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Asia: Standings after Shanghai

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:00:25 +0000

@>Drivers' Championship: Pos Driver Team Points --- --------------------- ------------------------ -------- 1. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP 13 2. Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 10 3. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 9 4. Earl Bamber My Qi-Meritus Mahara 8 5. Davide ... Keep reading

GP2 Main series 2009 calendar

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:20:29 +0000

2009 GP2 Series - Calendar of events

Date                     Venue
11-13 March              Paul Ricard, France                      Test
23-25 March              Barcelona, Spain                         Test
 9-10 May                Barcelona, Spain                         Race
22-23 May                Monte-Carlo, Monaco                      Race
 6- 7 June ... Keep reading

Asia: My Qi Meritus.Mahara notes on Qatar event

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:50:03 +0000

My Qi Meritus.Mahara welcomes GP2 Asia 2009's new venue and night event in Qatar Wednesday, December 17th 2008 - Qatar will now replace the second Dubai event of the GP2 Asia Series 08-09 calendar. The venue will be the Losail circuit located about 12 km to the north of the capital Doha with the race taking place on 6-7 February 2009 effectively replacing the second Dubai event ... Keep reading

Asia: Qatar night race to replace Dubai in 2009

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:22:47 +0000

A new venue and a night event in the 08-09 GP2 Asia Series Championship Qatar will replace the second Dubai event on the GP2 Asia Series 08-09 calendar The GP2 Series organisation is pleased to announce that the fourth round of the GP2 Asia Series 08-09 Championship will now take place in Qatar instead of Dubai as previously scheduled for the end of February 2009. The GP2 ... Keep reading

Series announces grid and schedule for 2009

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:22:41 +0000

The GP2 series is proud to unveil the 2009 calendar. Thirteen teams have been confirmed for next season. There will be few major changes to the 2009 line-up. As previously announced, Ocean Racing Technology join the GP2 Series grid after the Portuguese team guaranteed acquisition of BCN Competicion. Piquet Sports become known as "Piquet GP" while ... Keep reading

2008-09 GP2 Asia Series calendar (revised)

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:17:17 +0000

GP2 Asia Series 2008-2009 Schedule


18-19 October   Shanghai (GP China F1)
05-06 December  Dubai
23-24 January   Bahrein
06-07 February  Qatar
04-05 April     Sepang (GP Malasia F1)
18-19 April     Bahrein (GP Bahrein F1)


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Asia: Dubai: Ocean Racing weekend summary

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:46:14 +0000

Torrential rain stops Ocean Racing Technology Ocean Racing Technology concluded its first race weekend in their history a lot quicker than originally anticipated after the second race in the GP2 Series' Dubai weekend was cancelled due to the after effects of a savage storm that took place the night before. Given the torrential flood waters on the circuit, Dubai officials decided to ... Keep reading

Asia: Dubai: Earl Bamber weekend summary

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:46:01 +0000

FATE PLAYS INTO BAMBER'S HANDS IN DUBAI Fate in the form of a freak rain storm played into the hands of fast-rising young New Zealand racing driver Earl Bamber (My Qi-Meritus.Mahara) at the second round of the 2008/09 GP2 Asia Series in Dubai over the weekend. After stunning the European-dominated paddock by topping the time sheets in practice the 18-year-old from Wanganui ... Keep reading

Asia: Dubai: Fisichella MSI weekend summary

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:45:54 +0000

The second round of the 2008/09 GP2 Asia Championship took place this weekend at the Dubai Autodrome. Andreas Zuber and Kevin Chen were back in action for Fisichella Motor Sport International as the team embarked on the third and fourth races of the second season of the championship. The weekend format differed slightly this time around, with free practice and qualifying set to take ... Keep reading

Asia: Dubai: Bridgestone weekend summary

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:45:46 +0000

Bridgestone Motorsport's GP2 Asia Series Report Kamui Kobayashi (Dams) has won the first and only race of the second round of the GP2 Asia Series at the Dubai Autodrome after severe rainfall flooded the circuit, preventing Saturday's planned racing activities from taking place. Kobayashi qualified for Friday's race in pole position with a time of 1min 41.091secs, almost two ... Keep reading

Asia: Dubai: My Qi Meritus.Mahara Saturday notes

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:45:41 +0000

Rains in Dubai wash away My Qi Meritus.Mahara team's Dubai goals Saturday, December 06, 2008 - Heavy rains fell over the Dubai area for a couple of hours on early Saturday morning which caused chaos throughout the area, blocking traffic for most of the morning in and around Emirates Road in the vicinity of Arabian Ranches. The overnight storms also caused excessive flooding at the ... Keep reading

Asia: Dubai: Series cancelled Sprint race notes

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:45:41 +0000

Dubai sprint race cancelled Overnight storms flood Dubai circuit Due to overnight storms, there is excessive flooding at the Dubai Autodrome today where the Sprint Race of the second round of the GP2 Asia Series was to take place at 1:10pm. Following a track inspection by the Race Directors, it was their collective view that the volume of water on the track, and ... Keep reading

EU3: Statment from Dubai Autodrome on flooding

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:33:04 +0000

Race Day 2: Grand Racing at Dubai Autodrome Heavy rains force officials to cancel the second day of racing at the circuit Overnight torrential rains in Dubai served to flood many areas in and around Dubai Autodrome forcing officials to cancel the final day of the two day Grand Racing event. Several corners and the pitlane of the circuit were submerged under water, at some points ... Keep reading

Asia: Dubai: Race one press conference