GP2 Istanbul - Weekend Thread

[chunterer]

Ok then, pretty difficult to gauge the form after just one round, but Grosjean/ART, Parente/Super Nova and Kobayashi/DAMS seemed to be the main men with Pantano/RE (ER HERM... SORRY!), Senna/I-Sport and a few others not far off.

So what do we think will happen in Turkey?

ART and I-Sport have been good here in the past but it's heartening to see category/level stalwarts DAMS and Super Nova coming back into the picture.....

[sauber11]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67236
Soucek doing really great, piquet duo again very fast. Looking forward this weekend

[Euphony]

Pantano with Campos?

[Adri_tifosi]

Originally Posted by Euphony

Pantano with Campos?

No , Pantano with Racing Engineering

[Lam Pak]

ho pin tung should be doing better this time in turkey.

[sauber11]

Pantano on pole, Zuber second, Carroll great 3 place ahead of Grosjean and Senna. Buemi 16, Parente 21.

[sauber11]

1 G. Pantano Racing Engineering 1:32.659
2 A. Zuber Piquet Sports 1:32.913
3 A. Carroll FMS International 1:33.141
4 R. Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:33.248
5 B. Senna iSport International 1:33.449
6 P. Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:33.451
7 K. Chandhok iSport International 1:33.703
8 J. Villa Racing Engineering 1:33.813
9 D. Valsecchi Durango 1:33.841
10 V. Petrov Campos 1:33.896
11 J. d`Ambrosio DAMS 1:33.948
12 B. Hanley Campos 1:33.957
13 A. Valles BCN Competicion 1:34.006
14 A. Soucek Super Nova International 1:34.064
15 M. Conway Trident Racing 1:34.170
16 S. Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:34.173
17 Y. Buurman Trust Team Arden 1:34.186
18 L. Filippi ART Grand Prix 1:34.366
19 H. Tung Trident Racing 1:34.506
20 D. Nunes DPR 1:34.617
21 A. Parente Super Nova International 1:34.620
22 K. Kobayashi DAMS 1:34.667
23 A. Valerio Durango 1:34.678
24 Roldan Rodriguez FMS International 1:34.698
25 M. Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:35.398
26 G. Ricci DPR 1:35.878

[OJB]

Great for Pantano - and very very good for Carroll. He's showing exactly why he should be on the GP2 grid.

Heard Valsecchi had a very bad crash at the end of the session - took a long time to get him out of the car because he became enveloped in the tyres. Parente, Buemi and Kobayashi are a bit off form - as is Filippi.... Bit harder for rookies this weekend I suppose, although Grosjean and Valsecchi are up there.

[kerrmanningjarv]

Carroll, after only 1 hour in the car, takes 3rd? Amazing.

[Jackman]

Valsecchi had a huge crash at the end of the back straight - he just went straight and didn't seem to brake - and was buried deep in the tyre wall. He is fine, nothing broken, but will be out for the weekend on medical advice. Shame, as he was looking handy in 9th.

Filippi's sidepod cover came lose on his second set of tyres so he had to come in, he was pulled into scrutineering for five minutes, and lost his laps. He is looking super upset at the moment, as he was at the sharp end in the first half of qualy (after going totally the wrong way in set up in free practice).

Hanley: +10 for avoidable accident in Barcelona
Valerio: +5 for extra lap after end of free practice
Kobayashi: +5 for extra lap after end of free practice

5 other drivers up to the stewards for not slowing under yellow at the start of qualy: no news yet.

[Jackman]

Nunes, Valerio, Pavlovic, Soucek, Conway: +5 on grid for failing to sufficiently slow for yellow flags in qualifying.

[chunterer]

That's a good grid yes?
Bir spread out timewise eh?

[kerrmanningjarv]

About half the grid have been sent to the back

[Bleu]

By my calculations Parente moves up to 16th on the grid.

[OJB]

Hasn't really been mentioned, but Valles 13th (11th once Valsecchi and Hanley are taken out of equation) on his first outing for BCN is pretty good. When was the last time we saw a BCN car qualify that high? (End of 2006 to answer my own question :P)

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by kerrmanningjarv

About half the grid have been sent to the back

Does that substantially increase the possibility of carnage on the opening lap?

Yes good point about Valles OJB, says something about the guy's ability. However he was one of my dark horses for the title at FMSI, but one would think his chances have gone with BCN......

