GP2 Round 2 Barcelona

Adri_tifosi · 11 May 2007, 13:27 (Ref:1911076)

Friday

Free Practice

1. Timo Glock iSport International 1:29.126 14
2. Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:29.349 + 0.223 13
3. Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1:29.549 + 0.423 14
4. Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 1:29.751 + 0.625 13
5. Karun Chandhok Durango 1:29.810 + 0.684 13
6. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:29.874 + 0.748 16
7. Bruno Senna Arden International 1:29.906 + 0.780 14
8. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:29.917 + 0.791 8
9. Mike Conway Super Nova International 1:29.990 + 0.864 14
10. Antonio Pizzonia FMS International 1:30.066 + 0.940 13
11. Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:30.232 + 1.106 16
12. Andy Soucek DPR 1:30.244 + 1.118 14
13. Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:30.311 + 1.185 11
14. Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:30.352 + 1.226 7
15. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:30.358 + 1.232 12
16. Sergio Jimenez Racing Engineering 1:30.553 + 1.427 13
17. Borja Garcia Durango 1:30.577 + 1.451 14
18. Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:30.629 + 1.503 17
19. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:30.646 + 1.520 17
20. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:30.734 + 1.608 17
21. Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 1:30.794 + 1.668 16
22. Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competicion 1:31.711 + 2.585 15
23. C.Bakkerud DPR 1:34.374 + 5.248 4
24. Jason Tahinci FMS International 1:39.915 + 10.789 3
25. Michael Aleshin ART Grand Prix No time 2
26. Ho-Pin Tung BCN Competicion No Time 1

Sev · 11 May 2007, 16:12 (Ref:1911188)

Friday

Qualifying Times

1. Timo Glock iSport 1m 27.713s
2. Andreas Zuber iSport 1m 28.102s
3. Lucas di Grassi ART 1m 28.681s
4. Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1m 28.712s
5. Mike Conway Super Nova 1m 28.716s
6. Giorgio Pantano Campos 1m 28.484s#
7. Bruno Senna Arden 1m 28.762s
8. Borja Garcia Durango 1m 28.808s
9. Luca Fillipi Super Nova 1m 28.941s
10. Karun Chandhok Durango 1m 29.025s
11. Antonio Pizzonia FMSI 1m 29.146s
12. Roldan Rodriguez Minardi Piquet 1m 29.349s
13. Xandi Negrao Minardi Piquet 1m 29.494s
14. Kohei Hirate Trident 1m 29.574s
15. Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1m 28.696s##
16. Adrian Zaugg Arden 1m 29.698s
17. Vitaly Petrov Campos 1m 29.716s
18. Sakon Yamamoto BCN 1m 29.551s#
19. Sergio Jimenez Racing Engineering 1m 29.727s
20. Pastor Maldonado Trident 1m 29.810s
21. Mikhail Aleshin ART 1m 30.026s
22. Jason Tahinci FMSI 1m 30.392s
23. Christian Bakkerud DPR 1m 30.843s
24. Ho-Pin Tung BCN 1m 31.636s
25. Andy Soucek DPR 1m 30.130s#
26. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1m 32.173s

# denotes given a three-place grid penalty for yellow flag infringement in practice
## denotes given a 10-place grid penalty from Bahrain Race 2

strider · 11 May 2007, 16:35 (Ref:1911204)

Interesting. On actual times, Pantano would have been 3rd and Nakajima 4th or 5th.

Ominously for the rest, it looks as though Glock and iSport are now showing the form that everyone was predicting pre-season.

SALEEN S7R · 11 May 2007, 16:47 (Ref:1911213)

Glock on pole then, no big suprise there. Nice to see Conway up the grid in 5th, hopefully he wont have the problems this time around he had at Bahrain. Will be interesting to see if Pizzonia comes through the field tommorow, for someone of his pedigree he has so far failed to shine this year. IMO.

Jackman · 11 May 2007, 17:56 (Ref:1911247)

The guys who picked up the penalties this morning got five spot hits, not three.

Charlies · 11 May 2007, 18:41 (Ref:1911268)

Glock was the pre-season favourite and Bahrain wasn't representative of his pace given his problems. Still the race behind iSport, if they keep their advantage in the race, should be close; just three tenths between third and ninth.

Looking forward to tomorrow, let's hope they buck the trend for processional races at Barcelona.

Russfeld · 12 May 2007, 07:27 (Ref:1911455)

Have you always been penalised for yellow flag infringements? Or does that come in with similar offenses handed down in F1 last year? Usually you just lose your fast lap and sometimes additional laps, I wasn't aware of a fixed grid penalty.

