Tag Archive: GP2 driver

Italian claims popular victory in feature race

Luca Filippi gave a perfect display of strength and experience to take victory in this afternoon’s feature race at the Nurburgring, taking advantage of a sharp pitstop from his Coloni team before pulling away for a strong win ahead of Charles Pic and Romain Grosjean.

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Sixth round of the 2011 GP2 Series™

Two weeks ago, in Silverstone, two Frenchmen conquered the home of British motorsport, with the youngest Jules Bianchi breaking his duck with a first win in GP2 Series™.

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Frenchman fights for Sunday win

Romain Grosjean has solidified his lead in the title race after fighting his way to victory in this morning’s sprint race in Silverstone, muscling his way past Dani Clos and Giedo van der Garde before easing away from his rivals for his third win of the season.

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Frenchman on top in wet-dry race

Jules Bianchi has claimed his first GP2 series win in mixed conditions in this afternoon’s feature race at Silverstone, leading almost all the way from pole position to take the victory by four seconds from Christian Vietoris and Marcus Ericsson.

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Local driver on top in Silverstone

Sam Bird has set the pace in this morning’s free practice session in Silverstone, using his local knowledge to come out on top in changeable conditions to lead an iSport 1-3 ahead of Romain Grosjean and teammate Marcus Ericsson.

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Read all about the fifth round of the 2011 GP2 Series in Silverstone. 

Half of the season has passed and Romain Grosjean is leading in the drivers’ standings again, but only just. Giedo van der Garde is hot on his tail, one point behind, and had the fighting Dutchman not lost a win in Valencia due to a drive through penalty in the Feature Race, things would probably be a bit different on the eve of the fifth round of the 2011 season.

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Mexican takes maiden GP2 win

Esteban Gutierrez has taken his first GP2 victory with an effortless display of raw speed to dominate this morning’s sprint race in Valencia, claiming the win by almost 13 seconds from Luiz Razia and Giedo van der Garde. Read the rest of this entry »

Frenchman picks up victory after van der Garde penalty

Romain Grosjean has claimed his second win of the season after a strong drive, and a drive through for title rival Giedo van der Garde put the Frenchman on top in this afternoon’s eventful feature race in Valencia, sharing the podium with the Dutchman and Davide Valsecchi. Read the rest of this entry »

Spaniards close out front row at home race 

Charles Pic pipped teammate Giedo van der Garde for pole position in tomorrow’s feature race in Valencia, claiming the top spot in the final minute of this afternoon’s qualifying session to complete the front row for Addax at their home circuit just before Romain Grosjean found the wall from P3 and brought the session to an end.  Read the rest of this entry »

Frenchman leads the way in Valencia

Jules Bianchi stole an early march on his rivals by claiming the fastest lap on a final dash for the flag on the last lap in this morning’s free practice, pushing countryman Romain Grosjean down the timesheets as Bianchi greeted the chequered flag at the end of the session ahead of Giedo van der Garde and Luca Filippi. Read the rest of this entry »

GP2 Series stops at Valencia for more street racing

The 2011 season has not been lucky so far for the standings’ leader: after taking control of the rest of the field in Turkey, Romain Grosjean left Barcelona point-less, and it was Giedo van der Garde’s turn to shine at the top of the standings. But the Dutchman was then unlucky in Monaco and lost a position to Sam Bird who ever so briefly took the lead after taking pole position in the Principality. Read the rest of this entry »

Frenchman on top in sprint race 

Charles Pic dominated his rivals from pole position to claim the sprint race win this afternoon in Monaco, leading from lights to flag in a display of cunning and speed to lead home Josef Kral and Romain Grosjean.  Read the rest of this entry »

Italian leads from start for historic win

Davide Valsecchi has taken the most momentous victory of his career with a crushing display in this afternoon’s feature race in Monaco, leading from the start to finish apart from his pitstop to capture Team AirAsia’s first race win ahead of Alvaro Parente and Luca Filippi. Read the rest of this entry »

Dutchman on top in chaotic qualifying

Giedo van der Garde kept calm in the pressure cooker environment of this afternoon’s qualifying session in Monaco, pushing at the perfect time to take advantage of his rival’s errors to claim pole position, finishing the session ahead of Sam Bird and Jules Bianchi. The Dutchman’s best time of 1:21.781, set with just one minute remaining in the eventful session, took pole by less than a tenth. Read the rest of this entry »

Frenchman on top in free practice

Romain Grosjean got his weekend under way in fine style by claiming the fastest lap in this morning’s free practice session in Monaco, leading for almost the entire session from Dani Clos and local hero Stefano Coletti. Read the rest of this entry »

What a difference a race weekend makes…

The GP2 field was ruled by Romain Grosjean after Istanbul, but it was Giedo van der Garde who took the lead of the Series after a strong Barcelona round which saw the Dutchman start from pole position and finish second in the feature race. His squad, Barwa Addax, is still the “team to beat” with Charles Pic triumphing at Circuit de Catalunya in the feature race, mastering the tricks of strategy and tyre degradation. Read the rest of this entry »

Swiss driver dominates from pole 

Fabio Leimer has repeated his sterling performance from last year with another strong drive from pole to claim victory in this morning’s sprint race in Barcelona, leading all the way to win by ten seconds from Dani Clos and Marcus Ericsson. Read the rest of this entry »