GP2 non championship race at Abu Dhabi

p-matt · 21 Oct 2011, 06:27 (Ref:2974593)

So any rumours as to who is driving for whom in Abu Dhabi.

I have heard that Ceccon is racing for Coloni and Felix da Costa for Ocean. I also heard that Fauzy is racing for Addax, which is strange as I thought the Abu Dhabi race was for rookies only.

skells22 · 21 Oct 2011, 06:42 (Ref:2974596)

can i remind you this race is non-championship that coming up. therefore names like fauzy are allowed to race, not rookie only (we got to have known names as well to keep the rookies in check)

Mekola · 23 Oct 2011, 11:31 (Ref:2975497)

I'm also worried about the news about the Abu Dhabi extra-championship GP2 round.
If there are not enough entries confirmed, I will postpone the opening of the last round of 2011 GP2 TWPC up to November 7th, and not October 30th as originally planned.

**bella** · 27 Oct 2011, 09:06 (Ref:2977556)

will buxton reports that fabio leimer and nathanael berthon will be driving for racing engineering in the abu dhabi race. both seem to have a lot of pace, but neither are particularly good at producing it when it matters!

Mekola · 27 Oct 2011, 13:09 (Ref:2977696)

Leimer and Berthon at RE for Abu Dhabi just confirmed by GP2 official Twitter.

**chunterer** · 29 Oct 2011, 07:26 (Ref:2978491)

I thought I read yesterday that 2 more drivers have signed for Abu Dhabi can't recall who or where though!

i-sport are close to announcing who's driving as well.

p-matt · 29 Oct 2011, 07:30 (Ref:2978492)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunterer

I thought I rread yesterday that 2 more drivers have signed for Abu Dhabi can't recall who or where though!

Leal and Richelmi for Trident? Shame Bird didn't get a drive there

**chunterer** · 29 Oct 2011, 12:01 (Ref:2978574)

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Originally Posted by p-matt

Leal and Richelmi for Trident? Shame Bird didn't get a drive there

Yeah that's it.

Mekola · 1 Nov 2011, 23:25 (Ref:2980385)

Marcus Ericsson and Tom Dillmann confirmed for iSport at Abu Dhabi...

cappra250 · 2 Nov 2011, 08:12 (Ref:2980486)

Rosenzweig and Palmer will do the Abu Dhabi race for Addax.

Robbe · 2 Nov 2011, 11:36 (Ref:2980563)

This is a terrible line-up... Is Addax in financial trouble? First they sell their GP3 team, now these drivers.

I hope they can get someone like Bianchi for the full season.

Daisy · 2 Nov 2011, 18:08 (Ref:2980753)

Nigel Melker will race for DAMS in the Abu Dhabi races.

edit: and Haryanto will join him.

cmk · 3 Nov 2011, 01:00 (Ref:2980893)

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Originally Posted by Robbe

This is a terrible line-up... Is Addax in financial trouble? First they sell their GP3 team, now these drivers.

I hope they can get someone like Bianchi for the full season.

Perhaps they feel the rewards of doing well at Abu Dhabi are slim and the fiscal benefits of drivers like these are a wise investment?

I think Agag is also caught up on the periphery of a corruption allegation situation in Spain, but that seems neither here nor there unless there are other investors in the team who are getting cold feet. Beyond my sphere of knowledge, that...

p-matt · 3 Nov 2011, 08:09 (Ref:2980948)

Doesn't look like Eurosport are showing the Abu Dhabi races. Shame.

Mekola · 3 Nov 2011, 18:35 (Ref:2981191)

Good news for Americans: Alexander Rossi will contest Abu Dhabi round with Caterham Team AirAsia!!!

News here: http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/N...-Team-AirAsia/

Mekola · 3 Nov 2011, 18:40 (Ref:2981193)

BTW: Half-grid for Abu Dhabi confirmed and Bottas still has time to an agreement...

Juntos · 4 Nov 2011, 16:27 (Ref:2981521)

Supernova is selling their seats for cheap. We'll overheard the end of this conversation.

Mekola · 4 Nov 2011, 20:44 (Ref:2981636)

Max Chilton and Jan Charouz both confirmed in Carlin for Abu Dhabi:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95906

Plus Luiz Razia joining Alexander Rossi at Caterham Team AirAsia, too. The official Twitter of GP2 is suggesting that one more announcement will be done, but which team, which driver(s)?

Daisy · 5 Nov 2011, 10:19 (Ref:2981817)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mekola

Max Chilton and Jan Charouz both confirmed in Carlin for Abu Dhabi:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95906

Plus Luiz Razia joining Alexander Rossi at Caterham Team AirAsia, too. The official Twitter of GP2 is suggesting that one more announcement will be done, but which team, which driver(s)?

If I look at the official GP2 page, the only announcement I missed that was Clos is in with Rapax.
http://www.gp2series.com/Teams-and-Drivers/

Although I'm pretty sure I wasn't on the page yesterday afternoon.

p-matt · 5 Nov 2011, 10:54 (Ref:2981832)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daisy

If I look at the official GP2 page, the only announcement I missed that was Clos is in with Rapax.
http://www.gp2series.com/Teams-and-Drivers/

Although I'm pretty sure I wasn't on the page yesterday afternoon.

Also Mihai Marinescu with Rapax!

Quite a strong lineup all round. But personally, I think it should have been limited to rookies only. I can see the experienced guys like Clos, Gutierrez, Leimer, Ericsson and Coletti score the big points.

skells22 · 6 Nov 2011, 10:39 (Ref:2982213)

so the GP2 cars have one more outing this year and this is the known as GP2 Final. we know we have GP3 drivers in the hot seats so that could trigger a SC or 2. as we know this is non-championship therefore we just need to find out who will be the last GP2 winners of this year.

just do not know if this is on TV or not

p-matt · 6 Nov 2011, 11:09 (Ref:2982225)

Quote:

Originally Posted by skells22

just do not know if this is on TV or not

Doesn't look like it is on Eurosport

Mekola · 6 Nov 2011, 13:13 (Ref:2982271)

Only 5 seats to fill... Almost complete the drivers entrylist. Just Arden, SuperNova and one of the Ocean seats to confirm.

p-matt · 6 Nov 2011, 13:41 (Ref:2982279)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mekola

Only 5 seats to fill... Almost complete the drivers entrylist. Just Arden, SuperNova and one of the Ocean seats to confirm.

I would guess that Ocean is very likely to be Brendon Hartley. He's raced with them before and he did the recent tests, so that's probably a no-brainer.

Arden tested Craig Dolby, Roberto Merhi and Simon Trummer recently. Josef Kral might be in with a chance too. Possibly Mitch Evans as well?

Super Nova are selling seats on the cheap, so there is a chance of Albert Costa and Giacomo Ricci, neither of whom have much money, to continue with the team they tested with in Barcelona. Fuazy and Carroll might stay on as well.

Daisy · 6 Nov 2011, 20:18 (Ref:2982429)

Well, al above names are wrong, the signed Nicolas Marroc. What did he do this year? He was in the F3 Euroseries last year, not the most impressive driver then if I recall well.

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