Tag Archive: Marcus Ericsson

May 24

Bird is the word in Monaco

Briton dominates rivals in the Principality

GP2 - Sam Bird (RUSSIAN TIME)Sam Bird presented a masterclass of controlled aggression and verve to bring home a crushing race victory in this morning’s feature race in Monaco, with the Briton controlling the pace to come home easily ahead of Kevin Ceccon and Mitch Evans. Read the rest of this entry »

May 23

Johnny Cecotto grabs Monaco pole

Venezuelan driver shines again in Principality and leads an all Arden front row

GP2 - Johnny Cecotto (Arden International)Johnny Cecotto was once again at ease driving in the streets of Monte-Carlo: the Arden driver set the fastest laptime of today’s Qualifying session in a 1:21.141 and thus grabbed pole position ahead of his teammate and rookie Mitch Evans. Read the rest of this entry »

May 23

Sam Bird sets the pace in Monte Carlo

British driver leads RUSSIAN TIME 1-2 in Round 4 free practice

GP2 - Sam Bird (RUSSIAN TIME)Sam Bird set the tone in this morning’s free practice in the streets of Monaco: the Brit’ from RUSSIAN TIME clocked a laptime of 1:21.512 in a trouble free session, five hundredths quicker than teammate Tom Dillmann. Rookie Mitch Evans finished third. Read the rest of this entry »

May 22

GP2 Series Round 4 Preview – Monte Carlo, Monaco

The fourth round of the 2013 GP2 Series™ will take place in Monaco this week

GP2 Series Round 4 Preview - Monte Carlo, MonacoIf there is one track on the calendar that every single driver dreams about, it is the twisty and challenging circuit in the prestigious and narrow streets of Monte Carlo. Read the rest of this entry »

May 12

Coletti dominates sprint race in Barcelona

Monegasque driver extends points lead 

GP2 - Stefano Coletti (Rapax)Stefano Coletti has claimed his second win of the season with a mature drive after a storming start for a dominant victory in today’s sprint race in Barcelona, controlling the pace all the way to lead home Robin Frijns and Felipe Nasr. Read the rest of this entry »

May 11

Frijns powers to maiden win in Barcelona

Dutchman storms to victory in feature race

GP2 - Felipe Nasr (Carlin), Robin Frijns (Hilmer Motorsport), Jolyon Palmer (Carlin)Robin Frijns has claimed his debut GP2 win as the Series returns to Europe, claiming victory in this afternoon’s feature race in Barcelona by utilising a sharp get away and smart race strategy to lead home a fast charging Felipe Nasr and Jolyon Palmer. Read the rest of this entry »

May 10

Marcus Ericsson dashes to maiden pole (updated)

Swedish driver leads 1-2 for DAMS in qualifying session in Barcelona

GP2 - Marcus Ericsson (DAMS)

Marcus Ericsson was unbeatable in today’s qualifying session at Circuit de Catalunya: the Swedish ace put his DAMS car at the top of the standings early in the session.

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May 09

2013 GP2 Series Round 3 Preview – Barcelona

 It will be the first European round of the year

GP2 Series Round 3

The 2013 GP2 Series™ season returns to action this week at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain for Round 3.

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Apr 21

RUSSIAN TIME driver scores first GP2 win for Russian squad in nail-biting finale (updated²)

Bird bags Sakhir Sprint Race

GP2 - Sam Bird (RUSSIAN TIME)It’s happy time for RUSSIAN TIME at Bahrain International Circuit: Sam Bird took a lights-to-flag maiden win for the newcomers holding off a charging Felipe Nasr.

