http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=GP2 Motorsport.com news coverage http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352505 18 Nov 2009 23:07 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352505:GP2 GIEDO VAN DER GARDE SIGNS FOR BARWA ADDAX TEAM GP2 MAIN SERIES 2010 Driebergen, 19 november 2009. Dutch driver Giedo van der Garde will race for the Spanish Barwa Addax Team in the 2010 GP2 Main Series. After excellent results and a positive cooperation during the official GP2 test day in Jerez (Spain) 9 October the team decided to sign Giedo as driver for next season. Last season Giedo finished seventh in his first GP2 year with the iSport International team and won races on the circuits of Spa-Francorchamps, ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352431 17 Nov 2009 21:33 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352431:GP2 Mark Webber gives International media and GP3 Series teams their first taste of the new car Circuit Paul Ricard was buzzing today with media from all across Europe as Red Bull Racing Formula One driver Mark Webber drove the highly anticipated new single-seater for 19 laps on a 3A configuration. The ten teams entered in the 2010 season were also invited to this presentation as it marked the first time they have been able to get up close and personal with the GP3 car, giving them the ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352338 16 Nov 2009 19:45 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352338:GP2 BARWA ADDAX TEAM SATISFIED WITH RESULTS OF TESTS AT PAUL RICARD CIRCUIT IN FRANCE Over the last week the last winter tests for this 2009 season, have taken place in Le Castellet, Paul Ricard. It has given all the teams and drivers to get to know each other even better, with the 2010 GP2 Series season the main goal ahead of all concerned. Barwa Addax Team has been fortunate enough to count on both drivers competing in the Asia GP2 Series 2009-2010, Luiz Razia and Max Chilton as well as the more experienced Jerome D'Ambrosio and two up and coming drivers like ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352259 15 Nov 2009 22:17 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352259:GP2 Three days of testing at Paul Ricard Ocean Racing Technology often finished among the top drivers on the timing sheets at the final test of the GP2 series at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France last week. Portuguese driver Antonio Felix da Costa tested for the last two days and despite his lack of experience with the single-seater and the team, the driver from Lisbon finished the two meetings in the top 5, just one or two tenths off the best performance of the day. In addition to da Costa, Tiago Monteiro and Jose Guedes' team entrusted the wheel of their ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352184 14 Nov 2009 22:25 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352184:GP2 Trident Racing records positive GP2 Main Series test at Paul Ricard Trident Racing ended the team's season at Paul Ricard with three days of collective GP2 Main Series testing on the French venue. Thanks to the amount of time available, the squad led by Maurizio Salvadori was enabled to put on-track four drivers, completing all the job planned at the start. On the first day of testing, Trident Racing brought on-track Plamen Kralev and "Kevin" Nai Chia Chen. The Bulgarian, who rejoined on Day 2, continued to show a constant improvent by logging laps to his ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352183 14 Nov 2009 22:24 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352183:GP2 THE GP22009 SEASON IS OVER, A GREAT YEAR FOR SCUDERIA COLONI With the three days of testing in Le Castellet, held earlier this week, the 2009 GP2 season is officially over. The F.1 feeder series won't be back on track before February, so it's time for everybody to assess what happened in the past months. In Scuderia Coloni, obviously, the mood is very good: after the team went on track with the new name, precisely Scuderia Coloni, it was steadily at the top of the GP2 field. The first win arrived in the sprint race of the team's home race in Monza, with Luiz Razia, and ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352032 12 Nov 2009 16:54 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352032:GP2 HUGELY POSITIVE END TO MEMORABLE YEAR FOR GP2 STAR BRATT GP2 Series rookie Will Bratt capped off this week's official test outing at Paul Ricard in France with a superb front-running effort today, Thursday, 12th November -- the Briton posting the fifth fastest time in the morning before improving to fourth quickest this afternoon. Marking the last time category runners will be on track until the second race meeting of the 2009/2010 GP2 Asia series in early February, the Party Poker Racing-supported driver completed just shy of 200 laps over ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352030 12 Nov 2009 16:52 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352030:GP2 Productive last test day with Bird and D'Ambrosio Final test day of the 2009 season for the Fat Burner Racing Engineering Team at the Paul Ricard Circuit with drivers Sam Bird and Jerome d'Ambrosio. The Englishman enjoyed a very positive test day with the Spanish Team to finish third on the time-sheets while the Belgian was eighth in the afternoon. After suffering from engine problems during the two first test days, Fat Burner Racing Engineering had a very productive and trouble free final ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352029 12 Nov 2009 16:51 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352029:GP2 