gp2 Bareclona rounds 7 & 8

[skells22]

sorry this thread is late. We have Calado on pole for Saturday's race and there was someone mad because he was blocked during his flying lap.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by skells22

sorry this thread is late. We have Calado on pole for Saturday's race and there was someone mad because he was blocked during his flying lap.

Calado was mad, or someone else?!

[skells22]

Van der Garde was the mad one as he was blocked in the 1st sector and normally we get people looking into it

[chunterer]

So what happened in the 2 races then, anyone?

[ivanalesi]

Missed race 2, in the feature van der Garde simply jumped them with earlier faster pitstop. Nobody able to overtake him, Coletti was catching up super fast but did nothing once he caught up with van der Garde and Calado. To be fair, GP2 racing is kind of boring even with these new tires. May be they should skip the pitstop for the first race.

[bella]

i think it's daft that in a series where actual tracktime is at a premium, they introduce tyres which mean that like f1, they have to save the tyres rather than actually go out and practice during practice sessions.

[trevisio]

Pirelli must be proud

[cappra250]

Originally Posted by bella

i think it's daft that in a series where actual tracktime is at a premium, they introduce tyres which mean that like f1, they have to save the tyres rather than actually go out and practice during practice sessions.

I think that is the point. A category for ''young'' guns to be observed by F1 and they can not drive more than 2 fast laps because they need to save the tyres for the race.
So even more advantage for the ''old'' ones : Valsecchi, Van der Garde, Leimer, Razia, Chilton, Ericsson...

[p-matt]

Originally Posted by cappra250

I think that is the point. A category for ''young'' guns to be observed by F1 and they can not drive more than 2 fast laps because they need to save the tyres for the race.
So even more advantage for the ''old'' ones : Valsecchi, Van der Garde, Leimer, Razia, Chilton, Ericsson...

Ericsson's really showing that experience isn't he?!

Seriously though - I can't understand why Ericsson has been so poor this year.

And I can't understand how Max Chilton has been a consistent front-runner!

[W.A Trichlorostyrene]

Originally Posted by ivanalesi

Missed race 2, in the feature van der Garde simply jumped them with earlier faster pitstop. Nobody able to overtake him, Coletti was catching up super fast but did nothing once he caught up with van der Garde and Calado. To be fair, GP2 racing is kind of boring even with these new tires. May be they should skip the pitstop for the first race.

Race 2 was Razia-Berthon-Valsecchi from start to finish.

Calado was on a charge, and probably was the fastest man out there, but he was blocked behind Valsecchi for pretty much the whole race, and he finished 4th. Same scenario as Coletti in race 1, in fact. Very hard to pass here, if it's not for DRS-style gimmicks.