gp2 at spain 2016

[on_to_it]

Originally Posted by Biscuits In A Red Bull

Gasly on pole, from Nato and Lynn. Fine lap from Malja, more than I expected. An abundance of talent near the front of this field, and also near the back - Evans was only 18th!!!

I think you'll find his car is rubbish. Even his team-mate is last.

[Mekola]

Shame that Igor Mazepa is dead. When he was there, Russian Time was a great team.

[GM10]

Originally Posted by Mekola

If I were Trevor Carlin, I'd contact Renault and offer the seat to Esteban Ocon.

Ocon had the chance to run GP2 this year, but he said clearly that he would have preferred to run DTM.

Amazing Canamasas and Markelov today! By the time Gasly will learn not to kill the tyres, he will win a GP2 race.

[skells22]

there was a whoops by RC as someone forgot there needed to do a extra lap after time run out

[JoestForEver]

Just finished watching Race 1. I simply don't know what to say. I had so much hope for Sirotkin, and yet that spin, oh god. Hopefully he learns to live with expectations and doesn't crack as such under pressure.

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[Razzzor]

Good field this year though, lots of good drivers. Plus Canamasas.

It's just missing Ocon, Rosenqvist. Stanaway, Stoneman, Bernstorff should all be in it as well. Instead we get Canamassas!

Looks like Prema will be regular contenders, yay another top team! Although I'm not much of a Gasly fan, he consistently fails to learn how to manage the tyres. But with no Vandoorne perhaps ART don't have the drivers to take the title this year. Sirotkin is good, but he's no Vandoorne. Should be a good exciting year, finally after the pretty dull domination of Vandoorne and Palmer the last 2 years. This year the points might jump back and forth between Prema, Dams, Art. Racing Engineering seems quick, Marciello in a better car, Rowland and Evans, Ghiotto even, have potential to move up.

Campos though, damn, they've gone backwards. Gelael a silly block, but still not as bad Parry in GP3.

[peebee2]

Originally Posted by Razzzor

not as bad Parry in GP3.

Lots of fresh talent in GP3 this year means some poor drivers who have been kidding themselves are going to be seen for their real level

[chunterer]

That Galael-Giovanazzi shunt was scaryyyyyyyyy

Could've been so much worse, Galael is out of his depth at this level and should have been doing GP3 or 3.5 to continue learning with less eyes on him.

He was looking in the wrong mirror for Antonio for crissakes...

What did I make of driver's relative performances in the first 2 races?

Pretty much as expected although Evans was woeful, can't be down to him! I guess he's there as a mentor-coach for Galael as Dillmann was last year in 3.5?

Nato utterly mugged Gasly on Saturday, top attempt but really he should have been able to repel that.

Rowland impressed me, still needs to come to terms with tyre management in the longer race but showed his mettle on Sunday, preserving tyres and then quickly despatching people towards the end when he upped his pace a bit. If the race had completed the 2-3 laps lost under the SC end he may well have got higher than 6th. I think he will rise and rise throughout the season.


Latifi was very solid. Anyone think he might actually be a dark horse for the title?