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[cristiano84]

I'd like to start an official Gp2 thread in which I'll post every news from testing and races so I think this thread should be pinned....

Now we can start with the first day of testing of the new year at Le Castellet today,22 february 2006,where rookie Lewis Hamilton has broken the lap record set by Heikki Kovalainen by one tenth of a second

1 – Lewis Hamilton – ART – 1’12”838 – 33 laps
2 – Josè Maria Lopez – Super Nova – 1’12”957 – 31
3 – Lucas Di Grassi – Durango – 1’13”638 – 33
4 – Alexandre Premat – ART – 1’13”903 – 18
5 – Michael Ammermuller – Arden – 1’14”006 – 50
6 – Nicolas Lapierre – Arden – 1’14”010 – 44
7 – Alexandre Negrao – Piquet – 1’14”103 – 58
8 – Franck Perera – Dams – 1’14”106 – 36
9 – Gianmaria Bruni – Trident – 1’14”410 – 24
10 – Adam Carroll – Racing Engineering – 1’14”560 – 29
11 – Hiroki Yoshimoto – BCN – 1’14”601 – 20
12 – Ferdinando Monfardini – Dams – 1’14”627 – 48
13 – Luca Filippi – FMSI – 1’14”922 – 28
14 – Nelson Piquet – Piquet – 1’14”977 – 31
15 – Timo Glock – BCN – 1’15”015 – 16
16 – Tristan Gommendy – Isport – 1’15”026 – 18
17 – Andreas Zuber – Trident – 1’15”186 – 45
18 – Adrian Valles – Campos – 1’15”253 – 20
19 – Olivier Pla – DPR – 1’15”620 – 34
20 – Fairuz Fauzy – Super Nova – 1’15”701 – 14
21 – Ernesto Viso – Isport – 1’16”006 – 15
22 – Felix Porteiro – Campos – 1’16”143 – 31
23 – Jason Tahinci – FMSI – 1’16”348 – 29
24 – Javier Villa – Racing Engineering – 1’16”400 – 6
25 – Clivio Piccione – DPR –no time
26 – Sergio Hernandez – Durango – no time

[Senna]

cristiano84, on Feb 22 2006, 07:40 PM, said:

at Le Castellet today...rookie Lewis Hamilton has broken the lap record set by Heikki Kovalainen by one tenth of a second

Good start for Lewis...

[pumpdoc]

pinned

[cristiano84]

Here are the results from the 2nd testing day at Le Castellet. Nelsinho Piquet was quickest today,ahead of Hamilton,but his time was still slower than the record set by Hamilton himself yesterday.Rookie Andreas Zuber impressed with the 3rd fastest time in Trident Racing's only 2nd official Gp2 outing.

1 - Nelson Piquet - Piquet - 1'13"068 - 31 giri
2 - Lewis Hamilton - ART - 1'13"179 - 37
3 - Andreas Zuber - Trident - 1'13"276 - 32
4 - José Maria Lopez - Super Nova - 1'13"355 - 34
5 - Adam Carroll - Racing Engineering - 1'13"426 - 37
6 - Ernesto Viso - Isport - 1'13"537 - 36
7 - Alexandre Negrao - Piquet - 1'13"568 - 44
8 - Alexandre Premat - ART - 1'13"607 - 33
9 - Timo Glock - BCN - 1'13"680 - 45
10 - Lucas Di Grassi - Durango - 1'13"685 - 39
11 - Nicolas Lapierre - Arden - 1'13"704 - 38
12 - Hiroki Yoshimoto - BCN - 1'13"717 - 41
13 - Ferdinando Monfardini - Dams - 1'13"726 - 37
14 - Felix Porteiro - Campos - 1'13"741 - 38
15 - Franck Perera - Dams - 1'13"757 - 30
16 - Luca Filippi - FMSI - 1'13"794 - 40
17 - Michael Ammermuller - Arden - 1'13"823 - 35
18 - Tristan Gommendy - Isport - 1'13"872 - 33
19 - Adrian Valles - Campos - 1'13"968 - 38
20 - Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 1'14"321 - 22
21 - Sergio Hernandez - Durango - 1'14"719 - 51
22 - Clivio Piccione - DPR - 1'14"785 - 6
23 - Javier Villa - Racing Engineering - 1'15"046 - 33
24 - Olivier Pla - DPR - 1'15"295 - 20
25 - Jason Tahinci - FMSI - 1'15"552 - 25
26 - Gianmaria Bruni - Trident - 1'16"695 - 14

[nojvnof1]

Looks like a great mix of talented youngsters and some experienced racers.

