F2 Race Reports

by Dan Shires Frenchman Alexandre Premat kept his head whilst all around him lost theirs to win the inaugural GP2 race in Istanbul on Saturday afternoon.

Ireland's Richard Lyons continued the recent run of success by British drivers in Japan by adding his name to Ralph Firman's as winner of the Formula Nippon title.

Fabrizio del Monte stormed to his third Superfund Euro 3000 victory in a row by taking his GP Racing entry to the top step of the podium at Jerez.

Bjorn Wirdheim finished his FIA F3000 career in style at Monza on Saturday by taking his third win of the 2003 campaign, and reprising the run that set him up for a crack at this year's championship title.

Nicolas Kiesa was a surprise - and surprised - recipient of an unexpected gift in the annual Monaco F3000 event, after being handed his first FIA series victory on a plate by points leader, and dominant force, Bjorn Wirdheim.

Ricardo Sperafico made the most of his pole position to become the third different winner in as many races in this year's FIA F3000 Championship, taking the spoils in a relatively uneventful Austrian race.

Super Nova driver Nicolas Minassian headed a French 1-2 in the sixth round of the FIA F3000 championship at Magny-Cours, as the points race was blown open.