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GP2: Alvaro Parente wins on debut in Barcelona

Alavaro Parente won on his first appearance for Super Nova in GP2 in the feature race at the Circuit de Catalunya, withstanding race-long pressure from Bruno Senna.
It was a very impressive performance from the Renault World Series champion, who started second on the grid but took an instant lead when pole sitter Pastor Maldonado stalled.
Romain [...]

Romain Grosjean wins GP2 Asia title

Romain Grosjean didn’t finish the GP2 Asia race at Bahrain this morning but by setting fastest lap he did enough to guarantee the title.
From eighth on the grid Grosjean was in the lead by the end of the first lap and streaking away. But brake failure ended his hopes of victory in the second half [...]

Grosjean impresses again in Sepang

He may not have won either of the race but for me Romain Grosjean was the star of the GP2 Asia races at Sepang.
He stuck his ART car on pole by over three-quarters of a second, before becoming the something-hundredth driver to stall the notoriously flaky Mk 1 GP2 machine. Once he got going again [...]

Fauzy wins another shambolic race at Sentul

Fairuz Fauzy converted pole position into victory in the wet sprint race at Sentul. But he was helped by the fact that so few laps were completed at race speed.
Little had apparently been done to correct the numerous embarrassing organisational problems evident in yesterday’s race - cars were left in gravel traps for laps at [...]

Luca Filippi wins bizarre Sentul GP2 Asia race

Just watched the first GP2 Asia race from Sentul - it verged on farce at times but the closing stages were pure drama. Luca Filippi won from Sebastien Buemi, but they were so absorbed on their battle they completed an extra lap, which leaves me wondering if they might be disqualified.
The GP2 Asia cars have [...]

GP2 Valencia Sprint: Glock wins race and title

Timo Glock has won the 2007 GP2 championship after cruising to his fifth win of the year in the final race of the year at Valencia.
The German was never headed as Brazilian title rival Lucas di Grassi struggled to make progress through the field.
Glock, test driver for the BMW F1 team who made four starts [...]

GP2 Valencia Feature: Petrov leads Campos 1-2

Timo Glock is set to claim the GP2 title in tomorrow’s sprint race after edging further clear of rival Lucas di Grassi in the sprint race at Valencia today. Glock finished seventh in a race that began in damp conditions and saw di Grassi spin off early on.
Campos Racing scored a one-two win with Vitaly [...]

GP2 Spa-Francorchamps sprint: Chandhok wins for Durango

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 on the [...]

GP2 Spa-Francorchamps feature: Lapierre’s perfect drive

Nicolas 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 for Super [...]

GP2 Turkey Sprint: Glock back on top

Timo 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.

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