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Points finish for Herck and Scuderia Coloni in Abu Dhabi
12.02.2011
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| Great season start for Scuderia Coloni in Abu Dhabi, as the team grabbed points in the GP2 Asia debut weekend thanks to Michael Herck finishing 6th in today’s Race 2. Such result was the deserved reward for a really good job by the Italian team: the staff kept working hard after that Qualifying was hampered by traffic, knowing that the cars’ race pace wo weiter >> |
Team AirAsia Abu Dhabi race 2 review
12.02.2011
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| Abu Dhabi International Circuit, Yas Island GP2 Asia Race TwoSaturday 12th February 2011Davide Valsecchi: P4Luiz Razia: P16P4 for Davide Valsecchi and P16 for Luiz Razia marked the end of a successful second race for Team AirAsia as they completed their first race weekend of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series season in Abu Dhabi weiter >> |
A positive weekend for DAMS in Abu Dhabi
12.02.2011
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| Different day, different story for DAMS. Yesterday, Grosjean finished on the podium: today he retired after a collision. The reversed grid for the second race in Abu Dhabi again caused a few problems, and their main victim was Romain Grosjean. He fluffed his start from row four and lost a place. During the first lap, he was punted off the track by Michael Herc weiter >> |
Barwa Addax Team place both drivers in the top ten
12.02.2011
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| Fastest lap time for Pic and sanction for Van der GardeGP2 ASIA Series - 2nd RACE. ABU DHABI. YAS MARINA. 12.02.2011Despite a series of misfortunes this weekend Barwa Addax Team both drivers have finished the second race placed in the top ten of the general classification for the driver’s championship, Giedo van der Garde is lying 7th o weiter >> |
Pirelli tyres successfully complete the first round of 2011 GP2 Asia
12.02.2011
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| Having made their debut in Friday's feature race, Pirelli's new medium compound PZero tyres once again performed faultlessly throughout the second race of the GP2 Asia weekend in Abu Dhabi. The same dry and cool weather that characterised Fri weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi Race 2 results
12.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA SERIES ABU DHABI YAS MARINA CIRCUIT 2011 - Race 2 standings
1. Stefano Coletti Trident Racing2. Josef Kral Arden Int weiter >> |
Stefano Coletti dominates sprint race in Abu Dhabi
12.02.2011
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| Trident Racing driver scores maiden GP2 Asia Series win in Abu Dhabi
GP3 Series graduate Stefano Coletti led today’s Sprint Race at Yas Marina Circuit from pole position to chequered flag. The Trident Racing driver managed to bu weiter >> |
Jackson: A good solid start to the season
12.02.2011
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| The GP2 Asia series kicked off at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi today at 5pm local time.
After a hot day, the track was warm at 5pm local time as the cars inched out of the garages for the formation lap. With iSport the defending GP2 Asia champions, weiter >> |
Kral scores points, Palmer gains vital experience in Abu Dhabi
12.02.2011
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| Josef Kral got his GP2 Asia campaign off to a fruitful start at the Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi, this afternoon, taking his Arden International Dallara to sixth place. The young Czech had pledged to keep his nose clean and bring home some points – and he was as good as his word. He will line up third for tomorrow’s sprint race.A top-eight finish was always going weiter >> |
Trident Racing Abu Dhabi Race 1 review
12.02.2011
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| GP2 Asia Series. Abu Dhabi, Race 1. The 2011 GP2 Asia Series was finally back underway today at Abu Dhabi. On the Yas Marina racetrack, action proved tough, as an hard wreck gave this year's championship a tense start. Trident Racing's Stefano Coletti managed to score 8th place. A key result, as he scored his first point in the series and will be ab weiter >> |
Pirelli PZero tyres make their debut at Abu Dhabi's Race One
11.02.2011
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| Pirelli's newly-developed PZero tyres have successfully completed the first GP2 Asia race today after making their debut as sole tyre supplier to the Series, which features a brand new car this year. The opening round of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series is taking place this weekend at t weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi Race 1 results
11.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA Series ABU DHABI Race 1 Yas Marina Circuit1. Jules Bianchi Lotus ART2. Romain Grosjean Dams3. Davide Vals weiter >> |
Jules Bianchi wins GP2 Asia opener
