GP2 - Silverstone

Kai · 4 Jul 2008, 14:55 (Ref:2243949)

Since there's no thread yet

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68830

Grosjean leads in free practice.

OJB · 4 Jul 2008, 16:54 (Ref:2244056)

Senna on pole - Rodrgiguez/Herck spun to run people's final laps

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/...ing_times.html

strider · 4 Jul 2008, 17:06 (Ref:2244065)

Report and times here.

JamesRamone · 4 Jul 2008, 19:28 (Ref:2244163)

Can see Conway getting the 8th place in race 1 then winning race 2

Mekola · 5 Jul 2008, 01:40 (Ref:2244336)

I believe on the honesty of Vasseur's instructions, but hope Grosjean wouldn't want to do The Zuber-Glock manoeuvre at the start of the feature race.

ivanalesi · 5 Jul 2008, 13:37 (Ref:2244588)

Is it the GP2 race really starting from 5pm GMT? Or it's just ITV4 scraping GP2 for boring cycling?

strider · 5 Jul 2008, 13:41 (Ref:2244590)

Yes, they have given priority to the Tour de France. C'est la vie, I suppose.

ivanalesi · 5 Jul 2008, 14:10 (Ref:2244601)

damn, they must make Premiere world wide... they always have top motorsport live, even when they don't have commentators... then I wouldn't pay a single cent to this stupid cable

Adri_tifosi · 5 Jul 2008, 15:23 (Ref:2244628)

Congratulations RE and Giorgio again.

gachjoel · 5 Jul 2008, 16:10 (Ref:2244658)

is there any links to the live feed

**Born Racer** · 5 Jul 2008, 17:28 (Ref:2244694)

What a brilliant battle at the end

**chunterer** · 5 Jul 2008, 17:37 (Ref:2244700)

Awesome, awesome race..... that has to be up there with Nurby 05 and perhaps Silverstone and Monza 06 as best races ever in the category!

Ok, so some elementary mistakes spiced it up, but ain't it just great when the grip levels fall away on a circuit that's wide with heavy braking zones?!

Roll on tomorrow morning.

One negative point, race tv direction dodgy, cutting away to repays when major action about to happen, and why the hell wasn't it on live!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Charlies · 5 Jul 2008, 17:40 (Ref:2244702)

Best race of the season by far. Great battle between Grosjean, Buemi, Chandhok and Senna, and a fantastic drive by Pantano.

Hasn't Grosjean had brake/tyre problems towards the end of the race before? I wonder if it's his driving style or the set-up.

Should be a good race tomorrow.

trevisio · 5 Jul 2008, 17:41 (Ref:2244703)

very entertaining race!

Mekola · 5 Jul 2008, 17:46 (Ref:2244705)

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Originally Posted by Adri_tifosi

Congratulations RE and Giorgio again.

+ 1, plus congratulations to Campos, Lucas and his crew again.
No matter he finished 2nd, Di Grassi showed excellent shape and he team did a good choice signing him.

Hazard · 5 Jul 2008, 18:59 (Ref:2244721)

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Originally Posted by chunterer

...and why the hell wasn't it on live!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Damn cycling

That was a corker. Mr consistent is back (di Grassi), already up to 6th in the standings in just his second event. Show's how mixed it is at the top that Pantano's become just the first repeat winner of the season.

the sniper · 5 Jul 2008, 20:50 (Ref:2244777)

Really good race, felt like the last generation GP2 car was back!

Senna and Grosjean are not making themselves look good for the F1 teams, I think the F1 team bosses would be thinking that they are being beaten by guys that didn't look that great in past seasons. (Not my personal opinion, I think Pantano finaly has the car to match his skill level).

My driver of the day was Chandhok, a few more drives like that and it could be enough to get him in the Force India next year.

By the way, the reason why GP2 was not live is because it's viewing figures are not great (thats why they have so many adverts), so the Tour would probably be a better bet for ITV. Hopefully the good size crowd that watched the race today will continue to watch GP2 on TV in the future.

**Born Racer** · 5 Jul 2008, 21:38 (Ref:2244789)

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Senna and Grosjean are not making themselves look good for the F1 teams

It's a difficult one because they could calm down those moments in the final laps and save people's memories of things like Senna running wide on the final lap, but oh how much better the racing is to see them just go for it!

Mekola · 5 Jul 2008, 22:13 (Ref:2244804)

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Originally Posted by Born Racer

What a brilliant battle at the end

Pantano's win reminds that excellent race that Mark Webber did at F3000 at the same soil, at Silverstone, during year 2000. Webber was considered lost for F1 at that time, but since that superb win over Darren Manning, his way to the main series started to revive. Wonder if Giorgio could have another opportunity after a performance like this of today.

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Originally Posted by the sniper

By the way, the reason why GP2 was not live is because it's viewing figures are not great (thats why they have so many adverts), so the Tour would probably be a better bet for ITV. Hopefully the good size crowd that watched the race today will continue to watch GP2 on TV in the future.

Ironically, and thankfully, GP2 was at last aired live for (almost all) South American people and not just Brazil and Venezuela (but doesn't know if Columbian people could see the series, due to the different flavours of Fox Sports Latin America serves to the region). Tomorrows race will be delayed, but it's a good sign that this part of the world could see GP2 back to the cable systems since last year (and for the first time on principal cable systems since 2006).

**chunterer** · 6 Jul 2008, 08:31 (Ref:2244993)

I agree, Senna and Grosjean's antics probably won't endear them to F1 bosses, not automaton enough, far too old school!!!

Brrrrrr, bet some of the guys on the dummy grid don't fancy this much......

Pressures on Filippi, he really has to sock it to the rest of them from pole today or, I feel, that's it for him at the top level?

**chunterer** · 6 Jul 2008, 08:39 (Ref:2244997)

Christ, get the SC out this is mayhem.......

There'll be no one left running at this rate!!!!

M Harrison · 6 Jul 2008, 08:42 (Ref:2244998)

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Originally Posted by chunterer

Pressures on Filippi, he really has to sock it to the rest of them from pole today or, I feel, that's it for him at the top level?

No sign of him cracking under the pressure, eh?

**chunterer** · 6 Jul 2008, 08:46 (Ref:2245002)

I know! been off at least twice already yeah?

Mekola · 6 Jul 2008, 08:47 (Ref:2245003)

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Originally Posted by the sniper

Senna and Grosjean are not making themselves look good for the F1 teams

That might be the desires of Nelson Piquet Sr. in order to see their fall (= discourage F1 team bosses to see Senna and Grosjean as future F1 stars) in order to favour Nelsinho. It's a bit harsh to say, and Nelson hardly will confess that, but somehow it seems to be that attitude on him.

Perhaps I'm totally wrong on that, but that kind of art it's known to me...

**chunterer** · 6 Jul 2008, 08:54 (Ref:2245007)

Jeez, Grosjean is absolutely flying through the field after changing his nose/wing section!!!!

Conway has done a stellar job so far, upto 4th and monstering Giorgio.

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