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Qi-Meritus.Mahara take 7 point in first race of GP2 Asian series
The inaugural round of the newly born GP2 Asia series started well for Qi-Meritus.Mahara with seven points in a strong finish in fifth and sixth places today for Luca Filippi and Hiroki Yoshimoto respectively at the Dubai Autodrome for the first of the two races [...]

Preparations for the opening rounds of the GP2 Asian Series were completed today as Christian Bakkerud and his Super Nova Racing team finished the fourth and final day of testing at the Dubai Autodrome.
A mixture of some good testing mileage and some frustrating gearbox maladies was the Dane’s summation of his test programme.
“When the car [...]

GP2 Asia Series is the other half of the Grand Racing double header designed to bring the highest level of one-make single-seater action to the emerging motorsport nations in the Middle East and Asia.
Driving high tech single seaters, as close to Formula One specifications as it gets, the next generation of superstars including the likes [...]

The two Qi-Meritus.Mahara drivers, cars 26 (Hiroki Yoshimoto) and 27 (Luca Filippi), will line up on the track for the first time tomorrow for its first test of GP2 Asia 2008 programmed just before the inaugural race week-end of the GP2 Asia season at the Dubai Autodrome.
Today, both drivers worked on the final details of [...]

David Price Racing (DPR) has confirmed that Andy Soucek will line up on the grid with the team for the inaugural GP2 Asia Series which kicks off later this month. He joins Armaan Ebrahim, a young Indian driver, as the pairing for DPR to contest the new series.
Soucek raced with DPR in 2007 and finished [...]

Fisichella Motor Sport International has finalised its driver pairing for the inaugural GP2 Asia Series after adding rookie Michael Herck alongside the more experienced Adrian Valles.
Herck graduates to the F1 feeder series after testing with FMSI over two days at Jerez in October, but has limited track time at this level, having run extensively in [...]

The newly formed Malaysian Qi-Meritus.Mahara confirmed that leading GP2 series talents Luca Filippi (Italy) and Hiroki Yoshimoto (Japan) will form the driver line-up for its debut GP2 Asia season.
The new season will begin at the Dubai Autodrome with tests scheduled for 19-20 January and 22-23 January plus the inaugural 2008 GP2 Asia Series event occurring [...]

British F3 racewinner Stephen Jelley will step up to GP2 this winter after landing a plum ride with double ’summer’ season champions ART Grand Prix.
The Briton will partner new F3 Euroseries champion Romain Grosjean in the two-car line-upfor the inaugural GP2 Asia competition, having impressed in post-season testing.
“Stephen was the best representative of the Raikkonen [...]

ART Grand Prix is happy to announce that Stephen Jelley will join Romain Grosjean as the two official drivers to defend their colours in the new GP2 Series Asia Championship. Stephen’s results from the British F3 Championship in the 2007 season made him the logical choice for the French based squad, finishing third overall.
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With four months left before the inaugural season kicks off, the GP2 Series has revealed important details of its first Asian campaign, including the identity of the 13 teams taking part and where they will be racing.
As expected, the inaugural field will comprise all bar one of the existing ‘European’ series teams, with only Racing [...]

The inaugural GP2 Asia Series will feature on the support bill at two Formula One grands prix next season, according to a calendar released by the organisers.
The nascent championship, designed to help build a ladder for talent in the Middle and Far East regions will appear at both the Malaysian and Bahrain grands prix in [...]

With the autumn season fast approaching news is finally starting to leak out concerning the new Asia GP2 Series and Bernie Ecclestone’s brain fart child the SpeedCar Series.
As background for those not following the new series, Speedcar is an FIA sanctioned version of NASCAR. Bernie Ecclestone and & Mad Max Mosley announced it’s formulation in [...]