Wonderif Parente can make progres in the race. Shame also for new teammate Soucek that he was penalised as he seems to be competitive.

[OJB]

Not wishing anything bad against Bakkerud, but I hope Soucek gets a couple of races with Super Nova to show what he is capable of and remind people what they are missing

[strider]

After all the penalties have been applied, this is how it looks:

Today's grid:

Pos  Driver            Team
 1.  Giorgio Pantano   Racing Engineering
 2.  Andreas Zuber     Piquet Sports
 3.  Adam Carroll      FMS International
 4.  Romain Grosjean   ART Grand Prix
 5.  Bruno Senna       iSport International
 6.  Pastor Maldonado  Piquet Sports
 7.  Karun Chandhok    iSport International
 8.  Javier Villa      Racing Engineering
 9.  Vitaly Petrov     Campos Team
10.  J.D'Ambrosio      DAMS
11.  Adrián Valles     BCN Competicion
12.  Sébastien Buemi   Trust Team Arden
13.  Yelmer Buurman    Trust Team Arden
14.  Luca Filippi      ART Grand Prix
15.  Ho-Pin Tung       Trident Racing
16.  Andy Soucek       Super Nova Racing
17.  Mike Conway       Trident Racing
18.  Álvaro Parente    Super Nova Racing
19.  Benjamin Hanley   Campos Team
20.  Roldán Rodriguez  FMS International
21.  Giacomo Ricci     DPR
22.  Kamui Kobayashi   DAMS
23.  Diego Nunes       DPR
24.  Alberto Valerio   Durango
25.  Milos Pavlovic    BCN Competicion

[Born Racer]

Well done Pantano and Racing Engineering!

[Adri_tifosi]

Originally Posted by Born Racer

Well done Pantano and Racing Engineering!

Yes !!!!!!!!!!

Race 1

1 – Giorgio Pantano – Racing Engineering – 34 Laps 56'51''183
2 – Romain Grosjean – ART - 1''792
3 – Andreas Zuber – Piquet - 2'252
4 – Karun Chandhok – Isport - 11''321
5 – Vitaly Petrov – Campos - 12''474
6 – Sebastien Buemi – Arden - 13''773
7 – Javier Villa – Racing Engineering - 14''894
8 – Adam Carroll – FMSI - 16''675
9 – Mike Conway – Trident - 17''743
10 – Adrian Valles – BCN - 19''012
11 – Ho Pin Tung – Trident - 20''345
12 – Roldan Rodriguez – FMSI - 21''238
13 – Diego Nunes – DPR - 22''507
14 – Yelmer Buurman - 23''294
15 – Bruno Senna – Isport - 23''765
16 – Luca Filippi – ART - 1 Lap
17 – Ben Hanley – Campos – 1 Lap
18 – Alberto Valerio – Durango – 2 Laps
19 – Andy Soucek – Super Nova – 3 Laps

Retired

Jerome D'Ambrosio
Pastor Maldonado
Milos Pavlovic
Giacomo Ricci
AlvaroParente
Kamui Kobayashi

Fastest Lap

Andreas Zuber 1'33''482

[Sev]

Indeed, congratulations to RE and Pantano!

New provisional championship looks like this:
1 Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 21
2 Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 13
3 Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 12
4 Alvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 11
5 Bruno Senna iSport International 11
6 Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 10
7 Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 8
8 Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Tea... 7
9 Karun Chandhok iSport International 5
10 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 3
11 Davide Valsecchi Durango 2
12 Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 2
13 Adam Carroll FMS International 1

[Down F0rce]

Bruno Senna is out of Race 2, after colliding with a dog. There was at leat two dogs on the track, bringing out the saftey car.

I hope Turkey gets a massive fine for this, if not lose thier GP.

[mjstallard]

I've got very little ITV4 signal today (they seem to be unwilling to transmit with more power than an asthmatic ant), so finding it nigh on impossible to follow - stuttering sound for minutes on end to hear about 5 seconds of an interview with Senna's team boss talking about the dog incident. Ridiculous! How the hell did they even get into the circuit, let alone onto the track?!

[Kidzer]

Yeah, that was a bit of a joke.

Paul Jackson mentioned iSport getting compensated for the damage to the car, and I don't think he is unjustified in mentioning that!

Congratulations to the Top 3, not too bad a race - seen better, but seen worse!

[manbearpig]

Dogs on tracks is definitely not the thing Turkish GP needed keeping in mind the scandal at the podium ceremony in F1.