GP2 Monaco - Weekend Thread

Adri_tifosi · 22 May 2008, 12:16 (Ref:2208998)

No thread ? No problem I start the thread

Free Practice

1. Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:21.701 20
2. Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 1:22.176 18
3. Bruno Senna iSport International 1:22.224 20
4. Andy Soucek DPR 1:22.251 20
5. Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:22.336 18
6. Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:22.595 16
7. Adrian Valles BCN Competicion 1:22.607 17
8. Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:22.832 19
9. Alvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 1:22.917 17
10. Sebastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:23.020 17
11. Vitaly Petrov Campos Team 1:23.168 15
12. Christian Bakkerud Super Nova Racing 1:23.320 19
13. Mike Conway Trident Racing 1:23.438 10
14. Luca Filippi ART Grand Prix 1:23.794 18
15. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:24.173 15
16. Roldan Rodriguez Fisichella Motor Sport 1:24.201 19
17. Ben Hanley Campos Team 1:24.305 13
18. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:24.306 19
19. Jerome d'Ambrosio Dams 1:24.413 17
20. Marcello Puglisi Durango 1:24.495 17
21. Yelmer Buurman Trust Team Arden 1;24.697 18
22. Milos Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:25.305 18
23. Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 1:25.916 16
24. Diego Nunes DPR 1:25.925 19
25. Alberto Valerio Durango 1:26.769 18
26. Adam Carroll Fisichella Motor Sport 1:27.352 9

strider · 22 May 2008, 13:03 (Ref:2209038)

Since it seems fashionable to post lists of times with certain names in bold, here's mine. If you're remotely interested, I'll leave you to work out the common denominator!

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time      Laps
 1.  Pastor Maldonado      Piquet Sports           1:21.701   20
 2.  Andreas Zuber         Piquet Sports           1:22.176   18
 3.  Bruno Senna           iSport International    1:22.224   20
 4.  Andy Soucek           DPR                     1:22.251   20
 5.  Karun Chandhok        iSport International    1:22.336   18
 6.  Giorgio Pantano       Racing Engineering      1:22.595   16
 7.  Adrian Valles         BCN Competicion         1:22.607   17
 8.  Romain Grosjean       ART Grand Prix          1:22.832   19
 9.  Alvaro Parente        Super Nova Racing       1:22.917   17
10.  Sebastien Buemi       Trust Team Arden        1:23.020   17
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Campos Team             1:23.168   15
12.  Christian Bakkerud    Super Nova Racing       1:23.320   19
13.  Mike Conway           Trident Racing          1:23.438   10
14.  Luca Filippi          ART Grand Prix          1:23.794   18
15.  Javier Villa          Racing Engineering      1:24.173   15
16.  Roldan Rodriguez      Fisichella Motor Sport  1:24.201   19
17.  Ben Hanley            Campos Team             1:24.305   13
18.  Kamui Kobayashi       Dams                    1:24.306   19
19.  Jerome d'Ambrosio     Dams                    1:24.413   17
20.  Marcello Puglisi      Durango                 1:24.495   17
21.  Yelmer Buurman        Trust Team Arden        1;24.697   18
22.  Milos Pavlovic        BCN Competicion         1:25.305   18
23.  Ho-Pin Tung           Trident Racing          1:25.916   16
24.  Diego Nunes           DPR                     1:25.925   19
25.  Alberto Valerio       Durango                 1:26.769   18
26.  Adam Carroll          Fisichella Motor Sport  1:27.352    9

kerrmanningjarv · 22 May 2008, 13:24 (Ref:2209055)

British F3 drivers of the past?

strider · 22 May 2008, 14:31 (Ref:2209088)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kerrmanningjarv

British F3 drivers of the past?

Spot on! I guess it was a bit too easy for anyone has read my other posts.

Lam Pak · 22 May 2008, 16:25 (Ref:2209155)

adam caroll last?

**chunterer** · 22 May 2008, 18:21 (Ref:2209235)

Maldonado! Puts his stall out early on then?

I know it's only practice but that's a fair gap over the rest?

Soucek very impressive in the DPR, maybe David will keep him on for the rest of the season to give them a yardstick, particularly after the progrethey made towards then end of last season. They'd started off this year as usual!

Bleu · 22 May 2008, 18:31 (Ref:2209246)

Maldonado takes pole. No surprise really considering what he has done in Monaco in past two years. 2005 was memorable for not so good reasons...

Quite an interesting grid there.

Code:

	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Laps 
1. 	Pastor Maldonado 		1:21.057 	19 
2. 	Bruno Senna 		1:21.235 	15 
3. 	Mike Conway 	             1:21.283 	18 
4. 	Adrian Valles 	 	1:21.368 	16 
5. 	Giorgio Pantano 	 	1:21.466 	17 
6. 	Karun Chandhok 		1:21.614 	18 
7. 	Romain Grosjean 		1:21.663 	16 
8. 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	1:21.663 	20 
9. 	Andreas Zuber 		1:21.667 	17 
10. 	Jérôme d’Ambrosio 		1:21.773 	18 
11. 	Alvaro Parente 		1:21.777 	18 
12. 	Luca Filippi 	 	1:21.849 	15 
13. 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	1:21.907 	17 
14. 	Adam Carroll 		1:21.981 	17 
15. 	Christian Bakkerud 		1:22.210 	19 
16. 	Ben Hanley 		1:22.697 	16 
17. 	Kamui Kobayashi 		1:22.785 	20 
18. 	Yelmer Buurman 		1:22.802 	18 
19. 	Javier Villa 		1:23.048 	17 
20 	Diego Nunes 		1:23.224 	17 
21. 	Milos Pavlovic 		1:23.684 	19 
22. 	Ho-Pin Tung 		1:23.798 	7 
23. 	Alberto Valerio 		1:24.037 	18 
24. 	Roldan Rodriguez 		1:24.283 	18 
25 	Marcello Puglisi 		1:24.633 	8 
26. 	Andy Soucek 		-- 	             2

Positive side: Conway, Valles, (although he crashed at Ste Devote instantly after his best lap, causing red flag) Chandhok and d'Ambrosio. On the negative side, Grosjean, Filippi, Carroll, Kobayashi and Soucek (crashed early).

**chunterer** · 22 May 2008, 18:38 (Ref:2209250)

If Pastor goes away from the field at 3 tenths a lap it's going to be a massacre!

Grosjean and/or Buemi sitting pretty for Sunday's race......... if they keep out of trouble?!!!

the sniper · 22 May 2008, 18:44 (Ref:2209252)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunterer

Grosjean and/or Buemi sitting pretty for Sunday's race......... if they keep out of trouble?!!!

Don't forget feature race is on Friday, Sprint race on Saturday

If we get a wet race in GP2, I don't think I will be able to watch lol

**chunterer** · 22 May 2008, 18:47 (Ref:2209254)

Good one sniper, thanks for the reminder!

BTW is Race 1 live on ITV4 tomorrow, can't see it in their listings? I would've thought slotting a live race in instead of a 25 year old rerun of The Professionals wouldn't be an issue!!

GroupOfOne · 22 May 2008, 19:55 (Ref:2209305)

I didn't notice it in their schedules for tomorrow (but I'll check again). I did notice that they've two lots of GP2 on Saturday though, which indicates to me it might not be on tomorrow.

Think it's something like 09.25 and 14.25 (roughly) on Saturday.

GroupOfOne · 22 May 2008, 19:58 (Ref:2209308)

Oh and Zuber penalised 15 places on the grid, after he took Carroll out in FP. He apparently just turned left and put him into the wall, but Zuber reckons he was steering right and hit a bump which pitched him left. Either way, he's not a happy bunny.

Bleu · 22 May 2008, 20:21 (Ref:2209321)

Petrov another driver with penalty, 5 places for him due to bringing damaged car to pits and doing so impeding other drivers.

strider · 22 May 2008, 21:21 (Ref:2209364)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunterer

If Pastor goes away from the field at 3 tenths a lap it's going to be a massacre!!

Well, yes, it would be, but the qualifying gap is only 0.178s!

Hope former team-mates Senna and Conway behave themselves.

Mekola · 23 May 2008, 02:20 (Ref:2209491)

Maldonado and Senna at first line... Hope they won't clash tomorrow at Ste. Devote just after the start...

kerrmanningjarv · 23 May 2008, 05:55 (Ref:2209540)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lam Pak

adam caroll last?

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Quote:

Oh and Zuber penalised 15 places on the grid, after he took Carroll out in FP. He apparently just turned left and put him into the wall, but Zuber reckons he was steering right and hit a bump which pitched him left. Either way, he's not a happy bunny.

**chunterer** · 23 May 2008, 07:42 (Ref:2209590)

Even simple maths was never one of my strongpoints strider, or the ability to read come to that..........

Shame not on the box live then, but should be helluva race. Bruno's done a cracking job to line up 2nd so the run to St Devote will be crucial no?

**gomick** · 23 May 2008, 08:21 (Ref:2209609)

good to see the top 15 within a second of each other

- spewing i cant get to see these GP2 races

sauber11 · 23 May 2008, 09:19 (Ref:2209636)

http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=19215&cat=4
Pavlovic leaving BCN. I really hope someone strong(as Zaugg in this article) will grab the drive, as BCN with Valles showing, that it is really strong team.(at least not outsider as it seemed).

strider · 23 May 2008, 09:34 (Ref:2209647)

The absence of live coverage of today's race is a bloody nuisance! Just had a text to say Bruno's leading by 5.1s from Maldonado!

strider · 23 May 2008, 10:07 (Ref:2209667)

...and the lead was 6s when he made his pitstop.

strider · 23 May 2008, 10:16 (Ref:2209676)

...8 laps to go and the lead is down to 0.3s. Here's where my fingernails disappear...

sauber11 · 23 May 2008, 10:31 (Ref:2209688)

WIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bruno Senna did it , all right !!!!!

strider · 23 May 2008, 10:31 (Ref:2209689)

But Bruno wins!

My Monaco spy is with an F1 team so they obviously sit up and take notice when the GP2 races are on track. Winning at Monaco will look good on Bruno's CV, particularly beating Maldonado, the established star around there.

Go_For_Pole · 23 May 2008, 10:35 (Ref:2209692)

full report for italian speaking ppl

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