[cristiano84]

TESTING TIMES LE CASTELLET 16/03

1 - Alexandre Premat - ART - 1'12"887 - 36 giri
2 - Josè Maria Lopez - Super Nova - 1'13"200 - 30
3 - Lucas Di Grassi - Durango - 1'13"220 - 41
4 - Nelson Piquet - Piquet - 1'13"221 - 41
5 - Adrian Valles - Campos - 1'13"260 - 32
6 - Lewis Hamilton - ART - 1'13"272 - 20
7 - Franck Perera - Dams - 1'13"300 - 37
8 - Ernesto Viso - iSport - 1'13"382 - 27
9 - Nicolas Lapierre - Arden - 1'13"699 - 12
10 - Adam Carroll - Racing Engineering - 1'13"759 - 28
11 - Luca Filippi - FMSI - 1'13"799 - 38
12 - Gianmaria Bruni - Trident - 1'13"810 - 33
13 - Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 1'13"860 - 34
14 - Timo Glock - BCN - 1'13"869 - 40
15 - Olivier Pla - DPR - 1'13"907 - 35
16 - Tristan Gommendy - iSport - 1'13"907 - 22
17 - Felix Porteiro - Campos - 1'13"907 - 37
18 - Michael Ammermuller - Arden - 1'14"008 - 20
19 - Ferdinando Monfardini - Dams - 1'14"310 - 31
20 - Jason Tahinci - FMSI - 1'14"436 - 35
21 - Sergio Hernandez - Durango - 1'14"599 - 14
22 - Alexandre Negrao - Piquet - 1'14"647 - 30
23 - Javier Villa - Racing Engineering - 1'15"054 - 33
24 - Clivio Piccione - DPR - 1'15"102 - 12
25 - Hiroki Yoshimoto - BCN - 1'15"372 - 16
26 - Andreas Zuber - Trident - 1'15"451 - 35

TESTING TIMES LE CASTELLET 17/03


1 - José Maria Lopez - Super Nova - 1'12"547 - 27
2  - Nelson Piquet - Piquet - 1'12"716 - 38 giri
3 - Lewis Hamilton - ART - 1'12"730 - 33
4 - Andreas Zuber - Trident - 1'12"851 - 63
5 - Hiroki Yoshimoto - BCN - 1'12"888 - 26
6 - Adrian Valles - Campos - 1'12"988 - 35
7 - Alexandre Premat - ART - 1'12"995 - 38
8 - Nicolas Lapierre - Arden - 1'13"135 - 31
9 - Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 1'13"195 - 33
10 - Adam Carroll - Racing Engineering - 1'13"470 - 30
11 - Ferdinando Monfardini - Dams - 1'13"272 - 40
12 - Michael Ammermuller - Arden - 1'13"491 - 25
13 - Gianmaria Bruni - Trident - 1'13"530 - 54
14 - Lucas Di Grassi - Durango - 1'13"531 - 27
15 - Olivier Pla - DPR - 1'13"540 - 42
16 - Franck Perera - Dams - 1'13"547 - 33
17 - Tristan Gommendy - iSport - 1'13"634 - 29
18 - Alexandre Negrao - Piquet - 1'13"670 - 21
19 - Luca Filippi - FMSI - 1'13"875 - 39
20 - Sergio Hernandez - Durango - 1'13"884 - 35
21 - Javier Villa - Racing Engineering - 1'13"895 - 24
22 - Clivio Piccione - DPR - 1'13"898 - 49
23 - Ernesto Viso - iSport - 1'14"170 - 30
24 - Jason Tahinci - FMSI - 1'14"457 - 42

[cristiano84]

LEWIS HAMILTON TOPS TUESDAY MORNING FREE PRACTICE SESSION IN VALENCIA

Rookie Lewis Hamilton (ART), went out for a flying start to his Gp2 campaign while topping the timesheets for the first Free practice session at the Valencia circuit yesterday morning, being nearly 4 tenths of a second quicker than his nearest rival Nelson  Angelo Piquet,again on track with his family team.Another poor performance from experienced british Adam Carroll,who finished 23rd even behind 18 years old rookie teammate Javier Villa.


