2008 GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Comp - R02 Istanbul Park

Welcome to the Round 2 of the 2008 GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition!

After a marvelous start, GP2 Series turns to Turkey, on the Istanbul Park circuit. This autodrome shows different kinds of curves, notably turn 8, that is on uphill. Will be Grosjean already to defend his role of "favourite"? And what about another contenders? GP2 Series become more and more interesting, with a grid full of young talents.

In all GP2 race weekends, we'll post our predictions for these items: race 1 polesitter, top 8 finishers of Race 1, top 6 finishers of Race 2 and fastest lap scorers of races 1 and 2. The deadline will be at 8:00 AM GMT Hour of Friday, May 9th.

Best of all lucks for everyone!

In order to help concursants in their predictions, I left here the entrylist of 2008 GP2 Series teams and drivers:

01. Karun Chandhok (IND) - iSport International
02. Bruno Senna (BR) - iSport International
03. Luca Filippi (I) - Art Grand Prix
04. Romain Grosjean (F) - Art Grand Prix
05. Vitaly Petrov (RUS) - Campos Grand Prix
06. Ben Hanley (GB) - Campos Grand Prix
07. Christian Bakkerud (DK) - Super Nova Racing
08. Alvaro Parente (P) - Super Nova Racing
09. Jerome D’Ambrosio ( B ) - DAMS
10. Kamui Kobayashi (J) - DAMS
11. Javier Villa (E) - Racing Engineering
12. Giorgio Pantano (I) - Racing Engineering
14. Sebastian Buemi (CH) - Trust Team Arden
15. Yelmer Buurman (NL) - Trust Team Arden
16. Davide Valsecchi (I) - Durango
17. Albero Valerio (BR) - Durango
18. Adrian Vallés (E) - Fisichella Motor Sport International
19. Roldán Rodríguez (E) - Fisichella Motor Sport International
20. Mike Conway (GB) - Trident Racing
21. Ho-Pin Tung (CHN) - Trident Racing
22. Andreas Zuber (UAE) - Piquet Sports
23. Pastor Maldonado (YV) - Piquet Sports
24. Michael Herck (RO) - David Price Racing
25. Diego Nunes (BR) - David Price Racing
26. Paolo Nocera (I) - BCN Competición
27. Milos Pavlovic (SRB) - BCN Competición

Pole position: andreas zuber

Race 1:
#1 romain grosjean
#2 bruno senna
#3 karun chandhok
#4 kamui kobayashi
#5 alvaro parente
#6 jerome ambrosio
#7 ho pin tung
#8 yelmer buurman
Fastest Lap: pastor maldonado

Race 2:
#1 kamui kobayashi
#2 andreas zuber
#3 romain grosjean
#4 karun chandhok
#5 sebastien buemi
#6 ho pin tung
Fastest Lap: sebastien buemi

Pole Position: Pastor Maldonado

Race 1:
1 Pastor Maldonado
2 Andreas Zuber
3 Bruno Senna
4 Romain Grosjean
5 Georgio Pantano
6 Luca Filippi
7 Javier Villa
8 Alvaro Parente

Fastest Lap: Romain Grosjean

Race 2:
1 Alvaro Parente
2 Javier Villa
3 Romain Grosjean
4 Bruno Senna
5 Pastor Maldonado
6 Andreas Zuber

Fastest Lap: Bruno Senna

Pole Position: Giorgio Pantano

Race 1:
1 Giorgio Pantano
2 Javier Villa
3 Romain Grosjean
4 Bruno Senna
5 Kamui Kobayashi
6 Luca Filippi
7 Alvaro Parente
8 Andreas Zuber

Fastest Lap: Romain Grosjean

Race 2:
1 Javier Villa
2 Giorgio Pantano
3 Kamui Kobayashi
4 Romain Grosjean
5 Luca Filippi
6 Alavaro Parente

Fastest Lap: Giorgio Pantano

This is soooo difficult!!!

Pole: Filippi

Race 1
1 Grosjean
2 Senna
3 Parente
4 Filippi
5 Pantano
6 Kobayashi
7 Maldonado
8 Buemi
FLap: Filippi

Race 2
1 Kobayashi
2 Grosjean
3 Senna
4 Parente
5 Pantano
6 Buemi

FLap: Grosjean

Pole: Bruno Senna

Race 1
#1 Bruno Senna
#2 Andreas Zuber
#3 Romain Grosjean
#4 Sebastien Buemi
#5 Luca Filippi
#6 Adrian Valles
#7 Vitaly Petrov
#8 Kamui Kobayashi
FL: Romain Grosjean

Race 2:
#1 Vitaly Petrov
#2 Romain Grosjean
#3 Sebastien Buemi
#4 Kamui Kobayashi
#5 Javier Villa
#6 Giorgio Pantano
FL: Sebastien Buemi

Pole Race 1: Grosjean

Race 1
1. Grosjean
2. Parente
3. Kobayashi
4. Senna
5. Buemi
6. Pantano
7. Petrov
8. Hanley
FL. Kobayashi

Race 2
1. Hanley
2. Buemi
3. Grosjean
4. Valsecchi
5. Pantano
6. Villa
FL. Grosjean

Pole: Karun Chandhok

Race 1:

1 Pantano
2 Karun Chandhok
3 Bruno Senna
4 Romain Grosjean
5 Zuber
6 Maldonado
7 Kobayashi
8 Alvaro Parente

Race 2:

1. Grosjean
2. Kobayashi
3. Chandhok
4. Pantano
5. Senna
6. Zuber

Pole Zuber

1 Zuber
2 Pantano
3 Grosjean
4 Buemi
5 Kobyashi
6 Senna
7 Parente
8 Valsecchi

FL Pantano

Race 2

1 Parente
2 Kobyashi
3 Grosjean
4 Pantano
5 Buurman
6 Petrov

FL Senna

Pole: Senna

1: Senna
2: Grosjean
3: Pantano
4: Zuber
5: Parente
6: Buemi
7: Kobayashi
8: Villa

Fastest Lap: Grosjean

Race 2:

1: Buemi
2: Grosjean
3: Senna
4: Pantano
5: Parente
6: Zuber

Fastest Lap: Senna

I'd like to change Adrian Valles into Alvaro Parente in my predictions for race 1.

