Car Industry's 2010 Face Off... ... If 2009 was the year of thundering bankruptcies and an almost total collapse of the American car industry - while the Japanese more or less flourished - 2010 seems to be the exact opposite. General Motors, Ford and even Chrysler – who were technically dead as ... Continue reading >
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Italian driver Davide Valsecchi clinched the GP2 Asia Series title a couple of hours ago, when powering to the win in the feature race of the Bahrain meeting this weekend. Having lost the pole position by only 0.003 seconds to Jules Bianchi on Thursday, the iSport ...
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Young Jules Bianchi seems to be on his way of becoming a real hit in the GP2 Series next year. After scoring a podium at his very first start in the GP2 Asia Series for ART Grand Prix, in the United Arab Emirates, the Frenchman powered to the number one spot on the ...
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Portuguese racer Alvaro Parente managed to somehow save his racing season for the 2010 competition year after inking a two-event deal with Coloni for the upcoming Bahrain outing in the GP2 Asia Series.
The Asian series has two more events scheduled for the ...
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The final step has been made by the GP2 Series in order to secure a solid start of their newly-formed feeder series, namely the GP3 championship. According to a press release posted on the GP2 Series' official site, “the GP3 Series teams took delivery of ...
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Super Nova Sign Ericsson, Kral for 2010 GP2 SeriesGP2Rookie lineups seem to become the new way to go for the teams in the GP2 Series lately, as Super Nova also confirmed it will field Marcus Ericsson and Josef Kral for the 2010 season of the aforementioned championship. “It's great for me to be in GP2 and with Super Nova. Because of their track record I'm sure they'll have a very competitive car. You always strive to try to win so that's what I'm going to do. It will be tough but we're not here to finish second,” said the 19-year old Ericsson, according to Autosport. Having won the Japanese F3 championship last season, Ericsson secured a race seat with French outfit ART Grand Prix in the 2009/10 edition of the GP2 Asia Series. Also, during the month of December, the Swede was picked by Mercedes GP to test the BGP 001 ... >> Read more |
A very giving Santa Claus seems to have already visited Italian race car driver Davide Vlasecchi this year. The 22-year old has been signed by iSport International for the remainder of the GP2 Asia series as well as for the full upcoming GP2 ...
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The calendar of the inaugural GP3 Series was finally unveiled by organizer Bruno Michel during the course of yesterday, via a press release. The new championship, aimed to become a feeders series for the GP2 Series – who in turn is a feeder series to the ...
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After being revealed that the Durango team will not take part in the 2010 GP2 Series season, the full GP2 race calendar was unveiled. The championship’s final event will be held in Abu Dhabi at the luxurious brand new Yas Marina circuit in November.
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Sergio Perez is apparently putting his dream of debuting in Formula One in 2010 on hold, as the Mexican driver has recently been confirmed as official race driver for Barwa Addax Team in the GP2 Main Series. Perez will therefore make a return to Barwa next year, as ...
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French GP2 team ART Grand Prix announced it signed Brit Sam Bird for the 2010 season. Bird will join Jules Bianchi, the holder of the Euro F3 title, as he currently races for the team in the winter GP2 Asia Series.
"I'm obviously very pleased to be joining ...
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With so many racing series to feed the Formula One championship with young, talented drivers nowadays, one could not be held responsible for losing track of who's actually more important when picking the next F1 champion. Is it the GP2, GP2 Asia Series, GP3 or ...
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Everyone thought that the season finale would be just racing for the fun of it on Sunday, as Nico Hulkenberg had already secured ART Grand Prix their teams' title this season with his dominating win in Race 1. However, the final race of the season was anything but fun, ...
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One might have seen German rising star Nico Hulkenberg joined by manager Willi Weber sitting and chatting relaxed before the start of the Formula One race at Monza the other weekend. And the German driver has every reason to feel good about himself and enjoy the ...
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A very unfortunate incident occured in the GP2 series at Spa-Fracorchamps this weekend. A Trident team mechanic was hit by a wheel gun on the head and was sent to the hospital by helicopter.
The incident occurred on Saturday, when 57-year-old Vasco Rossi from ...
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The second largest city in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, has just recently inaugurated its Yas Marina circuit. In an effort to make its mark more recognised in the world's top racing series, Abu Dhabi built what is regarded as one of the most modern ...
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French driver Romain Grosjean scored his second win in the GP2 Series this season at Monaco, after leading another 1-2 for Barwa Addax. The 2008 GP2 Asia Series champion powered to the Monte Carlo win from pole position, crossing the finish line some 6 seconds ahead of ...
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The GP2 Series will continue to be Formula 1's feeders series despite the formation of the new F2 championship. Although several young drivers have already committed to racing in the inaugural F2 series this year, GP2's boss Bruno Michel insisted the new ...
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The GP2 Series teams have concluded their first testing session at Paul Ricard this week, with the best time of the day going to new Super Nova driver Javier Villa. Trying on the brand new engine provided by Renault for the 2009 season – it was the very debut for ...
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Tiago Monteiro's Ocean Racing Technology have decided to offer the chance to compete in the GP2 Series to one of Portugal's rising talents Alvaro Parente. The Portuguese team, making their debut in the GP2 Series under the new ownership of Monteiro, have therefore ...
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If we were to make a top of this week's most disappointed drivers, Brazilian driver Bruno Senna could easily top the charts. The GP2 runner-up was linked with a future move to Formula 1 via the rescued Brawn GP F1 team, but eventually lost out to F1 veteran Rubens ...
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