1 - Lewis Hamilton - ART - 1'18"625 - 28
2 - Nelson Piquet - Piquet - 1'19"012 - 41
3 - José Maria Lopez - Super Nova - 1'19"069 - 36
4 - Adrian Valles - Campos - 1'19"102 - 29
5 - Lucas Di Grassi - Durango - 1'19"173 - 57
6 - Gianmaria Bruni - Trident - 1'19"194 - 45
7 - Olivier Pla - DPR - 1'19"240 - 35
8 - Alexandre Premat - ART - 1'19"246 - 34
9 - Nicolas Lapierre - Arden - 1'19"372 - 29
10 - Ernesto Viso - iSport - 1'19"394 - 48
11 - Hiroki Yoshimoto - BCN - 1'19"394 - 21
12 - Clivio Piccione - DPR - 1'19"529 - 36
13 - Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 1'19"587 - 32
14 - Michael Ammermuller - Arden - 1'19"656 - 40
15 - Tristan Gommendy - iSport - 1'19"674 - 27
16 - Andreas Zuber - Trident - 1'19"694 - 41
17 - Franck Perera - Dams - 1'19"737 - 8
18 - Luca Filippi - FMSI - 1'19"861 - 34
19 - Alexandre Negrao - Piquet - 1'19"868 - 50
20 - Timo Glock - BCN - 1'19"964 - 23
21 - Javier Villa - Racing Engineering - 1'20"110 - 38
22 - Sergio Hernandez - Durango - 1'20"116 - 29
23 - Adam Carroll - Racing Engineering - 1'20"135 - 34
24 - Ferdinando Monfardini - Dams - 1'20"160 - 38
25 - Felix Porteiro - Campos - 1'20"368 - 31
26 - Jason Tahinci - FMSI - 1'21"813 - 39

PIQUET JUNIOR TOPS TUESDAY EVENING SESSION,BUT HAMILTON RETAINS BEST LAP

Nelson Angelo Piquet set the fastest time for the second free practice session on tuesday afternoon in Valencia, but his best lap was still 8 tenths of a second slower than Lewis Hamilton best performance of the day. The coloured McLaren protegè just did some useful running in the afternoon session,to fully undersstnad the setup of the car and didn't try to put in a stong performance.Behind Nelsinho 4 competitive rookies (Gommendy,Porteiro,Perera and Andreas Zuber),while adam Carrol continues to struggle behind Javier Villa.Today (Friday) no one will run on the track while tomorrow we'll start with the first qualifying session of the season for the GP of the Comunidad Valenciana!




1 - Nelson Piquet - Piquet - 1'19"445 - 24
2 - Tristan Gommendy - iSport - 1'19"770 - 19
3 - Felix Porteiro - Campos - 1'20"178 - 44
4 - Franck Perera - Dams - 1'20"434 - 52
5 - Andreas Zuber - Trident - 1'20"444 - 34
6 - Gianmaria Bruni - Trident - 1'20"541 - 19
7 - Adrian Valles - Campos - 1'20"827 - 53
8 - Lucas Di Grassi - Durango - 1'20"839 - 32
9 - Nicolas Lapierre - Arden - 1'20"882 - 34
10 - Lewis Hamilton - ART - 1'20"933 - 46
11 - Timo Glock - BCN - 1'20"953 - 49
12 - Luca Filippi - FMSI - 1'21"070 - 35
13 - Michael Ammermuller - Arden - 1'21"148 - 38
14 - Alexandre Negrao - Piquet - 1'21"217 - 27
15 - Alexandre Premat - ART - 1'21"234 - 47
16 - Clivio Piccione - DPR - 1'21"286 - 22
17 - Javier Villa - Racing Engineering - 1'21"415 - 30
18 - Sergio Hernandez - Durango - 1'21"712 - 50
19 - Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 1'21"733 - 40
20 - José Maria Lopez - Super Nova - 1'21"840 - 38
21 - Olivier Pla - DPR - 1'22"032 - 25
22 - Ernesto Viso - iSport - 1'22"353 - 24
23 - Adam Carroll - Racing Engineering - 1'22"423 - 18
24 - Hiroki Yoshimoto - BCN - 1'22"565 - 35
25 - Ferdinando Monfardini - Dams - 1'22"601 - 14
26 - Jason Tahinci - FMSI - 1'22"807 - 28

