GP2 - Rd. 1 - Barcelona

Kai · 24 Apr 2008, 17:06 (Ref:2185881)

First GP2 race of the season! I must say I'm very excited, theres a number of potentially very quick drivers that will make the championship as it always is in GP2, very interesting.

OJB · 24 Apr 2008, 19:01 (Ref:2185977)

Autosport reporting that Soucek is taking legal action against FMS - claims he only read about being ditched on the internet!! Very bad move by FMS in my opinion, as Soucek was really coming good towards the end of last year.

Really hope he can find his way back in with someone - Valles and Soucek makes a pukka line-up for FMS (assume there's a bit of the green stuff involved though) Still, really looking forward to the first rounds this weekend (not least because I can finally watch them!!) Very, very, very open! I hope the F1 teams are watching.

Mekola · 24 Apr 2008, 23:45 (Ref:2186135)

And things screwed up worse for Soucek when he lost the opportunity to drive for DPR again, after Michael Herck was injured. David Price and Herck Sr put Giacomo Ricci as his sub for Barcelona.

**chunterer** · 25 Apr 2008, 08:42 (Ref:2186294)

Soucek could come back yet I would've thought - someone or other is gonna flop/run out of money in the first couple of rounds and he'll get drafted in as replacement!

Valles was on sidelines for whole season so all not lost for Andy.

Well up for this weekend's action.

Grosjean v Senna and maybe a couple of others can get in on the act is my take on how it will pan out?

Alex K · 25 Apr 2008, 09:41 (Ref:2186347)

Have you read what Dutton said to Autosport? He can't find driver for his second seat in FR3.5 because most of the hotshots fight for GP2 places. I assume some seat may be vacant in the coming weeks, i.e. Parente, Bakkerud, Durango, BCN...

OJB · 25 Apr 2008, 10:03 (Ref:2186362)

Wonder if Sears is wishing he'd signed Fauzy instead of Bakkerud...? Who do you reckon will be the first to pull out? Then again, even if someone does, I wouldn't have placed Ricci at DPR, so it still seems pretty random.

Go_For_Pole · 25 Apr 2008, 12:55 (Ref:2186512)

Free Practice - credit autosport.com

1. Zuber Piquet Sports 1:28.130 13
2. Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:28.418 + 0.288 13
3. Parente Super Nova Racing 1:28.640 + 0.510 15
4. Filippi ART Grand Prix 1:28.794 + 0.664 10
5. Pantano Racing Engineering 1:28.808 + 0.678 10
6. Senna iSport International 1:28.884 + 0.754 15
7. Petrov Campos Team 1:28.908 + 0.778 14
8. Conway Trident Racing 1:28.936 + 0.806 14
9. Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:29.145 + 1.015 15
10. Valsecchi Durango 1:29.195 + 1.065 13
11. Kobayashi Dams 1:29.436 + 1.306 14
12. Hanley Campos Team 1:29.516 + 1.386 13
13. Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:29.592 + 1.462 14
14. Valerio Durango 1:29.655 + 1.525 11
15. Valles FMS International 1:29.793 + 1.663 11
16. Tung Trident Racing 1:29.867 + 1.737 12
17. Bakkerud Super Nova Racing 1:29.911 + 1.781 15
18. Villa Racing Engineering 1:30.094 + 1.964 13
19. Nocera BCN Competicion 1:30.380 + 2.250 13
20. Buurman Trust Team Arden 1:30.399 + 2.269 14
21. Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:30.493 + 2.363 11
22. Chandhok iSport International 1:30.666 + 2.536 6
23. Nunes DPR 1:30.911 + 2.781 13
24. Ricci DPR 1:31.077 + 2.947 14
25. Rodriguez FMS International 1:31.256 + 3.126 13
26. D'Ambrosio Dams no time 3

**chunterer** · 25 Apr 2008, 12:58 (Ref:2186516)

Is that practice or qualy?

Go_For_Pole · 25 Apr 2008, 13:04 (Ref:2186526)

It is pracctice, I edited my post and credited where due

Dissapointing session for Villa and Arden.

**chunterer** · 25 Apr 2008, 15:21 (Ref:2186679)

Thanks!

Yeah Arden well off the pace, they'll be worried already?

Some arguably predicatable names to the fore though?

OJB · 25 Apr 2008, 15:27 (Ref:2186691)

Maldonado on pole - thought he would be the one to watch this weekend. Parente 2nd and Zuber 3rd, none of which did the Asia Series. Piquet look hooked up this weekend!

Grosjean had an engine failure and Buemi had a big crash apparently.