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Apr 20

Racing Engineering ace takes a second win in the 2013 GP2 Series season at BIC (updated)

Leimer controls Sakhir action-packed Feature Race

GP2 - Bahrain race 1 podium 1Fabio Leimer continues to impress at the Bahrain International Circuit: in today’s feature race, the Swiss ace took the win from pole position thanks to a strong drive and a good strategy. Series rival Stefano Coletti finished second ahead of rookie Alexander Rossi.  Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 19

Leimer blazes to Sakhir pole position

Racing Engineering driver stuns the rest of the field in qualifying session

GP2 - Fabio Leimer (Racing Engineering)Fabio Leimer has once again proclaimed himself as the man to beat this weekend as he dominated today’s qualifying session at Bahrain International Circuit. The Swiss driver set an impressive laptime of 1:39.427, nine tenths clear of Marcus Ericsson. Felipe Nasr finished third. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 17

GP2 Series Round 2, Bahrain preview

The story so far

GP2 Series Round 2 Preview – Sakhir - BahrainThe GP2 Series™ action resumes this week at Bahrain International Circuit for the second round of the 2013 season. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 24

Coletti claims Sprint Race (updated)

Rapax driver wins Sunday race at Sepang International Circuit

GP2 - Stefano Coletti (Rapax)He wanted it so badly! Stefano Coletti took a lights-to-flag win in this morning’s Sprint Race at Sepang International Circuit and made up for yesterday’s disappointment.

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Mar 23

Racing Engineering driver wins first event of the 2013 season in Kuala Lumpur

Leimer lights up Malaysia feature race

GP2 - Fabio leimer (Racing Engineering)It’s been a long time coming. After a hit and miss season in 2012, Fabio Leimer finally snatched a win for Racing Engineering in this morning’s feature race at Sepang International Circuit. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 22

Coletti flies to Malaysia maiden pole

GP2 Series qualifying report

GP2 - Stefano Coletti (Rapax)The Monegasque driver puts Rapax on top in closely fought qualifying session. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 07

Stefano Coletti ends on top (updated)

Rapax driver quickest on final pre-season test day in Barcelona

GP2 - Stefano Coletti (Rapax)GP2 -  Felipe Nasr (Carlin)Less than two weeks before the 2013 GP2 Series season kicks off in Malaysia, Stefano Coletti confirmed his good form today: the Monegasque driver topped a dry testing day in Barcelona in the morning session with a laptime of 1:29.055. Felipe Nasr was fastest in the afternoon for Carlin. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 14

DAMS all set to defend its GP2 titles in 2013 with Ericsson and Richelmi

“We’ve been GP2 champions for the last two years and we‘re hungry for more titles!” – Jean-Paul Driot

In 2011 and 2012 DAMS bagged two consecutive drivers’ titles in GP2 with Romain Grosjean and Davide Valsecchi plus the cherry on the cake, the teams’ crown in 2012 giving the French squad the status of leader in the GP2 Series. To continue this wave of success DAMS has put its trust in a couple of well-balanced, evenly-matched drivers combining talent, experience and youth – Marcus Ericsson from Sweden and Stéphane Richelmi from Monaco. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 23

Cecotto finishes on top

Venezuelan driver quickest on Day 2 in Jerez

GP2 - Johnny Cecotto (Arden International)GP2 - Johnny Cecotto (Arden International) 2Johnny Cecotto was unbeatable today at the final test day of the 2012 season in Spain. He topped both sessions at the wheel of an Arden car. With a laptime of 1:25.694 set this morning, the Venezuelan wrapped up a strong season with the quickest time of the two-day test session at Jerez. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 22

Marcus Ericsson tops Day 1 in Jerez

Swede driver quickest on first day of post season tests

GP2 - Marcus Ericsson (DAMS)GP2 - Felipe Nasr (Carlin)Marcus Ericsson put his experience and driving skills to good use today at the wheel of 2012 Champions DAMS car as he topped the timing sheet in Jerez in a trouble free afternoon session. Earlier in the morning, it was Felipe Nasr at Carlin who lead the way. Read the rest of this entry »

Sep 23

GP2: Van der Garde surges to Singapore victory

Dutchman on top in final race of the season

GP2 - Van de Garde (Caterham Racing) Singapore Sprint RaceGP2 - Van der Garde, Ericsson & Leimer Singapore PodiumGiedo van der Garde gave his rivals a racing masterclass with a dominant win from lights to flag in this afternoon’s sprint race in Singapore, easily leading home Marcus Ericsson and Fabio Leimer in the last race of the 2012 season. Read the rest of this entry »

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