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Test in Misano for Ghirelli, Nagulin, Campana and La Rosa
22.12.2011
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| Christmas is just three days away, but the Auto GP teams keep working hard. With the 2012 season starting as early as March 10 in Monza there isn’t much time to spare in order to be ready for the fight, so all the Auto GP outfits are working at full steam both at the weiter >> |
Autosprint “Silver Helmet” Award for Kevin Ceccon
14.12.2011
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| The amazing 2011 Auto GP season, which saw Kevin Ceccon clinch the title at the last race after a three-way fight with Luca Filippi and Sergei Afanasiev, keeps paying dividends for both the championship and its drivers.The Aut weiter >> |
Tests for Campos, MLR71 and MP Motorsport
07.12.2011
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| Tests for Campos, MLR71 and MP Motorsport While the Championship staff keeps working hard in order to prepare the coming season, the Auto GP teams are also working at full steam in order to get ready for the 2012 challenge.In this weiter >> |
Auto GP introduces Overboost for 2012
02.12.2011
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| Auto GP keeps churning out important news for 2012. The organizer already announced the introduction of the mandatory pit-stop in Race 2 in order to maximize the learning features of the Series, but there’s other major news for next season: from 2012 the Auto GP car weiter >> |
Team Ghinzani targets Auto GP commitment
01.12.2011
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| After MLR71, the first new entry for the 2012 season, Auto GP keeps attracting the interest of the best teams in international motorsport. While the outfits that are already part of the Series are confirming their commitments and in some cases are w weiter >> |
Auto GP to feature longer Race 2 with pit-stop in 2012
25.11.2011
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| At the Auto GP Headquarters everybody is working at full steam to prepare an amazing 2012 season: for the first time in its history the Championship will travel outside Europe to hold rounds in Brazil and USA, becoming the only one-make Series to do so. An weiter >> |
Giancarlo Serenelli targets 2012 Auto GP commitment
09.11.2011
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| Giancarlo Serenelli was among the drivers taking part in the latest Auto GP test in Magione. The driver from Venezuela went on track on both days with Ombra Racing, in order to have all the time to work with the team and get acquainted with the 550 bhp boasted by the Zytek engine. weiter >> |
What drivers said after test day 2 in Magione
04.11.2011
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| Auto GP closed today in Magione its post-season promotional test: after a first day that saw 19 drivers go on track, also the second day of testing proved to be a success with 16 drivers behind the wheel of the Auto GP cars and some very interesting new entries, one of which came after a weiter >> |
15 drivers in Magione for the second day of testing
04.11.2011
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| After that yesterday the first day of testing in Magione saw 15 drivers getting on track, the engines were started again today for the second day of the Auto GP promotional test.15 drivers are taking the cars through the corners of the twisty Italian weiter >> |
18 drivers in Magione for the first day of testing
03.11.2011
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| 18 drivers are on track today in Magione for the first day of the Auto GP promotional test. It’s a really varied line-up for both what concerns experience and nationality, given that the Italian tarmac hosted drivers from seven different countries, with three Champions among them.Campos Racing went on track with the Italian Superstars Champion Alberto Cerqui and Facundo weiter >> |
MLR71 is the first new entry for the 2012 Auto GP season
02.11.2011
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| The start of the 2012 season is still far away, but there’s a new entry already for Auto GP: it’s MLR71, a new team founded by Italian businessman Michele La Rosa purposedly to enter the Series.Despite being a “newborn”, MLR71 ha weiter >> |
Daniele Audetto backs Auto GP expansion concept
17.09.2011
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The intercontinental expansion planned by Auto GP for 2012 keeps getting plaudits. The Series announced an extended calendar for next year, with 8 events and three intercontinental trips to Brazil, USA and Japan: this means that, F1 aside, Auto GP will be the only open-wh weiter >> |
Valencia, Race 1: Afanasiev flag to flag