James Jakes ends on top at Ricard Super Nova racer repeats strong performance Today marked the last day of the GP2 Series winter testing in Le Castellet. Following yesterday's strong performance, James Jakes at Super Nova claimed the top spot in the morning session and signed once again the best laptime of the day in a 1:12.516. Oliver Turvey met iSport's expectations signing the fastest laptime of the afternoon session, finishing second fastest of the day, and claiming Best Rookie. Jules Bianchi at ART finished at a ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351967 11 Nov 2009 22:54 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351967:GP2 IFM CHAMPION CLAIMS GP2 SERIES PRIZE International Formula Master (IFM) winner Fabio Leimer claimed his championship prize today, a day testing with GP2 Series team Dams at the Paul Ricard circuit in France. The young Swiss driver was rewarded with the test for his dominant championship campaign, which saw him win seven races and secure six pole positions throughout the 2009 Formula Master season. Dams Managing Director Eric Boullier, who worked with the 2007 IFM champion Jerome D'Ambrosio throughout 2008 and 2009, was present and ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351948 11 Nov 2009 22:33 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351948:GP2 James Jakes on top spot Super Nova driver quickest at Paul Ricard today in GP2 Series winter test The second day of GP2 Series winter testing at Paul Ricard resumed today on a 3D configuration. Super Nova James Jakes clocked in the quickest laptime of the day during the morning session in a 1:12.346. Although fastest in the afternoon session, Brazilian Luiz Razia at Addax could not edge out the Brit from the top spot. And Jakes confirmed his top form by signing the second best laptime of the afternoon session, two ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351947 11 Nov 2009 22:33 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351947:GP2 BRATT FOURTH FASTEST ON DAY TWO OF PAUL RICARD GP2 TEST Reigning Euroseries 3000 Champion Will Bratt produced an outstanding performance during official GP2 Series testing at Paul Ricard in France this afternoon, Wednesday, 11th November, to end the outing fourth fastest on combined times -- a mere 10th of a second shy of the best lap of the day. Driving for his regular GP2 Asia Series team, Party Poker Racing.com Scuderia Coloni, the British star posted a quickest lap of 1m12.465 seconds at the Le Castellet track during the second of today's two ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351946 11 Nov 2009 22:32 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351946:GP2 Progressing, despite some ups and downs Eventful second day of testing for Fat Burner Racing Engineering at the Paul Ricard Circuit where Spanish driver Roldan Rodriguez saw his day hampered by a problem with his car's engine. Frenchman Charles Pic had a day of steady progress. After yesterday's problems with the car driven by Christian Vietoris, the team worked until late night to change the engine and make sure that everything would be up and running for today's session with Roldan Rodriguez and Charles Pic. ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351944 11 Nov 2009 22:32 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351944:GP2 Interview with Karun Chandhok on www.karunchandhok.com Where are you at the moment and what have you been up to since the end of the GP2 season in Algarve ? I'm in England, at 'home' in Brackley at the moment. It's been a pretty busy time. I went to Singapore for the Grand Prix and some meetings in the paddock. I was in India for just a couple days on some promo work for the sponsors and since then I've been back in Europe training hard. I've been on the bike, in the pool or in the gym pretty much every single day ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351887 10 Nov 2009 23:08 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351887:GP2 Positive first test day with Vietoris and Leimer First test day of the week for Fat Burner Racing Engineering at the Paul Ricard Circuit where Swiss driver Fabio Leimer and German Christian Vietoris were at the wheel of the Spanish team's cars. Both drivers set very good times and ran at a competitive pace throughout the day, though Vietoris suffered a little glitch on his car's engine during the afternoon session. After three days of testing at the Jerez track over a month ago, today it was back to action for Fat Burner Racing Engineering. Working on its ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351886 10 Nov 2009 23:07 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351886:GP2 Michael Herck sets the pace DPR driver quickest in GP2 Series first day of last winter test session in Le Castellet For the last three-day test session of the year, the GP2 paddock flew to Paul Ricard this week. American Jake Rosenzweig at Super Nova Racing was the only newcomer on the track today. On a 3D configuration and under the sunshine, DPR Michael Herck signed the best laptime this morning one tenth quicker than rookie Oliver Turvey at iSport International. GP2 Asia race winner ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351752 09 Nov 2009 19:06 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351752:GP2 ARDEN TO TEST 5 DRIVERS IN PAUL RICARD Arden confirm five drivers for this weeks' Test at the Paul Ricard circuit in the South of France. Continuing the assessment process for the 2010 Championship, Arden have selected their GP2 Asia 2008/9 driver Luiz Razia, Esteban Gutierrez, Sam Bird, Marcus