11.02.2011
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| Lotus ART driver scores GP2 maiden win in Abu Dhabi
Jules Bianchi scored his first GP2 Asia win today after taking the lead at the start, suffering race-long pressure from pole sitter Romain Grosjean, and in spite of a red flag. Davide Valsecchi finished thi weiter >> |
Excellent Qualifying for Racing Engineering at Abu Dhabi
11.02.2011
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| Spain’s Racing Engineering team got off to an excellent start to the first round of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series when both drivers qualified in the top 10 for tomorrow’s race on the Yas Marina circuit.For the morning Free Practice both drivers concentrated on setting up their cars as they and the Racing Engineering team continued to learn how to maximi weiter >> |
Team AirAsia Abu Dhabi practice and qualifying review
11.02.2011
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| Abu Dhabi International Circuit, Yas Island GP2 Asia Practice & Qualifying Thursday 10th February 2011 Davide Valsecchi: P3Luiz Razia: P21 Team AirAsia marked their international GP2 debut with an outstanding P3 for Davide Valsecchi, putting them close to the front of the grid for weiter >> |
Scuderia Coloni to start from sixth row in Abu Dhabi
11.02.2011
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| Scuderia Coloni and Michael Herck will start from P12 in tomorrow’s GP2 Asia debut race, with James Jakes lining-up on 13th row after today’s Qualifying session on the Yas Marina Circuit.The team was on a high mood after that the morning Free Practice session saw Michael Herck post the 7th quickest time: the Romanian driver confirmed his good shape weiter >> |
Super Nova Abu Dhabi qualifying
11.02.2011
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| After a frustrating qualifying session today the Super Nova cars will line up in 16th (Johnny Cecotto) and 23rd (Fairuz Fauzy), on the grid for tomorrow’s GP2 Asia feature race. As expected the times were very close, with just over a second from pole position to P16 and traffic appeared to be very easy to come by, especially in the final sector. The team is looking weiter >> |
Promising start for new-look Arden International duo
11.02.2011
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| Arden International begins its 2011 season this weekend, with the opening rounds of the GP2 Asia Series at the Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi. The team got off to a flying start this morning, when Czech recruit Josef Kral set the pace in free practice, and the 20-year-old backed this up by qualifying an in-touch eighth for the feature race.Team-mate Jolyon Palmer will line up 1 weiter >> |
Trident Racing Abu Dhabi, Qualifying
11.02.2011
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| GP2 Asia Series, Event 1/2011.The 2011 GP2 Asia Series has finally taken-off today at the Abu Dhabi racetrack, where teams and drivers lined-up for the first qualifying session of the season. After a really promising run in practice, Trident Racing was left behind expectations in the battle for Race 1's grid. Stefano Coletti scored 19th place, while Rodolfo Go weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi Practice Session results
10.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA Series 2011 Yas Marina Circuit ABU DHABI Driver Team Laptime Laps1. Romain Grosjean Dams 1:36.041 142. Jules Bianchi Lotus AR weiter >> |
Romain Grosjean leads French Connection
10.02.2011
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| Dams racer on Abu Dhabi pole ahead of Lotus ART’s Jules Bianchi First GP2 Asia Series Champion Romain Grosjean put his Dams GP2/11 car on pole position for tomorrow’s feature race at Yas Marina Circuit. He set a best laptime of 1:36.041 - a clear four tenths ahead of Jules Bianchi at Lotus ART, and making it an all French front row. Reigning C weiter >> |
Team AirAsia - Abu Dhabi Race One Preview
10.02.2011
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| Following the successful pre-season testing in Abu Dhabi the new season of the GP2 Asia Series opens on 10th February at Yas Marina Circuit. New entrant Team AirAsia will make its racing debut with drivers Luiz Razia (Brazil) and Davide Valsecchi (Italy) this week in the new third generation GP2 car. Joining the existing field of twelve teams, Team AirAsia wil weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi Timetable 2011
09.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA SERIES - ABU DHABI Yas Marina Circuit Round 1Yas Marina Circuit - Length 4.730 kmThursday 10th February 201114:30 - 15:00 Free Practice Session17:25 - 17:55 Qualifying Session18:10 Press conference - Media Centre Friday 1 weiter >> |
About the GP2 2011 specifications
09.02.2011
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Dimensions• Overall length: 5065 mm• Overall width: 1800 mm• Overall height: 1072 mm (including FOM roll hoop camera)• Wheelbase: 3120 mm• Overall weight: 688 kg (drive weiter >> |
