GP2 Series R11 Valencia - Racing weekend thread

[Knowlesy]

Thank god for Setanta Sports.

[Knowlesy]

Well conditions appear to be a bit damp.

[Knowlesy]

di Grassi nearly out on the startline. Close!

Glock has fallen back to sixth. Lucas ninth.

[Suze]

Is gp2 the main event for this weekend with Spanish stuff supporting it or how is it working?

[chunterer]

I don't want to know what happens, so i'll be avoiding this thread until the end of tomorrow. Hopefully I might have had a chance to view it in some way or other!!

[Knowlesy]

I think it'll be the main event yeah.

di Grassi is out!

[Adri_tifosi]

Originally Posted by Suze

Is gp2 the main event for this weekend with Spanish stuff supporting it or how is it working?

Yes GP2 is the main category and Spanish F3 and another races as Spanish GT are the support

[Mekola]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

I think it'll be the main event yeah.

di Grassi is out!

Glock is champion then.

[Adri_tifosi]

Race 1

1 - Vitaly Petrov - Campos - 1.05'20"497
2 - Giorgio Pantano - Campos -
3 - Kazuki Nakajima - Dams -
4 - Marcos Martinez - Racing Engineering -
5 - Borja Garcia - Durango -
6 - Andy Soucek - DPR -
7 - Timo Glock - iSport -
8 - Javier Villa - Racing Engineering -
9 - Mikhail Aleshin - ART -
10 - Filipe Albuquerque - Arden -
11 - Ho Pin Tung - BCN -
12 - Andreas Zuber - iSport -
13 - Jason Tahinci - FMSI -
14 - Markus Niemela - BCN -
15 - Alexandre Negrao - Minardi/Piquet -
16 - Mike Conway - Super Nova -
17 - Karun Chandhok - Durango -

Retired

Luca Filippi
Bruno Senna
Sergio Hernandez
Adam Carroll
Kohei Hirate
Lucas Di Grassi
Roldan Rodriguez
Christian Bakkerud
Nicolas Lapierre

Very good race for Campos and Racing Engineering

Tomorrow I predict another win for Mr Sunday

[OJB]

What random results!!

Martinez 4th! Well done Vitaly - he has really performed well beyond my expectations this year! Spot the Spaniards though....

[Mekola]

Originally Posted by Adri_tifosi

Race 1

1 - Vitaly Petrov - Campos - 1.05'20"497
2 - Giorgio Pantano - Campos -
3 - Kazuki Nakajima - Dams -
4 - Marcos Martinez - Racing Engineering -
5 - Borja Garcia - Durango -
6 - Andy Soucek - DPR -
7 - Timo Glock - iSport -
8 - Javier Villa - Racing Engineering -

WTH happened in the race?????

Originally Posted by Adri_tifosi

Very good race for Campos and Racing Engineering

First one-two for Campos - Hard to make generally in series like GP2!
Here's people in the forum who are very very proud for this.

Originally Posted by Adri_tifosi

Tomorrow I predict another win for Mr Sunday

Me too ...
just 4 points scored for today's results...

[Adri_tifosi]

Originally Posted by Mekola

First one-two for Campos - Hard to make generally in series like GP2!
Here's people in the forum who are very very proud for this.

Mr Bradrive will be very Happy and also Campos and Agag

But Alfonso and his guys also , Martinez 4th and Villa 8th , I expecto a very good day tomorrow

[Jackman]

Originally Posted by Mekola

WTH happened in the race?????

Craziness.

http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/...ws=tcm:2-12277

[Knowlesy]

The race was utterly confusing!

And anti-climactic from a championship perspective, as Lucas went mental. Had a moment off the start, then went into the gravel, pitted for slick far too early then spun off for good.

Damn.

[Mekola]

Another lottery results... and "unusual" drivers...
Very interesting to see how many GP2 followers predicted the drivers who finished on points on this race results:

The winner, Petrov = 4 users (no-one expected him winning)
2nd, Pantano = 31 users (two of them put him as 2nd)
3rd, Nakajima = 15 users (two of them put him 3rd)
4th, MartÃ*nez = 0 users (the most unexpected)
5th, GarcÃ*a = 6 users (no higher than 6th)
6th, Soucek = just 1 user (and not in the correct position)
7th, Glock = 40 users (but expected 4th as his worst result)
8th, Villa = 33 users (15 of them in 8th position)

[Adri_tifosi]