Edit:
Just in: Valles in at BCN. I still asume I can change my prediction because he's switching team? If not, then leave it as it is.

In case the driver moves to another team (=Vallés moving to BCN) your Vallés prediction will leave as it is.
You could modifiy your predictions before deadline as usual.

Pole: Zuber

Race 1:
1. Zuber
2. Pantano
3. Grosjean
4. Maldonado
5. Buemi
6. Parente
7. Petrov
8. Valsecchi

F/Lap: Grosjean

Race 2:
1. Buemi
2. Parente
3. Grosjean
4. Zuber
5. Filippi
6. Valsecchi

F/Lap: Buemi

Pole: Zuber

Race 1:
1. Zuber
2. Grosjean
3. Filippi
4. Maldonado
5. Parente
6. Petrov
7. Pantano
8. Villa

F/Lap: Senna

Race 2:
1. Petrov
2. Parente
3. Grosjean
4. Zuber
5. Maldonado
6. Senna

F/Lap: Senna

http://gp2.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/05/07/valles-to-replace-nocera-at-bcn/
Carroll at FMSI, could be real title contender. And my predictions

Pole: Filippi

Race 1:
1. Filippi
2. Grosjean
3. Senna
4.Pantano
5. Maldonado
6. Carroll
7. Zuber
8. Kobayashi

F/Lap: Maldonado

Race 2:
1. Grosjean
2. Kobayashi
3. Carroll
4. Zuber
5. Senna
6. Filippi

F/Lap: Grosjean

Ooo, Adam Carroll in. That changes things.

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1:
1. Grosjean
2. Senna
3. Carroll
4. Pantano
5. Maldonado
6. Zuber
7. Filippi

FL: Grosjean

Race 2.
1. Grosjean
2. Senna
3. Pantano
4. Maldonado
5. Carroll
6. Koyabashi

FL: Grosjean

I would please like to change mine:

Pole: Zuber

Race 1:
1. Zuber
2. Grosjean
3. Filippi
4. Maldonado
5. Parente
6. Petrov
7. Carroll
8. Villa

F/Lap: Senna

Race 2:
1. Petrov
2. Parente
3. Grosjean
4. Zuber
5. Maldonado
6. Senna

F/Lap: Senna

Pole Grosjean
1. Grosjean
2. Filippi
3. Carroll
4. Parente
5. Zuber
6. Kobayashi
7. Petrov
8. Buemi
FL Carroll

1. Grosjean
2. Kobayashi
3. Carroll
4. Parente
5. Buemi
6. Villa
FL Grosjean

ATTENTION: Musical chairs dancing! (several driver changes)

More than ever, GP2 drives has changed users before next round at Istanbul car. That happened at team FMSI, whose their driver, Spaniard Adrián Vallés will leave FMSI car #19, and British Adam Carroll will be his replacement. However, Vallés will be in the BCN car #26, because Italian Paolo Nocera left that team. Meanwhile, other Italian, Giacomo Ricci, will still sub injured Belgian-Romanian Michael Herck in the DPR car #24, and an Austro-Spaniard, Andy Soucek, will sub too another injured driver, Danish Christian Bakkerud, in the Super Nova car #7. As you could say, one of the most interesting waltzes on drivers contracts.

With this, there are the considered subs according to our Rulebook:
- Predicted Bakkerud, it counts for Soucek.
- Predicted Vallés, it remains the same.
- Predicted Herck, it counts for Ricci.
- Predicted Nocera, it counts for Vallés.

Therefore, users of GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition are free to modify their predictions before deadline.

Pole: Pantano

1. Zuber
2. Pantano
3. Grosjean
4. Filippi
5. Petrov
6. Senna
7. Parente
8. Chandhok

FL: Zuber

1. Senna
2. Chandhok
3. Grosjean
4. Parente
5. Kobayashi
6. Valsecchi

FL: Senna

Pole: Zuber

1. Grosjean
2. Zuber
3. Parente
4. Senna
5. Maldonado
6. Kobayashi
7. Pantano
8. Caroll

Fastest Lap: Grosjean

1. Pantano
2. Maldonado
3. Kobayashi
4. Carroll
5. Grosjean
6. Senna

Fastest Lap: Maldonado

T-Minus 001 - Last day to post predictions!

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1
1-Grosjean
2-Maldonado
3-Senna
4-Buemi
5-Parente
6-Kobayashi
7-Zuber
8-Pantano
FL:Grosjean

Race 2
1-Zuber
2-Pantano
3-Petrov
4-Maldonado
5-Carroll
6-Grosjean
FL:Zuber

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1:
1. Pantano
2. Grosjean
3. Filippi
4. Parente
5. Carroll
6. Senna
7. Buemi
8. Petrov

FL: Grosjean

Race 2:
1. Buemi
2. Petrov
3. Grosjean
4. Pantano
5. Maldonado
6. Carroll

FL: Senna

Pole: Maldonado

Race One
1) Grosjean
2) Buemi
3) Maldonado
4) Senna
5) Filippi
6) Zuber
7) Pantano
8) Villa

F/Lap: Grosjean

Race Two
1) Filippi
2) Pantano
3) Zuber
4) Grosjean
5) Senna
6) Kobayashi

F/Lap: Senna

Round closed - Good luck to all participants!