03.09.2011
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| Sergei Afanasiev is really on a charge in this final rounds of the Auto GP Championship. The Russian driver boasted a dominating performance, leading the race from flag to flag and becoming the first Auto GP driver to clinch a third win in 2011.The DAMS driver had a ver weiter >> |
Sergei Afanasiev pips Ceccon for pole in Valencia
03.09.2011
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| Sergei Afanasiev will be the poleman for the first race of the Auto GP weekend in Valencia, that will start today at 1.35 PM.The Russian driver posted a 1'23”436, a laptime that allowed him to take the top spot in the final stages of a thrilling weiter >> |
Auto GP has Worldwide plans for 2012
02.09.2011
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| With just one month to the end of the Championship, with the Valencia and Mugello rounds that are going to be the title deciders, for Auto GP it's already time to think about 2012.The Auto GP staff is already at work on the plans for next year, aiming to weiter >> |
Valencia, Free Practice 2: Luca Filippi, then the rain
02.09.2011
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Luca Filippi still leads the pack in Valencia. The SuperNova driver climbed at the top of the timesheet in the first minutes of the second Free Practice session, posting a 1'23”702 on used tyres that hints to a great potential for tomorrow's Qualifying. weiter >> |
Valencia, Free Practice 1: Filippi leads the pack
02.09.2011
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| There couldn't have been a better way for Luca Filippi to return to Auto GP. The Italian driver, who missed the Oschersleben round as he had a clashing commitment in GP2, immediately took the lead in Valencia, closing the first Free Practice session with a 1'24”170 that allowed him to bring the SuperNova car at the top of the timesheet.
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Adrian Campos Jr. aims for strong home showing
01.09.2011
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| While with just two events to the end of the championship some drivers are looking to the Valencia weekend as a key step in the chase for the title, there's another driver for whom the Spanish weekend will be a very special one.Adrian Campos Jr was born in Valencia and live weiter >> |
Kevin Ceccon: “I can stretch my lead in Valencia”
17.08.2011
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| The Auto GP drivers used the summer break to enjoy a bit of relax but now, with just two weeks to the Valencia event, it's time to get back to work in order to tackle the Grand Finale of the 2011 season in the best possible shape.It's the same for everybody, and weiter >> |
Oscherleben, Race 1: unstoppable Sergei Afanasiev
30.07.2011
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| Sergei Afanasiev shines again in Auto GP: the Russian driver, who just two weeks ago had to miss the Donington round due to problems in obtaining the visa, passed from bad to good clinching a dominating win (the second of his season) in the first race of the Oschersleben weekend. Sergei bo weiter >> |
60.000 euros for Jon Lancaster in Donington
20.07.2011
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| 34 points: that was the amazing tally grabbed by Jon Lancaster in Donington. The Brit boasted two staggering drives in his home race, clinching a dominating win in the wet in Race 1 (also posting the fastest lap of the race) and getting a great 4th place in Race 2 starting from P8. This allowed him to win the Weekend classification, bringing home the 60.000 euros prize money t weiter >> |
Second win for Samuele Buttarelli at Donington
17.07.2011
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| He already won Race 2 in Brno and doing it again in today’s Sprint Race in Donington he became the first Auto GP driver to clinch two race wins in 2011: Samuele Buttarelli boasted a really amazing drive, leading the pack from flag to flag and controlling the race like a veteran despite feeling the pressure of Adam Carroll behind him.The only tense moment of Buttarelli&rs weiter >> |
Adrian Campos Jr. set for Donington return
29.06.2011
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| He got back to full steam training in one month and a week, against the three months that the doctors where expecting: Adrian Campos jr. made a really quick recovery, and he will be back in Auto GP already from the Donington round.The Spaniard showed an impressive strength of weiter >> |
Jon Lancaster thrilled with Auto GP debut
22.06.2011