Originally Posted by Mekola

4th, MartÃ*nez = 0 users (the most unexpected)

I was very confident with He but I start Predictions the next year , Marcos is a very good driver but He needs more laps with the car and more experience at strangers tracks

[gomick]

was gonna say well done to Kazuki Nakajima for taking pole, but i am a day late - congrats to Vitaly Petrov on his race win

[Adri_tifosi]

Warm Up

1. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1m 20.662
2. Luca Fillipi Super Nova 1m 20.886
3. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet 1m 20.908
4. Andreas Zuber iSport 1m 20.946
5. Kohei Hirate Trident 1m 20.975
6. Andy Soucek DPR 1m 21.016
7. Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1m 21.024
8. Adam Carroll FMSI 1m 21.027
9. Karun Chandhok Durango 1m 21.043
10. Timo Glock iSport 1m 21.284
11. Marcos Martinez Racing Engineering 1m 21.453
12. Bruno Senna Arden 1m 21.482
13. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1m 21.660
14. Lucas di Grassi ART 1m 21.671
15. Christian Bakkerud DPR 1m 21.733
16. Borja Garcia Durango 1m 21.783
17. Mike Conway Super Nova 1m 21.892
18. Giorgio Pantano Campos 1m 22.029
19. Sergio Hernandez Trident 1m 22.027
20. Filipe Albuquerque Arden 1m 22.112
21. Ho-Pin Tung BCN 1m 22.326
22. Mikhail Aleshin ART 1m 22.381
23. Vitaly Petrov Campos 1m 22.516
24. Jason Tahinci FMSI 1m 22.620
25. Markus Niemela BCN 1m 22.690
26. Xandi Negrao Minardi Piquet 1m 24.459

[Adri_tifosi]

Race 2

1. T. Glock iSport International 40:29.814
2. J. Villa Racing Engineering +5.474
3. A. Soucek DPR +7.099
4. B. Garcia Durango +7.630
5. G. Pantano Campos Grand Prix +16.595
6. L. Filippi Super Nova International +18.333
7. K. Nakajima DAMS +18.565
8. V. Petrov Campos Grand Prix +19.868
9. M. Conway Super Nova International +22.933
10. F. Albuquerque Arden International +24.898
11. H. Tung BCN Competicion +30.748
12. A. Zuber iSport International +31.507
13. L. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix +32.205
14. B. Senna Arden International +32.392
15. A. Carroll FMS International +43.618
16. K. Hirate Trident Racing +44.775
17. R. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports +46.279
18. A. Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports +52.033
19. S. Hernandez Trident Racing +52.612
20. M. Aleshin ART Grand Prix +53.348
21. N. Lapierre DAMS +70.578
22. M. Martinez Racing Engineering +2 laps

Not classified

M. Niemela BCN Competicion 20 laps
K. Chandhok Durango 20 laps
C. Bakkerud DPR 9 laps
J. Tahinci FMS International 0 laps

Fastest Lap

Glock 1:22.313

Congratulations to Timo and iSport

And Villa and RE again at Podium

[Mekola]

Congrats to RE and Campos Racing for very fine weekends
Soucek performed better on finishing weekends, being the best DPR driver. He should move to a best team next year.
Glock an eponymic champion, against all odds.

[Alex K]

Congratulation to Timo, when he went to Champ Car I thought his career was finished, but after commiting a wise move he resurected it. Great move to iSport, great season, very good driver.

I am affraid this was Pantano's last season in GP2. I'll be missing him, but he MUST move. No matter to fully backed or factory FIA GT/PROTO/TC team or to IRL IndyCar Series. He was one of the stars of 2007.

[gomick]

yep, congrats to timo glock on the series win - good decision to leave champ car, comeback to europe, win gp2 & hopefully resurrect an F1 career....

could mclaren mercedes be on the lookout for a german driver in 2008

[Go_For_Pole]

Well done to Timo, the rightful champion!

[Alex K]

Originally Posted by gomick

Could mclaren mercedes be on the lookout for a german driver in 2008

Yeah, Nico Rosberg should race there.

There might be empty slot in Toyota, Spyker, Prodrive (if they start). AFAIK his manago was discussing a move to Toyota?! We'll see.

If not F1, he might as well move to WTCC with BMW.

[Go_For_Pole]

Originally Posted by Alex K

If not F1, he might as well move to WTCC with BMW.

Oh come on, WTCC is not a place for a talent like this.