GP2 Barcelona

Kidzer · 6 May 2005, 11:22 (Ref:1294294)

Im sure a lot of teams and drivers will be hoping for a far more competitive weekend than the one they had at Imola - this should be a good weekend for most drivers I would think.

Daisy · 6 May 2005, 15:55 (Ref:1294473)

Speed takes pole, Bruni also on the first row. I'm very suprised to see both Carroll and Kovalainen only on row 6!

1. Scott Speed iSport 1min 25.486secs
2. Gianmaria Bruni Coloni 1min 25.934secs
3. Jose Maria Lopez DAMS 1min 26.143secs
4. Nelson Piquet Jr Hitech Piquet 1min 26.189secs
5. Olivier Pla DPR 1min 26.209secs
6. Juan Cruz Alvarez Campos 1min 26.241secs
7. Ryan Sharp DPR 1min 26.298secs
8. Nicolas Lapierre Arden 1min 26.422secs
9. Borja Garcia Racing Engineering 1min 26.464secs
10. Nico Rosberg ART 1min 26.465secs
11 Heikki Kovalainen Arden 1min 26.512secs
12. Adam Carroll Super Nova 1min 26.717secs
13. Neel Jani Racing Engineering 1min 26.766secs
14. Alex Premat ART 1min 26.822secs
15. Clivio Piccione Durango 1min 26.834secs
16. Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN 1min 26.849secs
17. Giorgio Pantano Super Nova 1min 26.987secs
18. Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 1min 27.092secs
19. Sergio Hernandez Campos 1min 27.094secs
20. Ernesto Viso BCN 1min 27.367secs
21. Mathias Lauda Coloni 1min 27.627secs
22. Alexandre Negrao Hitech Piquet 1min 27.752secs
23. Can Artam iSport 1min 28.806secs

Dnq Fairuz Fauzy DAMS no time

flexible-flyer · 6 May 2005, 16:51 (Ref:1294506)

im even more surprised to see pantano way down. i was of the opinion he was a barcelona master....in a way. how on earth did viso manage only 20th??? carroll was the pacesetter for the first half of session......but thats just meaningless nonsence coming from a carroll nut dissapointed he is so far down the grid. ah well, adam never finishes behind his qualifying slot so....

pla and sharp. top stuff from the dpr boys. they look good on this track. alverez did a great job too.

i think because gp2 so talent-full there may always be sporadic grid lineups.

Kidzer · 6 May 2005, 17:19 (Ref:1294520)

good stuff from DPR indeed, 7th and 5th are good places to attack from in a 40 lapper - you don't need to be right at the front at the start of a race that long

Sato san · 6 May 2005, 17:57 (Ref:1294533)

Blimey , that looks a good grid for entertaining race ...lets just hope the director gets all the best shots ...

Piquet better placed this time , he should run better i would think .

Id love to see Carroll and Viso come through for a good finish though ...

looking forward to the race alot for tomorrow .

flexible-flyer · 6 May 2005, 18:07 (Ref:1294540)

i always thought lapierre would be more than a match for heikki. i think so far im beginning to be proved right.....i would expect nicolas to be the big winner at monaco aswell looking at his street track cred.

weird that pantano and viso are that far back though, they were the 2 drivers i thought would be best placed to get things here at barca. heikki and adam, who would have finished 1-2 in the first race and 1-2 in the second race in imola but for slight problems each, starting midfield but interestingly, side by side!

SALEEN S7R · 6 May 2005, 20:17 (Ref:1294628)

Looks like a very interesting grid for tommorow's race. Shame to see Carroll so far down the order, but on a plus side nice to see Ryan Sharp up near the front. Great to see Speed up there at the front, lets hope he can get a good result.

Martin Haven · 6 May 2005, 21:12 (Ref:1294654)

Might be poo-rotating object interface time... Pla and Bruni's times may be disallowed as they were allegedly set under waved yellows... and as we all know, only drivers of red cars called Michael are allowed to get away with that...

Kidzer · 6 May 2005, 21:20 (Ref:1294664)

Bit of a shame if that's the case - 5th for Ryan though

Kidzer · 7 May 2005, 10:25 (Ref:1294985)

So do we know anything further about Pla and Bruni's (potential) removal of their best times?

Kidzer · 7 May 2005, 13:39 (Ref:1295050)

A nae bad race - disappointing for Ryan though - should've had 3rd at least today

Pole for Negrao!

flexible-flyer · 7 May 2005, 13:41 (Ref:1295051)

bruni won the race with scott speed 2nd. heikki pitted early and it paid off as he came 3rd. he is now clear points leader.

the dpr guys were going well but they both dropped out within a lap of eachother and negrao and carroll will be the front row for the second race.

SALEEN S7R · 7 May 2005, 13:41 (Ref:1295052)

Not a bad race at all, would have been better if there was a little more overtaking though. Shame for Ryan getting a DNF a 3rd was defintly on the cards. Good news for Carroll though, looking good for race 2.

