GP2 Asia 2008/2009 Schedule Announced

After a successful opening season which started in Dubai last January and ended at the same circuit in mid-April, the GP2 Asia Series will see its second season open in Shanghai.


Marco Bonanomi Scores First GP2 Asia Win

Piquet Sports driver Marco Bonanomi snatched his first win in the 2008 GP2 Asia series finale.
After a remarkably clean start in the last sprint race of the GP2 Asia 2008 season, Milos Pavlovic kept the lead from his pole position.
But on the opening lap the Serbian retired after a problem of oil pressure, leaving Jérôme [...]


GP2 Asia Dubai Race One Line-up

Pos Driver Team Time Gap To 1st
1. Romain Grosjean ART 1:40.887
2. Bruno Senna iSport 1:41.095 0.208 0.208
3. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:41.224 0.129 0.337
4. Marco Bonanomi Piquet 1:41.629 0.405 0.742
5. Hiroki Yoshimoto Qi- Meritus 1:41.819 0.190 0.932
6. Yelmer Buurman Arden 1:41.819 0.000 0.932
7. Vitaly Petrov Campos 1:41.836 0.017 0.949
8. Sébastien Buemi [...]


David Price Racing GP2 Asia Race Preview

David Price Racing (DPR) heads to the Dubai Autodrome this weekend for the final round of the inaugural 2008 GP2 Asia Series. Indian driver Armaan Ebrahim and Brazilian driver, Diego Nunes will make their final outing for DPR in the Asia series, as the team hopes to finish the season with another points finish.
The previous [...]


GP2 Asia Champ Romain Grosjean Q & A

There’s no two ways about it. Romain Grosjean dominated the inaugural GP2 Asia series taking the title yesterday morning in Bahrain despite being unable to finish the race after brake issues saw his lead and ultimately his race come to an end. The ART Grand Prix driver talks of his experience so far in the [...]


Villeneuve Goes Begging in Bahrain

As previously noted Jacques Villeneuve is in Bahrain this weekend competing in the Speedcar Series.
Nothing entirely unusual in that, he is a racer and racers want to race.
Racing has been on Jacques’ the back burner since being ushered out of the Bill Davis Racing garage door in February for lack of sponsorship he was said [...]


Grosjean Breezes to Easy GP2 Asia Win

Romain Grosjean moved a step closer to wrapping up the inaugural GP2 Asia championship with a comfortable win in the feature race at Bahrain.
Grosjean made a mess of his start from pole, but he fought back courtesy of an early safety car period and a strong move on Adrian Valles to win by almost 15 [...]


BCN Competicion Bahrain Qualifying Report

The qualifying held today at Bahrain International Circuit, valid for the second to last round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series Championship, turned out to be quite difficult for BCN Competicion´s drivers.
Session: Qualify
Air temp.: 28 C
Track temp.: 42 C
BCN Competicion
Car #24
Driver: Milos Pavlovic
Result: 23 ( 1:44.659 )
BCN Competicion
Car #25
Driver: Jason Tahinci
Result: 24 ( 1:44.732 )
DIFFICULT [...]


Qi-Meritus.Mahara Bahrain Qualifying Report

To qualify is not to race! Qi_Meritus.Mahara had a tough first qualifying session in Bahrain
Qualifying in Bahrain turned out harder than expected despite the free practice morning’s good signs and results for the 4th round of the new GP2 Asia series. The Qi-Meritus.Mahara drivers qualified in the afternoon respectively in 12th and 18th position.
In the [...]


Grosjean Takes Third GP2 Asia Pole

Romain Grosjean took his third GP2 Asia pole position of the season with a dominant display in qualifying in Bahrain today.
The Frenchman went quickest in practice earlier in the day and continued his fine form, setting a qualifying lap more than half a second faster than anyone else.
“This is my third pole position but this [...]