2009/10 GP2 Asia Off Season & 2010 GP2 Series off season discussions - Page 8

skells22 · 24 Oct 2009, 08:25 (Ref:2568496)

i now looking for a Eurosport GMT time for the 1st race as at the moment it is not live at 7.00am

p-matt · 24 Oct 2009, 09:16 (Ref:2568526)

We very rarely get GP2 Asia live on Eurosport. I wouldn't have thought that 7am would have been a problem for them to show live action in place of teleshopping or Eurosport News by anyway, it's on at 12pm. Only a half an hour slot though - I hope it isn't badly chopped down like the non-live WsbR races tend to be

skells22 · 24 Oct 2009, 10:55 (Ref:2568593)

Quote:

Originally Posted by runshaw

Are they using the older GP2 cars like they usually do in the Asia series?

i think that is a yes to that question

sauber11 · 24 Oct 2009, 11:25 (Ref:2568617)

Also gp2 asia cars have less power, 450 hp not 620 if i remember correctly.

Day 2

1 - Davide Valsecchi - iSport - 1'52"3
2 - Sam Bird - ART - 1'53"1
3 - Luiz Razia - Barwa Addax - 1'53"3
4 - Josef Kral - Super Nova - 1'53"4
5 - Diego Nunes - Meritus - 1'53"8
6 - Johnny Cecotto - Trident - 1'53"9
7 - Max Chilton - Barwa Addax - 1'53"9
8 - Pablo Sanchez - Arden - 1'54"3
9 - Michael Herck - DPR - 1'54"4
10 - Fabio Leimer - Ocean - 1'54"4
11 - Alexander Rossi - Ocean - 1'54"6
12 - Rodolfo Gonzalez - Arden - 1'54"6
13 - Luca Filippi - Meritus - 1'54"8
14 - Christian Vietoris - Dams - 1'54"9
15 - Edoardo Piscopo - Dams - 1'55"2
16 - Marcus Ericsson - ART - 1'55"2
17 - Daniel Zampieri - Piquet GP - 1'55"5
18 - Roldan Rodriguez - PartyPoker Coloni - 1'55"6
19 - Vladimir Arabadhziev - Piquet GP - 1'55"7
20 - James Jakes - Super Nova - 1'55"9
21 - Will Bratt - PartyPoker Coloni - 1'57"6
22 - Plamen Kralev - Trident - 1'59"4

p-matt · 24 Oct 2009, 12:39 (Ref:2568652)

Bloody hell, still 7 seconds off the pace for Kralev!! Come back Teixeira all is forgiven :P

ptclaus98 · 24 Oct 2009, 13:21 (Ref:2568674)

Do they cover it online?

sauber11 · 24 Oct 2009, 16:41 (Ref:2568764)

Quote:

Originally Posted by p-matt

Bloody hell, still 7 seconds off the pace for Kralev!! Come back Teixeira all is forgiven :P

haha, exactly. Kralev shows us importance of 107% rule.

Afternoon times
1. Luca Filippi Meritus 1:51.415 28
2. Roldan Rodriguez Scuderia Coloni 1:51.435 26
3. Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:51.508 15
4. Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 1:51.650 19
5. Diego Nunes Meritus 1:51.993 25
6. Rodolfo Gonzalez Arden International 1:52.083 28
7. Christian Vietoris DAMS 1:52.235 29
8. Josef Kral Super Nova Racing 1:52.294 11
9. Marcus Ericsson ART Grand Prix 1:52.297 18
10. Michael Herck DPR 1:52.420 25
11. Johnny Cecotto Trident Racing 1:52.422 33
12. Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 1:52.478 12
13. Luiz Razia Barwa Addax Team 1:52.498 20
14. James Jakes Super Nova Racing 1:52.567 33
15. Edoardo Piscopo DAMS 1:52.625 18
16. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Piquet GP 1:52.473 33
17. Daniel Zampieri Piquet GP 1:52.760 25
18. Alexander Rossi Ocean Racing Technology 1:52.877 32
19. Max Chilton Barwa Addax Team 1:52.998 24
20 William Bratt Scuderia Coloni 1:53.001 28
21. Pablo Sanchez Arden International 1:53.571 6
22. Plamen Kralev Trident Racing 1:56.874 30

Mekola · 24 Oct 2009, 18:32 (Ref:2568815)

Curiously, Giacomo Ricci was inscripted as an entry for DPR but hasn't tested the car in both days.

ivanalesi · 24 Oct 2009, 19:53 (Ref:2568855)

Back in 2006 in F3ES, he was also listed as driver, but it was because they wanted to have more testing as a 2 car team or something along the lines, but he never raced. Whenever there's no driver, Herck brings Ricci. He's Herck's favourite driver