[cristiano84]

8-4-2006 ROUND 1 VALENCIA QUALIFYING
NELSON ANGELO PIQUET SCORES FIRST POLE OF THE SEASON

With three minutes to go into the first qualifying session of the season,Nelson Angelo Piquet was successful in beating rookies Tristan Gommendy (iSport) and Lewis Hamilton (ART) for the pole with a lap nearly half a second quicker than evryone else.Timo Glock (BCN) struggled all the session and just did set the 23rd fastest time


1. fila
Nelson Piquet - Piquet - 1'17"886
Tristan Gommendy - iSport - 1'18"360
2. fila
Lewis Hamilton - ART - 1'18"400
Adrian Valles - Campos - 1'18"551
3. fila
Ernesto Viso - iSport - 1'18"623
Josè Maria Lopez - Super Nova - 1'18"659
4. fila
Michael Ammermuller - Arden - 1'18"681
Felix Porteiro - Campos - 1'18"717
5. fila
Alexandre Premat - ART - 1'18"752
Gianmaria Bruni - Trident - 1'18"772
6. fila
Alexandre Negrao - Piquet - 1'18"886
Franck Perera - Dams - 1'18"890
7. fila
Adam Carroll - Racing Engineering - 1'18"893
Andreas Zuber - Trident - 1'18"918
8. fila
Olivier Pla - DPR - 1'19"106
Clivio Piccione - DPR - 1'19"199
9. fila
Ferdinando Monfardini - Dams - 1'19"217
Hiroki Yoshimoto - BCN - 1'19"251
10. fila
Luca Filippi - FMSI - 1'19"294
Lucas Di Grassi - Durango - 1'19"349
11. fila
Nicolas Lapierre - Arden - 1'19"602
Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 1'19"725
12. fila
Timo Glock - BCN - 1'20"092
Sergio Hernandez - Durango - 1'20"142
13. fila
Javier Villa - Racing Engineering - 1'20"339
Jason Tahinci - FMSI - 1'20"994

[Der Kaiser]

Oh MAN, what on earth happened to Premat during that race?  He could have had 2nd from Hamilton   Was it his breaks or what?   This saddens me, especially since he got  9th so no pole start for him

[cristiano84]

VALENCIA ROUND 1 RACE 1 8-4-2006

PIQUET WINS SEASON OPENER

Nelsinho Piquet led from the start to the flag the first race in Valencia,taking the first win of the season in dominant style.Second was rookie Lewis Hamilton who did a bad start and dropped to 7th on the first lap,but then made an impressive repair to finish only 1.6 s behind the race winner.Third has finished another rookie,Adrian Valles (Campos) who did drive a great race,edging out veterans Nicolas Lapierre and Jose Maria Lopez by ten seconds.Also a good showing from geman Michael Ammermuller,who last raced in a F.Renault 2.0 and has taken an impressive 7th on debut race.

1  PIQUET  Piquet Sports  45  1:03:15.360  
2  HAMILTON  ART Grand Prix  45  +16.665  
3  VALLES  Campos Racing  45  +19.490  
4  LAPIERRE  Arden International  45  +31.309  
5  LOPEZ  Super Nova International  45  +33.526  
6  BRUNI  Trident Racing  45  +33.994  
7  AMMERMULLER  Arden International  45  +35.387  
8  VISO  iSport International  45  +48.275  
9  PREMAT  ART Grand Prix  45  +53.028  
10  PLA  DPR Direxiv  45  +59.040  
11  PERERA  Dams  45  +65.229  
12  MONFARDINI  Dams  45  +71.427  
13  NEGRAO  Piquet Sports  45  +71.719  
14  CARROLL  Racing Engineering  45  +74.261  
15  FAUZY    Super Nova International  44  1 LAP  
16  GLOCK  BCN Competicion  44  1 LAP  
17  DI GRASSI  Durango  44  1 LAP  
18  VILLA  Racing Engineering  42  3 LAPS  
    
Not    
Classified    
    
YOSHIMOTO  BCN Competicion  27  DNF  
ZUBER  Trident Racing  23  DNF  
FILIPPI  FMS International  15  DNF  
PORTEIRO  Campos Racing  7  DNF  
HERNANDEZ  Durango  4  DNF  
GOMMENDY  iSport International  2  DNF  
PICCIONE  DPR Direxiv  1  DNF  
TAHINCI  FMS International  0  DNF  
    
FL  LAPIERRE  Arden International   1:22.168

[cristiano84]

VALENCIA ROUND 1 RACE 2 9-4-2006

ROOKIE AMMERMULLER CLAIMS VICTORY!!!

