Karun Chandhok scored his first GP2 win in the sprint race after an excellent pass on Andy Soucek. But the dramatic development in the championship saw Timo Glock fail to even start the race after his was hit by Ricardo Risatti’s car on the way to the dummy grid. With rival Lucas di Grassi finishing … Continue reading GP2 Spa-Francorchamps sprint: Chandhok wins for Durango
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GP2 Spa-Francorchamps feature: Lapierre’s perfect drive
Posted onNicolas Lapierre cruised to victory in the GP2 race at Spa-Francorchamps in a manner that made you wonder why he hasn’t been doing it all year. In the fight for the championship Lucas di Grassi finished third but title rival Timo Glock was 17th after yet more reliability problems for iSport. Luca Filippi was second … Continue reading GP2 Spa-Francorchamps feature: Lapierre’s perfect drive
GP2 Monza Sprint: Glock wins tight race
Posted onTimo Glock added to his championship lead by winning a thrilling sprint race at Monza. He and feature race winner Giorgio Pantano made rapid progress through the field, passing Sebastien Buemi and Bruno Senna among others.
GP2 Turkey Sprint: Glock back on top
Posted onTimo Glock took the lead of the GP2 championship back off Lucas di Grassi with an untroubled win the sprint race at Istanbul. Having won yesterday’s feature race di Grassi failed to score after picking up a drive-through penalty in the sprint event.
GP2 Turkey Feature: di Grassi takes title lead
Posted onLucas di Grassi took his first win of 2007 and the championship lead along with it. He profited from poor luck for title rival Timo Glock who narrowly missed out on a podium finish after a stirring drive. Giorgio Pantano finished second ahead of Adam Carroll who scraped across the line ahead of Glock.
One to watch: Lucas di Grassi
One To Watch
Posted onAyrton Senna, Rubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa… could Lucas di Grassi be the next Sao Paulo native to make it into Formula 1?
GP2 Hungary Sprint: Who else but Villa?
Posted onIt’s a GP2 sprint race so it must be a win for Javier Villa? Yes, but he had to work harder for it than he did at the Nurburgring or Magny-Cours. Adrian Zaugg took the lead early on before a collision with Roldan Rodriguez set up a battle between Villa and Adam Carroll. But it … Continue reading GP2 Hungary Sprint: Who else but Villa?
GP2 Nurburgring sprint: Villa dominates
Posted onJavier Villa dominated the sprint race at the Nurburgring taking a consummate lights-to-flag victory. But the tense battle for second place was fought until the dying stages.
GP2 Nurburgring feature: Home win for Glock
Posted onTimo Glock ended his run of poor results and became the first driver this year to win two races with a consummate drive in front of his home crowd. Glock was beaten into the lead by Lucas di Grassi but easily took the lead later in the race and won with a comfortable margin. It … Continue reading GP2 Nurburgring feature: Home win for Glock
Buemi replaces Ammermuller at ART again
Posted onSebastien Buemi will return to GP2 action at the N?âãÆ?é??rburgring this weekend as he substitutes for the injured Michael Ammermuller once again. Buemi impressed on his one-off appearance at ART in Ammermuller’s place in the Monaco GP2 race. He qualified fourth ahead of Lucas di Grassi and finished seventh. Buemi lost the lead of the … Continue reading Buemi replaces Ammermuller at ART again
GP2 Silverstone sprint: Home win for Carroll
Posted onAdam Carroll grabbed the headlines at his second event back in a GP2 by winning the sprint race in fine style. Just hours before Lewis Hamilton took to the track in his bid to win the British Grand Prix another British star was wrapping up a win. Carroll made a rapid start to hold second … Continue reading GP2 Silverstone sprint: Home win for Carroll
GP2 France spint race: Villa’s maiden win
Posted onJavier Villa became the seventh different GP2 winner in as many races with a cool win in damp conditions at Magny-Cours. Villa took the win after early leader Nicolas Lapierre crashed out – and gave his Racing Engineering team a boost after team mate Ernesto Viso’s frightening crash yesterday.
GP2 France feature race: Pantano wins messy race
Posted onGiorgio Pantano became the sixth driver to win in as many races after a fraught encounter at Magny-Cours. The race was stopped after a frightening crash that Ernesto Viso was extraordinarily lucky to escape from. The Venezuelan struck the rear of Michael Ammermuller’s ART car, barrel rolling along a section of barrier and landing on … Continue reading GP2 France feature race: Pantano wins messy race
GP2 Monaco: Street smart Maldonado wins
Posted onPastor Maldonado repeated his Monaco Renault World Series race win of 2006 in this year’s GP2 race. The Venezuelan comfortably took pole from Giorgio Pantano by 0.3s and led the Italian home in the race as well. Behind them came the championship top three – Timo Glock, Luca Fillipi and Lucas di Grassi.
GP2 Barcelona sprint: Glock to the front
Posted onTimo Glock took the GP2 victory he’s been threatening all year by scorching through to first from eighth at Barcelona. He became the fourth different driver to win in the first four rounds of GP2. Behind him Javier Villa impressively kept pace with the leaders to hold second.
GP2 Bahrain 1: First for Filippi
Posted onThe first race of the GP2 season got off to a slightly chaotic start as three cars stalled on the dummy grid and another three failed to get going at the start, forcing another formation lap and a restart. When the race finally got going Timo Glock scorched forward from seventh on the grid to … Continue reading GP2 Bahrain 1: First for Filippi