F2 News

Adam Carroll overcame a scorching feature race of the GP2 Series at Istanbul, Turkey to claim another comfortable points finish of sixth place, despite having to fight back from a difficult first lap.

by Jorge Girao ART Grand Prix's domination of the GP2 Series practically since its beginning has naturally led to some speculation about the way the team has managed to reach the top.

Nelson Piquet completed the first perfect weekend in GP2 Series history by claiming a maximum seven points from race two in Hungary to further close the gap on title rival Lewis Hamilton.

World Series by Renault and Formula Three Euro Series title contender Sebastian Vettel has had his championship hopes dashed after almost losing his finger in a crash that will likely put him out of action for several weeks.

Having started from pole position in France, Jose Maria Lopez will be starting the German round of the GP2 Series from the other extreme when a crash early on prevented him from setting a meaningful time.

Vitaly Petrov will make his GP2 Series debut this weekend, as DPR's relationship with Direxiv appears to have become a victim of the latter's reported business problems.

Lewis Hamilton saw his GP2 Series lead cut to 14 points following a frustrating weekend at Magny-Cours that yielded just one fifth place and three points.

Returning to the cockpit for the first time since breaking his wrist and hand at Monaco, Olivier Pla filled in for the absent Graham Rahal in the DPR Direxiv car during the mid-season test at Paul Ricard.

Injured GP2 Series frontrunner Nicolas Lapierre continues to work towards a racing return at Magny-Cours next month, despite having to watch as reigning British F3 champion Alvaro Parente tested his car at Paul Ricard this week.

His team's name may be somewhat confident but Alvaro Parente more than lived up to Victory Engineering's billing after taking a stunning win in the second World Series by Renault race at Istanbul, Turkey.

Dominating the opening round in Valencia seems a long time ago to Nelson Piquet Jr, who was forced to take a back seat as Lewis Hamilton disappeared further of the GP2 Series horizon with two wins at Silverstone.

Lewis Hamilton again showed himself to be a 'racer' of the highest quality at Silverstone, particularly in coming from eighth on the sprint race grid to claim his second GP2 Series win of the weekend, but he also revealed himself to be a fan of racing.

Despite becoming the third GP2 Series driver - or fourth if you count Tristan Gommendy - to miss a race at Silverstone due to injury over the weekend, Ferdinando Monfardini expects to be back in action at the mid-season test at Paul Ricard later this month.

Further to Durango's exclusion, the GP2 grid will be reduced to 23 for the Silverstone sprint race after Ferdinando Monfardini was not cleared to race following his heavy crash in the feature event.

The Durango squad will take no further part in the GP2 weekend at Silverstone after they were excluded for being in breach of technical regulations prior to Lucas di Grassi's wing spectacularly collapsing.

Although several drivers failed to see the chequered flag for the latest round of the GP2 Series at Silverstone, it was arguably Andreas Zuber who was most aggrieved after retiring in bizarre circumstances.

British F3 Championship points leader Mike Conway admitted that he had been surprised, but not overwhelmed, by his step up to the GP2 Series at Silverstone, claiming that 20th on the grid for Saturday's feature race was about what he had expected.

Alex Premat has apologised to ART Grand Prix team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the contact that spun the Briton out of the lead of Saturday's feature race in Barcelona, but could not conceal the delight at having taken only his second GP2 Series win.

Lewis Hamilton has shrugged off the incident with his team mate that cost him victory during feature race in Spain after Alexandre Premat conducted a controversial last lap move to take victory.

Alex Premat took victory from under the nose of his ART Grand Prix team-mate after the pair clashed on the final lap of Saturday's feature race in Barcelona.

Franck Perera didn't have any time to enjoy his front row start at the Nurburgring, botching his getaway and not making it past the second corner of the opening lap.

Nelson Piquet Jr and the current TF106 Formula One car will spearhead Toyota's presence at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, although the Brazilian will be making the more poignant run up the hill.

British GP2 Series favourite Lewis Hamilton admits that he blew a chance to score big points at Imola after being penalised for passing the safety car in race one, but insists that the situation wasn't as clear cut as it could have been.

Twenty-year-old Canadian Sean McIntosh steps from representing Team Canada in the A1GP series to competing in the World Series by Renault this weekend in the opening two rounds of the Championship at Zolder.