DanFlag · 7 May 2005, 13:41 (Ref:1295053)

Victory for Gianmaria Bruni, 2nd Speed, 3rd Kovalainen

source: formula-2.net

15:32 Gianmaria Bruni wins.
15:30 Start of final lap. Rosberg sets fastest lap. (Lap 37)
15:27 Rosebreg sets fastest lap. (Lap 35). He passes team-mate Alexandre Premat for 9th place.
15:27 Piccione goes off into gravel trap. He is out of race.
15:26 Rosberg sets fastest lap. (Lap 34)
15:24 Rosberg sets fastest lap. (Lap 33)
15:23 Rosberg sets fastest lap. (Lap 32)
15:22 Negrao pits from lead of race. Team didn't appear to be ready for him.
15:20 Ryan Sharp runs off circuit. Speed rejoins second.
15:20 Scott Speed pits from lead of race.
15:19 Replays show Lauda spun and stalled.
15:18 Pla crashes out of race. Lauda also out in separate incident.
15:17 Rosberg sets fastest lap. (Lap 28)
15:17 Artam retires.
15:16 Lopez runs off circuit. Rejoins three places down.
15:15 Speed leads from Sharp, Piquet, Negrao, Bruni, Lopez, Kovalainen and Fauzy.
15:13 Leader Gianmaria Bruni makes pit stop. Rejoins in fifth.
15:13 Carroll has passed Lapierre in pits.
15:12 Carroll makes pit stop. Lapierre makes pit stop.
15:11 18 cars still running, with Giorgio Pantano running last after slow pit stop.
15:09 Bruni leads by 9 seconds from Speed. Lopez makes pit stop.
15:08 Rosberg sets fastest lap. (Lap 22)
15:06 Pantano makes pit stop from 8th place.
15:05 Pla sets fastest lap. (Lap 21)
15:03 Viso retires. He had been running 10th.
15:02 Piccione makes pit stop.
15:01 Pla sets fastest lap. (Lap 17)
15:00 Lauda lapped by Bruni.
14:57 Lauda pits.
14:53 Kovalainen has passed Piccione for 17th position.
14:52 Scott Speed sets fastest lap. (Lap 12).
14:51 Only three cars have made their pit stops so far: Kovalainen, Pla and Jani.
14:50 No changes of position. Cars are becoming spread out, and racing is processional.
14:49 Lopez sets fastest lap. (Lap 10)
14:47 Pla sets fastest lap. (Lap 7)
14:42 Alvarez out of race. Both he and Piccione went off circuit on their own, and hit tyre wall.
14:41 Piccione out of race.
14:40 Neel Jani has made a pit stop.
14:39 Bruni leads from Lopez, Speed and Sharp, Piquet, Lapierre, Carroll and Alvarez.
14:38 Bruni sets fastest lap.
14:38 Confirmation that it was Pla who stalled on grid. he is running at the back.
14:37 Kovalainen pits. Changes left side tyres.
14:36 Garcia out of race.
14:35 Monfardini out of race. He spun.
14:33 Start of race. Speed initially away well, but drops to third by first corner. Bruni leads from Lopez. Car stalls on grid, possibly Pla.
14:30 Start of formation lap. Yoshimoto stalls on grid.
14:20 The pit lane is now closed.
14:13 Cars are leaving the pit lane on their way to the grid.

DanFlag · 7 May 2005, 13:41 (Ref:1295054)

Pos. Name Team Time
1 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni
2 Scott Speed iSport
3 Heikki Kovalainen Arden +1.2
4 Neel Jani Racing Engineering +7.7
5 Nelson Piquet HiTech +18.1
6 Jose Maria Lopez DAMS +23.5
7 Adam Carroll SuperNova
8 Alexandre Negrao HiTech
9 Nico Rosberg ART
10 Alexandre Premat ART
11 Nicolas Lapierre Arden
12 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS
13 Giorgio Pantano SuperNova
14 Clivio Piccione Durango DNF
15 Ryan Sharp DPR DNF
16 Olivier Pla DPR DNF
17 Mathias Lauda Coloni DNF
18 Can Artam iSport DNF
19 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN DNF
20 Ernesto Viso BCN DNF
21 Sergio Hernandez Campos DNF
22 Juan Cruz Alvarez Campos DNF
23 Borja Garcia Racing Engineering DNF
24 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango DNF

Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg (ART) - 1:25,875 (Lap 37)

Daisy · 7 May 2005, 13:42 (Ref:1295055)

(never mind

)

Mekola · 7 May 2005, 13:42 (Ref:1295056)

Do you have the race results Kidzer?
I don't know if López finished 5º or 6º.

flexible-flyer · 7 May 2005, 13:43 (Ref:1295057)

the fact that jani and kovalainen made early stops and finished were they did and also taking into account that adam carroll did the same thing in imola and might have won shows that early pitstops could be the key to success in gp2's main race.

Kidzer · 7 May 2005, 13:51 (Ref:1295062)

Actually - ryan was really close to hittin pla at the start, great reactions. Commentary from Mr Kirby wasn't much cop though, Gimmi Bruno a few times, Scott Sharp ones and a few others I cant remember

Mekola - Jose Maria Lopez finished in position 6

flexible-flyer · 7 May 2005, 13:52 (Ref:1295064)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kidzer

Scott Sharp

probably thought he was watching the irl or somehting!

Kidzer · 7 May 2005, 13:53 (Ref:1295065)

That's what I thought - I dont know if he was talking about Ryan or Scott Speed at the time

flexible-flyer · 7 May 2005, 13:54 (Ref:1295067)

its a real shame for dpr though. if there was ever a team that was suited to a track it was dave price and barca by the looks of it. ryan was holding on well, keeping the pace and looked set for a good result, a very good result. pla was all over the place but showed true pace and i will wait to hear the explanation for his accident.

flexible-flyer · 7 May 2005, 13:55 (Ref:1295068)

by the way, has ryan had a helmet change? it seemed darker.

Kidzer · 7 May 2005, 13:55 (Ref:1295069)

It is, they should get stronger throughout the season and it wouldn't surprise me if we had a DPR 1-2 before the season is out

(I am not biased, how dare you

)

Yes I think he has, its more Metallic, havent spoken to him about the helmet though, its nice innit?

flexible-flyer · 7 May 2005, 13:57 (Ref:1295070)

yeah its nice.

and dont start about being biased.....i am as biased as they come!

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