Entry list 2011 - Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit
09.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA Series 2011TEAMS iSport InternationalTrident RacingArden InternationalLotus ARTSuper weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi - Yas Marina Circuit races preview
09.02.2011
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| Following the pre-season testing last week in Abu Dhabi, the new season of the GP2 Asia Series opens this Thursday at Yas Marina Circuit on the 4.730 kms layout. The GP2/11, the third generation car since the Series’ inception, will also make its racing weiter >> |
Pirelli ready to hit the track for the start of 2011 GP2 Asia Series
09.02.2011
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| Pirelli PZero tyres pass with full marks GP2 Asia official testsThe opening round of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series will take place from 10-12 February at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit, with Pirelli ready to equip a full grid of 26 Dallara- weiter >> |
Trident Racing Team waiting for the first Gp2 Asia race weekend
09.02.2011
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| The GP2 Asia Series pre-season testing was completed yesterday at the Abu Dhabi racetrack, just days before the first race of the 2011 Championship, scheduled for this weekend.After four days full of work, the two cars fielded by Trident Racing logged around 2000 kilometers without experiencing a single mechanical issue. The initial development stages have gon weiter >> |
Lagardére Unlimited signs partnership with Barwa Addax
09.02.2011
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| Lagardére Unlimited, which is a subsidiary for the French multinational media group - Lagardére, and the Qatari / Spanish racing team Barwa Addax have signed a partnership agreement that includes the presence of the Lagardére Unlimited logo on the Addax GP2 an weiter >> |
Stefano Coletti thrilled for starting his first season in GP2 Series
08.02.2011
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| The GP2 Asia Series is about to begin this weekend at Abu Dhabi (UAE) with the first round of a new racing season. Stefano Coletti will be competing with the colors of a renewed Trident Racing team and will be at the wheel of the number 18 sing weiter >> |
A couple of instructive days' work for DAMS
07.02.2011
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| After kicking off the season with two days' very productive testing last week, the DAMS team continued fine-tuning its cars on the Abu Dhabi circuit on Sunday and Monday learning a lot in the process. The French squad was faced with a heavy workload in the additional two- day pr weiter >> |
Good final test day for Scuderia Coloni in Abu Dhabi
07.02.2011
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| GP2 testing is over in Abu Dhabi, where the teams got more track time on the same circuit configuration they will use in the forthcoming GP2 Asia debut race.Scuderia Coloni kept following the planned schedule, working in particular on race simulatio weiter >> |
Team AirAsia Abu Dhabi test review
07.02.2011
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| Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 7th FEBRUARY 2011 Team AirAsia successfully concluded pre-season testing this afternoon, finishing the day with drivers Davide Valsecchi in P1 and Luiz Razia in P2. After four days on track in Abu Dhabi the new GP2 team have quickly found their pace ahead of the first race on Friday (11th). Recording his best lap of 1:36.15, Davide Valsecchi weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi testing times
07.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA SERIES ABU DHABIMorning session
1. Jules Bianchi Lotus ART 1:35.940 342. Davide Valsecchi Tea weiter >> |
Jules Bianchi finishes pre-season testing on top
07.02.2011
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| Lotus ART racer clocks in a best laptime of 1:35.940 in Abu Dhabi
The final pre-season test day took place today at Yas Marina Circuit on the 4.730 kms layout. Very early in the morning session Lotus ART’s Esteban Gutierrez set t weiter >> |
Scuderia Coloni tops the sheets on Abu Dhabi day 3
07.02.2011
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GP2 testing is underway in Abu Dhabi, and good news keep coming for Scuderia Coloni. The Italian team climbed at the top of the sheets today, on the third and penultimate test day at Yas Marina, thanks to the 1’36”467 posted by Michael Herck. T weiter >> |
Team AirAsia GP2 Asia Test 6th February 2011 Review
06.02.2011
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| Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi - Sunday 6th February 2011 Team AirAsia made real progress today in the third official pre-season test at Yas Marina Circuit. Using two sets of tyres in the afternoon session paid off for Davide Valsecchi who finished the day P2 recording his best time of 1:36.47 on lap 24 lap out of a total of 50 laps. Luiz Razia did weiter >> |
