GP2 Asia R1 -

Adri_tifosi · 24 Jan 2008, 21:37 (Ref:2112889)

By request of chunterer , I start the Asia Season

Hazard · 24 Jan 2008, 22:25 (Ref:2112933)

Live coverage on Eurosport 2 at 11:30am GMT tomorrow for race 1.

Woot - wait, I'm at work. Darn - damn these crazy 'wrong' weekends that they have in Dubai

Martin Haven · 25 Jan 2008, 02:35 (Ref:2113094)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hazard

Live coverage on Eurosport 2 at 11:30am GMT tomorrow for race 1.

Woot - wait, I'm at work. Darn - damn these crazy 'wrong' weekends that they have in Dubai

That's why you have Sky+...

also, race 2 is live on Saturday morning at 0900 GMT, so you can watch it in bed with tea and bacon buttie...

Kai · 25 Jan 2008, 03:32 (Ref:2113109)

I'm excited!!!

Mekola · 25 Jan 2008, 06:55 (Ref:2113155)

Wonder where is the schedule for this racing weekend.
If I had knew that the schedule had qualifying today, I would have closed the prediction competition rounds this morning.

kerrmanningjarv · 25 Jan 2008, 07:30 (Ref:2113162)

http://www.dubaiautodrome.com/trackt...e.aspx?id=4518

Here it is (in Dubai time)

Kai · 25 Jan 2008, 08:13 (Ref:2113175)

Soucek fastest in Free Practice, helped by red flags mind you.

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/...s_session.html

sauber11 · 25 Jan 2008, 08:23 (Ref:2113180)

qualifying
Pos Driver Team Time
1. R. Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:21.760
2. B. Senna iSport International 1:21.809 + 0.049
3. A. Soucek DPR 1:21.859 + 0.099
4. K. Chandhok iSport International 1:21.963 + 0.203
5. A. Valles Fisichella Motor Sport 1:22.180 + 0.420
6. L. Filippi Qi-Meritus Mahara 1:22.187 + 0.427
7. M. Bonanomi Piquet Sports 1:22.373 + 0.613
8. H. Yoshimoto Qi-Meritus Mahara 1:22.469 + 0.709
9. D. Valsecchi Durango 1:22.485 + 0.725
10. S. Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:22.520 + 0.760
11. K. Kobayashi DAMS 1:22.556 + 0.796
12. H. Tung Trident Racing 1:22.595 + 0.835
13. F. Fauzy Super Nova Racing 1:22.874 + 1.114
14. A. Valerio Durango 1:22.891 + 1.131
15. C. Bakkerud Super Nova Racing 1:22.947 + 1.187
16. H. Schleghelmilch Trident Racing 1:23.048 + 1.288
17. D. Nunes Barwa International Campos 1:23.190 + 1.430
18. M. Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:23.240 + 1.480
19. S. Jelley ART Grand Prix 1:23.637 + 1.877
20. A. Khan Trust Team Arden 1:23.859 + 2.099
21. J. D'Ambrosio DAMS 1:23.867 + 2.107
22. J. Tahinci BCN Competicion 1:23.941 + 2.181
23. M. Herck Fisichella Motor Sport 1:24.078 + 2.318
24. M. Puglisi Piquet Sports 1:24.378 + 2.618
25. A. Ebrahim DPR 1:24.864 + 3.104
26. V. Petrov Barwa International Campos no time

Kidzer · 25 Jan 2008, 09:44 (Ref:2113227)

Odd, a race on a friday...

...Well, I'll watch it anyways - I'll work from home until it comes on, watch it and jump on a bus into work - horay for timesheets!

**bella** · 25 Jan 2008, 10:23 (Ref:2113250)

fridays and saturdays are the weekend around that end of the world though aren't they?

**chunterer** · 25 Jan 2008, 11:26 (Ref:2113285)

Good man Adri!

So only few mins to go then.

Have to say I didn't necessarily expect Grosjean to be on it straight way but hats off to the guy. Looks like he's going to be something special.

I still fancy either Senna or Valles for the win today though, then we'll see tomorrow.

Tung's gone better in qual than his testing pace showed so I think he could be the mover of the race.....

Olive · 25 Jan 2008, 11:44 (Ref:2113296)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bella

fridays and saturdays are the weekend around that end of the world though aren't they?

Essentially, yes, although it varies from country to country.

Some are Thurs-Fri, some Fri-Sat and some Sat-Sun.

Dubai itself only changed from Thurs-Fri to Fri-Sat a couple of years back.

JakeC · 25 Jan 2008, 11:49 (Ref:2113300)

Hi everyone,

I guess that race 1 has started by now. Does anyone have any updates? I don't have Eurosport 2 unfortunately.

Cheers,
JakeC

**chunterer** · 25 Jan 2008, 12:07 (Ref:2113316)

Assuming thrre's no spoilers in place, (There isn't i've just decided!)

