F1 Lotus owner launches GP2 team
Sep.21 (GMM) Lotus team owner Tony Fernandes’ application to launch a GP2 team for 2011 has been successful, the series announced on Tuesday.
The Malaysian millionaire’s team is called Team Air Asia, named after his Kuala Lumpur based low-fare airlin…
Q&A with 2010 GP2 Champion Maldonado
Sep.13 (Bridgestone) Venezuelan GP2 driverPastor Maldonado clinched the 2010 GP2 Series Championship at Monza. he was constantly among the front runners throughout the season and the championship well deserved. The Rapax GP2 team driver spoke after clinching the coveted title at Monza with a race to go in the series. Pastor Maldonado, GP2 champion! How [...]
GP2 to become official ‘F1 Junior Series’?
Sep.11 (GMM) GP2 could become F1′s official ‘Junior Series’, with formula one teams allied formally to junior outfits in the feeder category.
According to Italy’s 422race.com, the final places on the GP2 grid will be filled for 2011 by ‘Formula One J…
GP2: Bianchi heads ART 1-2 in qualifying
Sep.11 (GP2 Series) Jules Bianchi has proven that he is back on top form by claiming pole position in this afternoon’s qualifying session in Monza, albeit by the tightest of margins: the Frenchman pipped ART teammate Sam Bird and Jerome d’Ambrosio by less than a tenth of a second. The Frenchman set his best time [...]
Preview: GP2 Series at Monza
Sep.10 (GP2 Series) And so it is… Series’ leader Pastor Maldonado’s misfortune in Spa Sprint Race means that closest rival Sergio Perez gets another chance at closing the gap between him and the so far unstoppable Rapax racer. With a sixth consecutive win in a feature race, the Venezuelan has become the most successful driver [...]
GP2: Perez powers to fourth victory
Aug.29 (GP2 Series) Mexican Sergio Perez has kept his championship aspirations alive with a dominant victory in this morning’s sprint race at Spa Francorchamps, claiming the lead on the first race and controlling his rivals through 3 restarts to take his fourth win of the season ahead of teammate Giedo van der Garde and Alvaro [...]
GP2: Maldonado takes dramatic sixth win
Aug.29 (GP2 Series) Pastor Maldonado has collected his sixth, and toughest, win of the season in today’s feature race at Spa Francorchamps, benefiting when polesitter Jerome d’Ambrosio stopped late in the race and then hanging on against a huge push in the closing laps to win by just 0.2 seconds from Alvaro Parente and Romain [...]
GP2: D’Ambrosio inheirts pole from Herck
Aug.27 (GP2 Series) Michael Herck nearly claimed his first pole position in the GP2 series in a rain lashed qualifying session this afternoon at Spa Francorchamps, taking the top spot late in a session which saw red flags stop proceedings four times as he held off local driver Jerome d’Ambrosio and series leader Pastor Maldonado. [...]
Spa GP2 Preview: Who can stop Maldonado?
Aug.26 (GP2 Setries) The GP2 Series is back into action this weekend after a three-week summer break for Round 8 of the series. After Budapest at the beginning of this month, Pastor Maldonado was keeping the pace at the head of the Series: win number five under his belt meant that the Rapax ace increased [...]