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2 Apr 2009, 08:36 (Ref:2431109) | #1 | ||
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GP2 Asia, Sepang - Weekend Thread
Okey dokey, Kobayashi still has that handy points lead but hasn't exactly been the man on form in the last couple of rounds.
The form men appear to be either of the Barwa drivers. Niko Hulkenberg was the other but as we know (or suspect) he will be replaced by Pastor Maldonado for the last 4 races. So who's likely to have the edge this weekend? Well there could well be a very latin flavour at the front.... On another note, I see that Eurosport has provisionally scheduled coverage of race one for Saturday morning at the same time as F1 qualifying is on BBC etc.... Assuming that it is actually a re-run of the first race this seems a strange decision? Martin can you give us any more news on this weekend's coverage??!!! |
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Final driver line-up is as follows:
ART Grand Prix 1. Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) 2. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) Arden International 3. Luiz Razia (BRA) 4. Edoardo Mortara (ITA) Barwa International Campos Team 5. Vitaly Petrov (RUS) 6. Sergio Pérez (MEX) DAMS 7. Jérôme d'Ambrosio (BEL) 8. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) Team GFH iSport 9. Giedo van der Garde (NED) 10. Hamad al Fardan (BRN) Super Nova 11. Javier Villa (ESP) 12. James Jakes (GBR) FMS International 14. Rodolfo Gonzalez (VEN) 15. Kevin Nai Chia Chen (USA) Durango 16. Davide Valsecchi (ITA) 17. Michael Dalle Stelle (ITA) My Qi-Meritus.Mahara 18. Marco Bonanomi (ITA) 19. Álvaro Parente (POR) Piquet/GP 20. Roldán Rodr*guez (ESP) 21. Diego Nunes (BRA) DPR 22. Michael Herck (BEL) 23. Giacomo Ricci (ITA) Ocean Racing Technology 24. Yelmer Buurman (NED) 25. Fabrizio Crestani (ITA) Trident Racing 26. Ricardo Teixeira (ANG) 27. Davide Rigon (ITA) Maldonado is in for Hulkenberg (as we knew already), so he should be a threat... round 2 in Dubai was a bit of a non-event for Pastor. Also Teixeira is in for Provenzano... he should be at the back with the Chen's of this world. As for the front of the field... I see Kamui coming back to winning ways. He was so quick at the start of the season and I don't think he'll throw it all away now. Perez and Petrov will continue to be quick, and I also think Parente will be competitive after his confidence-lifting GP2 testing performances with Ocean. Finally I see Rigon sneaking into the top 8 despite driving a Trident. |
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Practice times from Sepang:
1. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:46.432 2. Jérôme d’Ambrosio Dams 1:46.667 3. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP 1:46.717 4. Diego Nunes Piquet GP 1:46.742 5. Vitaly Petrov Barwa int. Campos Team 1:46.760 6. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:46.843 7. Alvaro Parente My Qi-Meritus.Mahara 1:46.912 8. Edoardo Mortara Ardenint. Motorsport 1:46.983 9. Sergio Perez Barwa Int. Campos Team 1:47.036 10. Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1:47.156 11. Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 1:47.287 12. Luiz Razia ArdenInt. Motorsport 1:47.471 13. Hamad Al Fardan GFH Team iSport 1:47.667 14. James Jakes Super Nova Racing 1:47.701 15. Davide Rigo Trident Racing 1:47.831 16. Yelmer Buurman Ocean Racing Technology 1:47.840 17. Giedo van der Garde GFH Team iSport 1:47.843 18. Sakon Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 1:47.948 19. Fabrizio Crestani Ocean Racing Technology 1:48.097 20 Rodolfo Gonzalez Fisichella Motor Sport Int. 1:48.374 21. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:48.417 22. Michael Herck DPR 1:48.498 23. Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 1:49.649 24. Michael Dalle Stelle Durango 1:50.036 25. Kevin Nai Chia Chen Fisichella Motor Sport Int. 1:50.412 26 Marco Bonanomi My Qi-Meritus.Mahara -- Bonanomi only managed a lap so some kind of problem there. DAMS to the fore, usual suspects around the top 10. Parente definitely a dark horse here methinks? |
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3 Apr 2009, 12:09 (Ref:2432296) | #4 | ||
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Qualifying results
Jerome D'Ambrosio - Dams - 1'45"410 Diego Nunes - Piquet GP - 1'45"522 James Jakes - Super Nova - 1'45"527 Kamui Kobayashi - Dams - 1'45"577 Javier Villa - Super Nova - 1'45"649 Vitaly Petrov - Barwa Addax - 1'45"720 Davide Valsecchi - Durango - 1'45"748 Pastor Maldonado - ART - 1'45"755 Roldan Rodriguez - Piquet GP - 1'45"767 Alvaro Parente - Meritus - 1'45"816 Yelmer Buurman - Ocean - 1'45"954 Davide Rigon - Trident - 1'45"978 Luiz Razia - Arden - 1'45"989 Rodolfo Gonzalez - FMSI - 1'46"053 Sakon Yamamoto - ART - 1'46"087 Giedo Van der Garde - iSport - 1'46"105 Fabrizio Crestani - Ocean - 1'46"108 Sergio Perez - Barwa Addex - 1'46"169 Edoardo Mortara - Arden - 1'46"184 Michael Herck - DPR - 1'46"259 Hamad Al Fardan - iSport - 1'46"265 Marco Bonanomi - Meritus - 1'46"315 Giacomo Ricci - DPR - 1'46"604 Ricardo Teixeira - Trident - 1'47"838 Kevin Nai Chia Chen - FMSI - 1'49"642 Michael Dalle Stelle - Durango - 1'49"857 |
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3 Apr 2009, 13:19 (Ref:2432363) | #5 | ||
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wuhuuw, go Jerome!