Grosjean 4 secs up on Soucek, who has 2 on Senna after the stops. Valles made rubbish start and dropped to 10th but now 4th. Jelley was 2nd but one of last to stop so will rejoin well down.

Grosjean got away early on after Senna was asleep and let Soucek get by.

Senna quicket on track at the mo by some margin....

JakeC · 25 Jan 2008, 12:18 (Ref:2113320)

Thanks very much chunterer, top man!

Sounds like a good battle is brewing between Senna and Soucek.

**chunterer** · 25 Jan 2008, 13:56 (Ref:2113366)

Well in the end Grosjean dominated. Senna pulled an ace move on Soucek around outside of the hairpin at end of the back straight about 4 laps from home and immediately pulled away. However it was all too late as Grosjean was 12 seconds up the road!!

Valles drove well to hassle Soucek at the end having been down the field earlier in the event with Filippi and Yoshimoto following him home.

There were several spins, particularly from people coming out of pits after tyre change. Chandhok was one although he ended up in top 8. Bakkerud drove quite feistily early on but spun off and out.

Other than that there wasn't much to rave about other than the fairly stunning drive from the Frenchman at the front.

What do other's think?

Charlies · 25 Jan 2008, 14:53 (Ref:2113393)

Agree with you chunterer, Grosjean looked pretty faultless. The move of the race was Senna on Soucek, and setting fastest lap makes him Grosjean's closest challenger. I'd say the sprint will be between those two.

However, I was disappointed by the race. It's probably the broader range of abilities, but the racing wasn't as intense as usual. Hopefully the reverse grid will make tomorrow more exciting.

I felt sorry for Martin and Gareth with so many similarly livered cars; but calling Tahinchi a 'waste of space' made up for any confusion. It's what everyone else was thinking.

**chunterer** · 25 Jan 2008, 15:13 (Ref:2113404)

Yes good point about the disparity of ability across the entry, there's a few people who arguably aren't too clever on how to drive these things yet along with a few who never will be so we may find a few harsh words between some drivers after some lappery has taken place!

However it's a good way for them to find out about cars (which I guess will be broadly similar to drive to the new ones) rather than jumping straight into the main series and making an arse of themselves!

I think tomorrow's race will possibly be 3 way Grosjean, Senna and Valles (if he doesn't balls up his opening lap again) with Soucek getting in there or thereabouts. However as we saw last season it's much tougher for the quick boys to come through from the reverse grid and physically overtake the slightly slower guys.

Chandhok and Yoshimoto will be tough nuts to crack?

kerrmanningjarv · 25 Jan 2008, 16:34 (Ref:2113451)

A good first race, nothing great but there were some very good overtakes.

Grosjean was simply awesome - he was faultless. Senna showed blistering pace, though, so will be a threat to Romain tomorrow. Can't wait to see Bruno and Romain starting 7th and 8th.

And well done to Gareth Rees to say what we're all thinking - Tahinci's always been useless and I guess some things never change!

Ajayrious · 25 Jan 2008, 16:59 (Ref:2113471)

The race was just about average i think for GP2. As usual the commentary more than made up for any lulls in race action.

Grosjean seems already to be the Rosberg, Kovalainen, Hamilton, Glock category, and with ART behind him you really have to fancy him.

I agree about the big performance gap through the field, Adam Khan, who in A1GP makes Tahinci look like a courteus driver, exceeded my expectations by not finishing last.

**bella** · 25 Jan 2008, 17:17 (Ref:2113488)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlies

However, I was disappointed by the race. It's probably the broader range of abilities, but the racing wasn't as intense as usual. Hopefully the reverse grid will make tomorrow more exciting.

there's very few winter series that do manage to live up to the standards of the main series though - shorter season, smaller budget, different wallet:abilities ratios.

Dan Friel · 25 Jan 2008, 18:52 (Ref:2113559)

Was a good day out, GP2 race was reasonable entertainment with the Senna / Soucek scrap being the obvious highlight. Chandook spun right under my nose, was a bit average on cold tyres. There was a crowd of 5 at the first corner for the start, a bit of a shame that only a few people ventured beyond the grandstand (a couple of pics below)

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/RSCN0357.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/RSCN0344.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/RSCN0342.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/DSCN0272.jpg

P3ndula · 25 Jan 2008, 20:47 (Ref:2113617)

Cracking photos, Dan

Hazard · 25 Jan 2008, 20:53 (Ref:2113621)

Well, I went with the Sky+ option Martin

Shocking domination from Grosjean - a fairly uneventful race, but feel it may have been blighted by sloppy camera work to an extent.

The car liveries are just way too confusing, ashame the car gallery on the GP2 Asia site hasn't been updated to try and help id the cars.

sauber11 · 25 Jan 2008, 21:05 (Ref:2113628)

7.
KarunChandhok
iSport International
8.
Fairuz Fauzy
Super Nova Racing
Sebastien Buemi (Trust Team Arden) finished 7th, but was excluded as the car not conformed

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