Ericsson and Jake Rosenzweig for next weeks session. Luiz Razia returns to the Arden seat for the first time since April having raced with FMS Coloni during the GP2 Main Season this year. He has recently joined Campos for the GP2 Asia 2009/10 Championship. Esteban ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351751 09 Nov 2009 19:06 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351751:GP2 Trident Racing back on-track on Paul Ricard's collective GP2 Test Trident Racing is ready to get back in action at the French Paul Ricard Track, with three days of collective GP2 Main Series testing scheduled from November 10 to 12. The team is set to enjoy an intense 3-day program, and evaluate potentially viable drivers for the 2010 Main Series season. For the Italian squad, owned by Maurizio Salvadori, this is set to be the final appearance of 2009. Four drivers will be rotating behind the wheel of the team's ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351585 07 Nov 2009 17:48 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351585:GP2 Fat Burner Racing Engineering announces drivers for Paul Ricard Fat Burner Racing Engineering confirms today that a total of six drivers will test for the Spanish team during the collective GP2 tests which will take place next week at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France. This will be the second opportunity for the Fat Burner Racing Engineering Team to evaluate the possible candidates for the 2010 season since the end of the 2009 GP2 Championship. During the three days test, which will start on the 10th of November and conclude on Thursday, the 12th, the ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351518 06 Nov 2009 18:52 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351518:GP2 SCUDERIA COLONI GOES ONLINE WITH A BRAND NEW WEBSITE After a successful renewal on track, Scuderia Coloni decided to do the same also on the Web. From today, indeed, the Italian team is online with its brand new website: just type www.scuderiacoloni.com to gain access to the datum point for all the fans of the team and for all motorsport enthusiasts, who will be able to find all the infos they need to know Scuderia's job and follow its challenges on track. Continously updated, the website will not only allow fans to know everything about Scuderia ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351241 03 Nov 2009 17:58 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351241:GP2 Car 16: Oliver Turvey (GBR) -- P4 Car 17: Davide Valsecchi (ITA) -- P2 Valsecchi king of the Yas Marina Circuit as iSport sprint into early championship lead.... iSport racer Davide Valsecchi completed a near perfect point scoring weekend after finishing second in the sprint race in Abu Dhabi. After securing pole, winning the feature race and setting the fasted lap on Saturday, Valsecchi stormed through the field from eight to second and also secured fastest lap in the sprint to take a huge 19 points from Abu ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351238 03 Nov 2009 17:57 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351238:GP2 Edoardo Piscopo hits great GP2 Asia debut in Abu Dhabi Italian driver Edoardo Piscopo experienced a positive GP2 debut at Abu Dhabi, in the first round of the 2009-2010 Asia Series. On the Emirates track, the 21-year-old took a stunning 5th place in practice, before staying comfortably into the top-10 during race days. On qualifying, Edoardo took the 11th spot, and ended up Race 1 in 9th, battling for the pole on Race 2 in a three way fight with Oliver Turvey and Roldan Rodriguez. On race 2, he improved ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351171 02 Nov 2009 18:57 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351171:GP2 BIRD IMPRESSES WITH "BIG PERFORMANCE" IN ABU DHABI ART boss Frederic Vasseur: "Sam put in a big performance with ART this weekend. He did an excellent job in qualifying to secure front row on the grid for the feature race and even took the lead off the start. However, his race, and ultimately his entire weekend, was spoilt by a terminal brake disc issue, which forced him to retire on the penultimate lap." "Sam put in another remarkable performance in race two to try to fight his way back up the order, deservedly achieving the fastest lap of ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351170 02 Nov 2009 18:56 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351170:GP2 Alexander Rossi fights for the podium again Points and a big fright for Ocean Racing Technology in Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Technology lived through a very action packed day on the Abu Dhabi circuit on Sunday for the second race of the first round of the 2009 season of the GP2 Asia Series. The worst part was the fright in an accident where Fabio Leimer was the victim while the best was the second finish in the points for Alexander Rossi. The young Swiss racer was struck at more than 130mph (200km/h) by the ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351169 02 Nov 2009 18:56 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351169:GP2 Race 1 Luca Filippi - 2nd Diego Nunes - DNF - driveshaft problem Race 2 Luca Filippi - 8th place Diego Nunes - 13th place Sunday, November 01, 2009 - Italian Luca Filippi and Brazilian Diego Nunes had different results for their first race weekend at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. Luca Filippi capitalised on his positive qualifying result and secured a great podium for the Malaysian motorsport ambassadors MalaysiaQI-Meritus.com in the first race of the opening round ... Motorsport.com