Michael Herck tops Day 3 in Abu Dhabi test
06.02.2011
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| Scuderia Coloni driver quickest in Abu Dhabi in GP2 Asia Series pre-season tests A second two-day testing session began this Sunday at the Yas Marina Circuit but on a shortened track configuration of 4.730 kms that will also be the co weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi pre-season test day3 results
06.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA SERIES 2011Morning session1. Josef Kral Arden International 1:36.609 262. Marcus Ericsson weiter >> |
Team AirAsia Abu Dhabi test day 2 review
04.02.2011
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| Abu Dhabi International Circuit, Yas Island GP2 Asia – Abu Dhabi Test Thursday 3rd February 2011Team AirAsia made good progress on day two of the first GP2 Asia pre-season test, working on car performance, race starts and pit stop practice. Davide Valsecchi recorded a best lap of 1:49.18, completing a total of 37 laps and fi weiter >> |
Trident Racing experiences positive 2011 debut at Abu Dhabi
04.02.2011
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| Trident Racing completed the first two days of GP2 Series testing today at Abu Dhabi. On the Yas Marina Circuit, the 2011 season had its first official kick-off session, with the Italian squad lining-up with drivers Stefano Coletti and Rodolfo Gonzalez, who will be entering both the GP2 Main Series and Asia Series. The first outing of the season was made tough by the stro weiter >> |
Development work for Scuderia Coloni in Abu Dhabi test
04.02.2011
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| Second day of testing on the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, and again the GP2 teams had to face the Emirates’ strange weather. After sandstorms and rain, it was time for fog in the early morning, forcing everybody in the garages for one hour.When visibility came back, Scuderia Coloni had the possibility to carry forward the development work started yesterday, focusing weiter >> |
A productive return for DAMS
03.02.2011
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| The DAMS team running in its resplendent, newly-designed black and yellow livery had a positive second day's testing in Abu Dhabi. Yesterday, Romain Grosjean set the fastest time, over 4/10s quicker than the second-placed driver, a country mile by GP2 standards. Today he was always among the front-runners. He dropped back only at the very end of the session, finishing with the weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi testing times day 2
03.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA SERIES 2011 - Morning session1. Jules Bianchi Lotus ART 1:50.007 272. Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 1:50.066 183. Sam Bird iSport weiter >> |
Giedo van der Garde quickest on Day 2
03.02.2011
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| Barwa Addax driver sets best laptime of 1:48.499 in Abu Dhabi It was a slow start to the second day of GP2 Asia Series pre-season testing at Yas Marina Circuit as teams and drivers were greeted by fog, delaying the session by one hour. When the sun came out, so did the drivers for their installation laps. James Jakes at Scuderia Coloni opted for a first run set weiter >> |
Dams driver set the quickest laptime of Day 1 Abu Dhabi pre-season test
02.02.2011
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| Romain Grosjean sets the pace in Abu DhabiToday marked the beginning of GP2 Asia Series pre-season testing at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi with all thirteen teams – including newcomers Carlin and Team AirAsia. The twenty-six driv weiter >> |
Team AirAsia Abu Dhabi International Circuit, Yas Island test review
02.02.2011
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| GP2 Asia Test 2nd – 3rd February Wednesday 2nd February 2011 New GP2 entrant Team AirAsia took to the track for the first time in Abu Dhabi today, at the first official test of the GP2 Asia Series 2011. Both test drivers, Luiz Razia and Davide Valsecchi, were first out on the dusty track, running on new Pirelli tyres. Valsecchi co weiter >> |
Pirelli kicks off GP2 campaign in Asia
02.02.2011
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| Pirelli has already been the exclusive tyre supplier to the GP3 Series since 2010, and this season it will also supply the GP2 Series and GP2 Asia Series. As well as equipping these feeder categories, the leading Italian tyre firm will also be involved in Formula One for a three-year period starting from the 2011 season. weiter >> |
Abu Dhabi Pre-Season Test Abu Dhabi 2011 - day 1 results
02.02.2011
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| GP2 ASIA SERIES 2011Morning session1. Stefano Coletti Trident Racing 1:54.161 82. Max Chilton Carlin 1:54.810 53. Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident Racing& weiter >> |