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner will be delighted since his GP2 team Arden has caught the eyes at the 2nd race in Valencia,with 20 years old german  rookie Michael Ammermuller taking a dominant win despite coming straight from F.Renault 2.0!!!He edged out Ernesto Viso and teammate Nicolas Lapierre while championship leader Nelsinho Piquet came home fourth.The other "super rookie" Lewis Hamilton had another faulty start, probably due to clutch problems,but ended up 6th after some breathtaking overtaking moves and is now 2nd in the championship confirming that both him and Piquet are the two drivers likely to fight for the title this year.Adam Carrol had a spectacular crash after colliding with Adrian Valles,but ,despite some loopings in the air he luckily emerged unhurt.


RESULTS TO FOLLOW

Edited by cristiano84, 09 April 2006 - 12:10 PM.

[irishfemalefan]

just watched the highlights today of the GP2 race at Imola - i wish it got more coverage here as i thoroughly enjoy watching it

for a track that everyone says is really hard to overtake on their was some brilliant overtaking moves especially by Piquet Jnr - some serious crashes too - lewis hamilton jumped the start & then overtook the pace car   

where has Kovalinen (probably spelt all wrong) gone too?????

would love to see Adam Carroll get a race seat in F1 but unfortunately there seems to be too many others looking better in front of him

[nojvnof1]

I don't think Kovalainen is racing this year. I think he's concentrating solely on testing for Renault.

[irishfemalefan]

nojvnof1, on Apr 30 2006, 07:36 AM, said:

I don't think Kovalainen is racing this year. I think he's concentrating solely on testing for Renault.

i know that makes sense but i think its a pity - i loved watching him racing in GP2 - would like to see him getting a race seat in F1 so hopefully maybe next year

as for GP2 i think its a brilliant series- theres always loads of overtaking - some brilliant moves & i think its better that theres so many cars in it

[jemstride]

When is GP2 on tv in UK and what channel?

[irishfemalefan]

its on ITV on a Saturday -its just the highlight show (i think) my memory is fading slowly!!!

the actual race might be on SKY if you have that - but if not keep an eye out for ITV - well worth watching - i love it

[jemstride]

irishfemalefan, on May 3 2006, 12:26 PM, said:

its on ITV on a Saturday -its just the highlight show (i think) my memory is fading slowly!!!

the actual race might be on SKY if you have that - but if not keep an eye out for ITV - well worth watching - i love it

I know that when F3000 was on it was always shown a week after the race took place, but havent noticed any coverage this year. I'd like to watch it, although may have to fight the wife in order to do so

[irishfemalefan]

Hamilton does 'Ring double.

Lewis Hamilton became only the second driver to do a GP2 race weekend double after taking victory in the Sunday sprint race at the Nurburgring from eighth on the grid.

Having dominated Saturday's feature, despite incurring a pit-lane penalty, the Briton had to work a little harder for his second series win, but pulled off a string of passing moves to work his way to the front, assuming control from BCN's Hiroki Yoshimoto on lap 17 of 24.

Hamilton was helped by the fact that two cars ahead of him on the grid - Ernesto Viso and ART team-mate Alex Premat - were among half a dozen that stalled on the warm-up lap, removing two potential obstacles from his path, but there appeared to be few who could live with a hooked-up ART Dallara and a driver clearly at home on a circuit he knows well and with a new attitude about him after missing out at Imola. Race one had obviously boosted his confidence, and Hamilton was in a class of his own again on Sunday.


Adam Carroll came 3rd

[irishfemalefan]

jemstride, on May 3 2006, 10:59 AM, said:

When is GP2 on tv in UK and what channel?

highlights of this weekends race are on ITV next Saturday after Quali

[pumpdoc]

Poor Brits we in the States already saw the race this am before the GP...............