From Autosport:

1. Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:27.547 15
2. Alvaro Parente Super Nova 1:27.705 +0.158 16
3. Andi Zuber Piquet Sports 1:28.155 +0.608 15
4. Bruno Senna iSport 1:28.273 +0.726 10
5. Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:28.290 +0.743 15
6. Adrian Valles FMS 1:28.323 +0.776 15
7. Karun Chandhok iSport 1:28.385 +0.838 15
8. Vitaly Petrov Campos 1:28.423 +0.876 17
9. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:28.562 +1.015 15
10. Mike Conway Trident 1:28.622 +1.075 15
11. Romain Grosjean ART 1:28.684 +1.137 14
12. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:28.713 +1.166 17
13. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:28.799 +1.252 16
14. Luca Filippi ART 1:28.868 +1.321 15
15. Ben Hanley Campos 1:28.889 +1.342 14
16. Ho-Pin Tung Trident 1:28.937 +1.390 16
17. Alberto Valerio Durango 1:29.338 +1.791 17
18. Yelmer Buurman Arden 1:29.339 +1.792 18
19. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova 1:29.394 +1.847 16
20. Sebastien Buemi Arden 1:29.478 +1.931 5
21. Milos Pavlovic BCN 1:29.618 +2.071 12
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS 1:29.628 +2.081 17
23. Paolo Nocera BCN 1:29.708 +2.161 15
24. Roldan Rodriguez FMS 1:29.762 +2.215 16
25. Diego Nunes DPR 1:30.343 +2.796 11
26. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:30.443 +2.896 13

kerrmanningjarv · 25 Apr 2008, 15:45 (Ref:2186709)

Off topic a bit: is the GP2 website (www.gp2series.com) working for anyone now? About an hour ago I went there and found a brand new, re-designed site... however, when I tried to access it a few minutes ago, it didn't load any more.

**chunterer** · 25 Apr 2008, 17:18 (Ref:2186822)

Go Pastor!!!

What's the deal with ART twins? Waaaaaaaaaay off.....

Jackman · 25 Apr 2008, 17:35 (Ref:2186833)

Grosjean had the engine blow, while Filippi lost his upshift from the start, and then the downshift later in the session.

damien.tyler · 26 Apr 2008, 01:30 (Ref:2187052)

does anyone know where i could possibly get live streaming or just live timing of the races?

kerrmanningjarv · 26 Apr 2008, 06:17 (Ref:2187126)

Ha ha ha... I don't think live timing actually exists for the series (I've looked long and hard).

As for live streaming, if you live in the UK you can watch it on itv.com (I hope) by choosing to watch ITV4 live.

Kai · 26 Apr 2008, 06:17 (Ref:2187127)

Early days but Piquet Sports seem to be a force to be reckoned with...

Sev · 26 Apr 2008, 09:27 (Ref:2187244)

Doesn't ITV's website allow you to watch ITV4, which is showing the race in the UK? If your outside the UK, just use a UK-based proxy to bypass their country detector, and you're fine.

I have to say, I'm really glad that Parente is up there. After the money-troubles he's had over the last few years, managing to win WSR purely on the basis of "we'll pay as long as you keep winning", I think its a great justification of his talent to do well in GP2.

Should be a good race today. Although on past form, I'm going to predict that Zuber's car explodes on the grid.

kerrmanningjarv · 26 Apr 2008, 09:52 (Ref:2187256)

I hope Zuber's car explodes - that would be awesome

OJB · 26 Apr 2008, 10:26 (Ref:2187278)

On a random side note (but one that could be significant in the sprint race if last year is anything to go by), that is the first time Villa has ever qualified inside the top 10...

**chunterer** · 26 Apr 2008, 11:00 (Ref:2187303)

Anyone reckon on a latin bust up at the first corner, Pastor and Alvaro aren't exactly shrinking violets are they?

Cheers for the news re ART Jackman, i'd imagine that with those woes out of the way their progress will be interesting to watch this afternoon.

Jackman · 26 Apr 2008, 12:24 (Ref:2187357)

Apparently they haven't worked out what caused the gearbox problem, so a repeat isn't out of the question...

Martin Haven · 26 Apr 2008, 12:42 (Ref:2187369)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kerrmanningjarv

Ha ha ha... I don't think live timing actually exists for the series (I've looked long and hard).

As for live streaming, if you live in the UK you can watch it on itv.com (I hope) by choosing to watch ITV4 live.

Live timing certainly does exist - we've used it for the last few years on Eurosport...

However, it is supplied by FOM, like the pictures and is far from free. Nor is it accessible by the public...

Sorry about that.

For the same reason, there is no streaming.

When the BBC starts streaming F1 next year, they will be paying FOM to do so, not giving it away free out of the goodness of their hearts.

kerrmanningjarv · 26 Apr 2008, 12:45 (Ref:2187373)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Haven

Live timing certainly does exist - we've used it for the last few years on Eurosport...

However, it is supplied by FOM, like the pictures and is far from free. Nor is it accessible by the public...

Sorry about that.

For the same reason, there is no streaming.

When the BBC starts streaming F1 next year, they will be paying FOM to do so, not giving it away free out of the goodness of their hearts.

OK thanks for clearing that up

**chunterer** · 26 Apr 2008, 14:14 (Ref:2187448)

Aborted start, then at the first start Maldonado stalls. So many people off and an sc after 1 lap - pitstops.....

.......chaos!!

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