a maiden GP2 victory. However, things did not start so well for Nico Hülkenberg who lost h ... (more) |
| Nico Hülkenberg shines in Qatar night qualifications The ART Grand Prix debutant scores his second pole position in a row in Doha ahead of both Barwa International Campos Team cars The young German strengthens his GP2 rising star status after he signed the fastest laptime at the chequered flag in tonight’s eventful qualifying session in a 1:35.741. He was followed by Campos’ Sergio Perez and Vita ... (more) |
| Vitaly Petrov quickest in Qatar night The Russian from Barwa International Campos Team set the pace today during the Free Practice at the Losail International Circuit The fourth round of the 08-09 GP2 Asia Series season opened on a windy and extremely dirty track tonight after twenty-four hours of sandstorms over Qat ... (more) |
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