Jackman · 12 May 2007, 07:35 (Ref:1911461)

No, it's new for this year. They used to lose their 2 fastest laps but there were times last year where, for example, Hamilton banged in 3 identical laps and didn't actually get a penalty, so they've changed it this year in line with F1.

roachy101 · 12 May 2007, 13:19 (Ref:1911653)

timo glock should win here

Adri_tifosi · 12 May 2007, 14:02 (Ref:1911671)

http://www.eurosport.com/gp2/spain/2...tc192004.shtml

Knowlesy · 12 May 2007, 15:04 (Ref:1911692)

Why are the engines so unreliable thus far? This really should not be happening.

SALEEN S7R · 12 May 2007, 15:14 (Ref:1911696)

Good first win for Senna, if a little fortunate. Great recovery drive from Glock, he almost did it! Got to feel sorry for Conway, didnt do anything wrong and got taken out. Still theres always tommorow, but somehow I think he will find it harder to come through the pack this time around than he did at Bahrain where overtaking is a lot easier. All in all though a suprisingly interesting race. IMO.

Jimmy Magnusson · 12 May 2007, 15:20 (Ref:1911701)

Congratulations to Alfonso who have both of his cars on the front row for tomorrow

Excellent debute for Aleshin too.

Daisy · 12 May 2007, 15:35 (Ref:1911711)

I saw a picture of Negrao(?) flying over Conway. What happend there?

Charlies · 12 May 2007, 15:45 (Ref:1911717)

Not a bad race. Obviously Glock would have won without the tactical blunder, but it's great to see Senna win. It's come earlier than I'd expected, but the kid has talent, and considering he's only been racing for three or four years his performance has been very impressive.

Credit to Aleshin, a good result considering his time in the car. Nakajima's fast if he could only get to the end of the race. With Glock's pace, if he doesn't get caught in any incidents he should win tomorrow.

Don't understand the engine failures as the cars have been reliable since they sorted out the initial problems. Maybe the new bodywork is compromising cooling.

Sev · 12 May 2007, 16:28 (Ref:1911738)

Yep, have to agree with all of the above.

Very controlled race from Senna. I think he knew he had it in the bag from the first stop, and pushed exactly the right amount.

Shame about Conway. Considering he's the first person in GP2 I've really supported (living about 1 mile from him), it's been a painful first few races. He hasn't really done anything wrong, but just always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. At least his pace is there (even if his starts are not)

Jimmy Magnusson · 12 May 2007, 17:37 (Ref:1911769)

And before I forget, thanks Martin & Gareth. I'm certain that the race doubles in ejoyment when you two commentate

Jackman · 12 May 2007, 17:54 (Ref:1911777)

Quote:

Originally Posted by SALEEN S7R

Got to feel sorry for Conway, didnt do anything wrong and got taken out.

Sorry, but you couldn't be more wrong: Conway got swallowed off the line by Pantano and then barrelled into him, with Pantano bounced off and into Filippi while Conway kept going and took out Negrao, who is now in hospital. There was no doubt that all the mayhem at the first corner, other than Chandhok (who spun by himself), was Conway's fault.

strider · 12 May 2007, 19:24 (Ref:1911821)

I may be biased but I think that was an outstanding performance by Senna. Sure, there was a degree of luck, but it seems to have been a deliberate decision by Glock not to pit until late. Bruno moved up to 3rd off the line and jumped Di Grassi at the pit stops. After that he paced himself perfectly despite problems with a left front tyre.

I hoped and thought the guy would win in GP2, but not as soon as this.

Kidzer · 12 May 2007, 19:37 (Ref:1911823)

Not a bad race, gotta give Karun Chandhok a mention for his silly (and self-induced, replays showed) accident at the start, shouldn't be making silly and *very* dangerous mistakes at that level.

Very well done to Bruno Senna though, top drive...hopefully Arden can avoid a mid-season drop off this year.

hotwheels · 12 May 2007, 20:19 (Ref:1911837)

not bad for a spanish team in a spanish track. BTW, how was their races? both started really from the back, AFAIK.

hotwheels · 12 May 2007, 20:21 (Ref:1911839)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy Magnusson

Congratulations to Alfonso who have both of his cars on the front row for tomorrow

Excellent debute for Aleshin too.

RACING ENGINEERING: not bad for a spanish team in a spanish track. BTW, how was their races? both started really from the back, AFAIK.

Aleshin: very good race.

safc_fan89 · 12 May 2007, 20:40 (Ref:1911848)

It's just a shame for Senna that his name is Senna...we all know who he will be compared to.

Adri_tifosi · 12 May 2007, 21:00 (Ref:1911856)

A very good result for Racing Engineering , congratulations for Alfonso

Great race also for Rodriguez

Sev · 12 May 2007, 22:05 (Ref:1911910)

Quote:

Originally Posted by safc_fan89

It's just a shame for Senna that his name is Senna...we all know who he will be compared to.

I think his name brings him enough advantages that he can probably find it within himself to get over it

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