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http://www.crash.net/GP2/Results/144..._result_1.html
1. Diego Nunes Piquet 33 laps 1hr 00m 46.668s 2. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS +08.361s 3. James Jakes Super Nova +09.150s 4. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP +13.874s 5. Yelmer Buurman Ocean +16.805s 6. Vitaly Petrov Campos +41.457s 7. Pastor Maldonado ART +42.007s 8. Davide Valsecchi Durango +42.381s 9. Hamad Al Fardan iSport +51.152s 10. Rodolfo Gonzalez FMSI +53.240s 11. Alvaro Parente Qi-Meritus +54.435s 12. Sakon Yamamoto ART +59.958s 13. Michael Herck DPR +61.473s 14. Giedo van der Garde iSport +62.518s 15. Fabrizio Crestani Ocean +71.958s 16. Giacomo Ricci DPR +94.318s 17. Ricardo Teixiera Trident +110.428s 18. Michael Dalle Steele Durango +111.455s 19. Javier Villa Super Nova +1 lap 20 Kevin Nai Chia Chen FMSI +1 lap Rtd Marco Bonanomi Qi- Meritus 10 laps completed Rtd Sergio Perez Campos 10 laps completed Rtd Luiz Razia Arden 10 laps completed Rtd Edoardo Mortara Arden 10 laps completed Rtd Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 10 laps completed Rtd Davide Rigon Trident 10 laps completed Nunes won quite easily apparently - a very good result for him and the team, especially in the feature race. d'Ambrosio had a problem and didn't make the start. |
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Wow, I'm sure iSport will have a few smiles on their faces.
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Both Super Nova drivers were slow away, looked like Villa didn't even make the first turn? The resulting jumble up led to a few bumps between 1 and 2 including Parente running into the back of one of the ART cars and Perex and Al Fardan appearing in the top 10 from way back by the end of the first lap!! Nunes, Jakes, Buurman and Al Fardan very impressive, Maldonado, Petrov and Parente not so? With at least 3 strong showings from hiterhto struggling drivers I felt a separate discussion is warranted see: http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114712 Last edited by chunterer; 4 Apr 2009 at 12:04. |
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4 Apr 2009, 12:59 (Ref:2433189) | #9 | |
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Was this repeated on Eurosport? Tried to watch it at 12.30 but all I could find was football
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Dont know how close the race was but the top 22 in qualifying where within 1 second - that is very impressive...
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Eurosport appear to be showing both races at least twice?
I caught race two straight after the Le Mans series Barca action. Race 2 a little more interesting than the first I reckon? Safety car start due to the appalling conditions. Vitaly Petrov had one of his 'on' days seeing off Davide Valsecchi and Pastor Maldonado in fairly convincing fashion, although he did appear to fade towards the end. Maldonado was quite racey after the SC pulled off but must have rooted his tyres as had no answer to Petrov. Diego Nunes was again quite impressive for 4th ahead of Hamad Al Fardan, (ditto) whilst Segio Perez nicked 6th from Kamui Kobayashi out of the last turn on the final lap having started 22nd!!! Kamui thus unable to sew up the championship today after all, he'll have to wait until Bahrain although he still has a handy point lead. Valsecchi will need to effectively dominate in Bahrain. On a different note, there was a scary moment when D'Ambrosio nearly knocked a few marshalls flying when they were tending to a stricken DPR car. Yellow flags were waving but I guess Jerome will argue it was difficult to see anything until the last moment, I don't know..... Last edited by chunterer; 5 Apr 2009 at 17:56. |
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Noticed that there had been 7 different winners in the 9 races this season
Think Kamui Kobayashi has 9.5 fingers on the title... Points after Sepang... 1. Kamui Kobayashi - 47 2. Davide Valsecchi - 34 3. Vitaly Petrov - 28 4. Roldan Rodriguez - 27 5. Sergio Perez - 26 6. Nico Hulkenberg - 25 7. Jerome d'Ambrosio - 23 |
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Ta Gomick!
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About Jakes, he should have got 7 points, not 6. He finished 3rd and did the fastest lap on Race 1 within the top 10 finishers.
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