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| Jon Lancaster had an amazing debut weekend in Auto GP. He arrived in Brno with just two days of testing in the car, an experience dating back to six months ago in Barcelona, but despite this he was immediately on the pace: 2nd in the first Free Practice session, Jon then was fifth in Qualifying but just 2 tenths adrift from pole position. weiter >> |
3 million viewers for Auto GP on Eurosport
09.06.2011
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| Great audience for the start of the Auto GP season: the races of the opening Event, held in Monza on the 15 May weekend, were watched on Eurosport and Eurosport 2 by more than 3 million people.It’s a remarkable result, moreover considering that this figure ref weiter >> |
DAMS leads 2011 earnings classification
08.06.2011
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| The Budapest round of Auto GP wasn’t just the occasion to crown Kevin Ceccon and Sergei Afanasiev as the race winners. It was also the second time in the season that the Prize Money was awarded, sharing 100.000 euros between the first three classified cars of the event. weiter >> |
Budapest, Race 2: first win for Afanasiev
06.06.2011
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| With a commanding performance Sergei Afanasiev won the second round of the Auto GP Hungarian event, after an exciting race and a very eventful first lap.At the start Rodolfo Gonzalez was the best off the line, and took the lead entering first corner starti weiter >> |
Hungaroring Race 1 results
04.06.2011
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| AUTO GP Budapest, 4 June, Race 1 Hungaroring 2011 1 Kevin CECCON Ombra Racing 21 laps in 35’17”721 2 Adrien TAMBAY Gravity - Charouz Dams +49.547 3 Giovanni VENTURINI Griffitz Durango +53.185 4&n weiter >> |
Budapest, Race 1: sub judice win for Ceccon
04.06.2011
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| Sub judice win for Kevin Ceccon in Race 1 in Budapest, after a race that was deeply influenced by the Safety-Car that came on track on lap 9 for a crash involving Marco Barba. The Safety-Car picked up Filippi but the Italian driver wasn’t the leader anymore, as he weiter >> |
Budapest Qualifying results
04.06.2011
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| 1 Luca FILIPPI Supernova Racing 1:33.374 2 Kevin CECCON Ombra Racing 1:33.996 3 Fabio ONIDI Lazarus 1:34.017 4 Giovanni VENTURINI Griffitz Durango 1:34.106 5 Marco BARBA Campos Racing 1:34.221 weiter >> |
Budapest, Qualifying: stunning pole for Luca Filippi
04.06.2011
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| After hiding a bit in yesterday’s second Free Practice session choosing not to use new tyres, Luca Filippi broke cover in today’s qualifying: the SuperNova driver took pole position with an impressive 1’33”374, 6 tenths quicker than anybody else.Sec weiter >> |
Fabio Onidi: “In Budapest to keep momentum”
02.06.2011
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| Fabio Onidi was one of the main players of the opening Auto GP weekend in Monza. He was unlucky in Race 1, when a pit-stop gremlin hampered his strategy, and then took revenge in Sunday’s Sprint Race leading the Auto GP pack from flag to flag. Thanks to this he grabbed 3rd p weiter >> |
Stefano Bizzarri joins Ombra Racing in Budapest
02.06.2011
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| Stefano Bizzarri will be on the grid of the Budapest Auto GP round, starting next Friday at Hungaroring. The Italian driver, who actually lies 2nd in the standings of the International GT Open GTS Class driving a Ferrari 458 Italia, found an agreement with Ombra Racing to take part in the Hung weiter >> |
Monza Race 1 results
14.05.2011
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1. Giovanni Venturini Griffitz Durango 16 laps in 26’43”1462. Luca Filippi Supernova Racing + 1”184 3. Samuele Buttarelli TP Formula weiter >> |
Monza, Race 1: Venturini takes maiden win
14.05.2011
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Giovanni Venturini aims for a perfect weekend: after being the quickest in the First Practice and grabbing pole position yesterday, the Griffitz Durango driver took a dominating win Race 1, managing the race like an experienced driver despite being a rookie in the Champions weiter >> |
Monza, Qualifying: Venturini grabs first 2011 pole
13.05.2011
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The first pole position of the 2011 Auto GP season goes to an Under 21 driver: Giovanni Venturini, one of the series’ rookies, confirmed the great pace he showed in the Free Practice sessions and on a slower track compared to the morning, mainly due to hot temperatures, weiter >> |
Monza Free Practice 1 results
13.05.2011
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| AUTOGP Monza, 13 May, Free Practice 1 1. Giovanni Venturini Griffitz Durango 1’36”6292. Fabio Onidi Lazarus 1’36”740 3. Samuele Buttarelli TP Formula 1’36”930 4. Kevin Ceccon Ombra Racing 1’37”13 weiter >> |