Btw, the local "rally-racing" veteran community is in disbelief, no news on Kralev :P It must be the team, no doubt! The GP2 Asia announcement was top news for all TVs, today not a word

Go_For_Pole · 24 Oct 2009, 20:34 (Ref:2568876)

Is Arabadzhiev getting a mention at least?

skells22 · 24 Oct 2009, 21:14 (Ref:2568895)

roll on next Saturday

ivanalesi · 24 Oct 2009, 21:16 (Ref:2568897)

No, not a damn word. If they have to say something about him, they will have to mention Kralev, so... Only articles on the Internet, but compared to interviews and top news for bTV(which is the largest, 35%), it's nothing.
Otherwise OK showing for him today, he said Piquet were cool, though I think he needs experienced and fast teammate, like vd Drift in his 1st year in Formula Master.

el_cat · 24 Oct 2009, 22:41 (Ref:2568942)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ivanalesi

No, not a damn word. If they have to say something about him, they will have to mention Kralev, so... Only articles on the Internet, but compared to interviews and top news for bTV(which is the largest, 35%), it's nothing.
Otherwise OK showing for him today, he said Piquet were cool, though I think he needs experienced and fast teammate, like vd Drift in his 1st year in Formula Master.

Surely this will work out well for Arabadzhiev in the long run? If Kralev is going to get any exposure they will find it hard to ignore Arabadzhiev, and he stands a decent chance of picking up points I think.

skells22 · 25 Oct 2009, 09:51 (Ref:2569215)

i have found out that Eurosport will do race 2 live next weekend

jab · 25 Oct 2009, 12:18 (Ref:2569304)

To be fair to Kralev, he has been driving GTs lately, he's getting faster, there have been drivers as slow or slower than him in F1, and who was expecting him to be particularly quick?

Good for him, I say. You need a couple of ridiculously slow pay drivers in a field to make it entertaining. It's like going back to 1994 in F1

Mekola · 25 Oct 2009, 16:09 (Ref:2569430)

Perhaps Bulgaria needs him there. It won't be the fastest driver on the grid, but Kralev seems to be popular in his country.

ivanalesi · 25 Oct 2009, 20:17 (Ref:2569565)

Bulgaria needs him in the stands with his mouth firmly shut, not on the track. Mind you, he's absorbing the media with complete false stand points, as "I'm being paid by the team to drive in GP2", "I'm driving Rolls-Royce because I'm racing driver". Now imagine when this is in all the media and some karting kid comes and asks for sponsorship?! And he's sponsored by me, The National Tourism Authority is his sponsor and apparently some companies who have rejected any talks with kids who tested or tried racing in FR2.0/FBMW, but stopped due to cash. We had kids who finished with top marks driving academies, one had BMW Scholarship, but they can't find the budget.

Hawkwood · 28 Oct 2009, 01:17 (Ref:2571100)

Can't see if it's been mentioned before, Arden have confirmed both Rodolfo Gonzalez and Charles Pic.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79787

N.A-D.R · 28 Oct 2009, 07:20 (Ref:2571185)

Great to see Charles Pic coming into GP2 now, i am very fond of his talent. I hope he does well.

Dan Friel · 2 Nov 2009, 18:55 (Ref:2574327)

Valsecchi is pretty talented, made everyone else look pretty average. Sam Bird unlucky, one mechanical falut ruined his weekend and probably the series for him.

Levasseur · 4 Nov 2009, 08:39 (Ref:2575416)

Valsecchi is finally what Italy needs for F1. I think he will made it into F1, as well as Mirco Bortolotti. Both are dammed good drivers and modest. As for our Bulgarians, both showed that we miss a racing circuit, traditions in single seaters. Plamen made so many mistakes, and Vlado crashed into Ericsson.
Btw media told that it was Ericsson that forced Arabadjiev to withdraw. Before this he gained 12 !! positions.

miniman · 10 Nov 2009, 10:34 (Ref:2579409)

GP2 main season testing at Paul Ricard today and next two days. Anyone have any inside information? Drivers/teams, timing?

sauber11 · 10 Nov 2009, 10:55 (Ref:2579429)

http://twitpic.com/oz7zy thats for today

ivanalesi · 10 Nov 2009, 10:58 (Ref:2579433)

Have we ever had live-timing for Paul Ricard or is it just my memory failing?

miniman · 10 Nov 2009, 10:58 (Ref:2579435)

Quote:

Originally Posted by sauber11

http://twitpic.com/oz7zy thats for today

Thanks for that. how's it going? what time does morning session finish?

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