Giovanni Venturini tops First Practice in Monza
13.05.2011
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| Giovanni Venturini was the quickest on the opening session of the 2011 Auto GP season, topping the sheets with a 1’36”629 with new tyres: it was an impressive performance from the Griffitz Durango driver considering that the 2 weiter >> |
Pasquale Di Sabatino joins Ombra Racing
10.05.2011
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Pasquale Di Sabatino joins Ombra RacingAl Pasquale Di Sabatino will be on the grid of the Auto GP 2011 opening round in Monza, set to start on May 13. The Italian driver reached an agreement with Ombra Racing, securing the seat of one of the cars p weiter >> |
Francesco Dracone from IndyCar to Auto GP with Emmebi
22.04.2011
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Double new entry for Auto GP: the Series, that is going to start on May 14 and will award an astounding prize money of 100.000 euros per event, hails the arrival of both a new driver and a new team: they are Francesco Dracone and Emmebi Motorsport, the pair having found an agreement weiter >> |
Tambay, Afanasiev and Haryanto on the grid with DAMS
15.04.2011
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| Adrien Tambay, Sergei Afanasiev and Rio Haryanto have been officially announced as the drivers chosen by DAMS for the 2011 Auto GP season.
The french team, that made a clean sweep in the maiden Auto GP season winning both the drivers' and teams' title, confirme weiter >> |
Campos Jr. joins Auto GP with Campos Racing
14.04.2011
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| Campos Racing unveiled today that Adrian Campos Jr. is the second confirmed driver for their 2011 Auto GP campaign.A 22 years-old, the Spanish driver will hence make his comeback in European motorsport, after contesting the whole Indy Lights Series in 201 weiter >> |
Budapest to host second Auto GP round
13.04.2011
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| Budapest will replace Marrakech in the Auto GP calendar, hosting the second round of the 2011 season: the Hungarian permanent circuit will step-in for the Moroccan street course keeping the same date, the weekend from 3 to 5 June.Obviously, the tie-up with the World Touring Car Championship is confirmed: at Hungaroring Auto GP and WTCC will share the track for weiter >> |
Auto GP Barcelona, Day 2: Luca Filippi breaks the 1”32 mark
25.03.2011
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| The first test sessions of the 2011 Auto GP season has just ended in Barcelona, giving two clear indications on what to expect: first of all, given the tight gaps between drivers, the fight for both the overall and the rookie title promises to be really hard. Secondly, weiter >> |
Filippi, Venturini and Ceccon top first Auto GP test
24.03.2011
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| The 2011 Auto GP season got off the line today with the first official test day on the Barcelona track. Fifteen drivers gathered at the Circuit de Catalunya, with a very clear weather giving the teams the chance to complete with no issues their different testing programs. weiter >> |
Auto GP Barcelona official test - overall classification
24.03.2011
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| Auto GP Official Test, March 23 Overall classification 1 Luca Filippi SuperNova 1’32”6762 Giovanni Venturini Durango 1’33”1423 Kevin Ceccon Ombra 1’33”208 weiter >> |
Talents gather for the first Auto GP official test
23.03.2011
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| Auto GP is ready to start the engines for the first official test of the 2011 season in Barcelona: for the two days of testing, that will start tomorrow ending on Thursday, some among the most interesting talents in international motorsport gathered at Circuit de Catalunya to have their first contact with the Lola-Zytek and start preparing the season in the best possible way.Dams, w weiter >> |
Kevin Ceccon and Ombra Racing together in Auto GP
05.03.2011
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Ombra Racing officially announced their first driver for the 2011 Auto GP campaign. It’s Kevin Ceccon, a 17 years-old from Milan who was fourth in the latest season of the European F3 Open. So, After Venturini and De Jöng, another youngster joins the Auto GP grid, a weiter >> |
Marco Barba joins Campos Racing
02.03.2011
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| Spanish team to line-up three cars Marco Barba, the 2010 European F3 Open champion, is the first driver confirmed by Campos Racing for the 2011 Auto GP campaign. The Spanish team’s manager and owner, Adrian Campos, confirmed that weiter >> |
