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He surely deserve it, after that good weekend at Bahrain, that passes and fights was great to watch and surely great to GP2

Racing Engineering Line-up:

Dani Clos-Lucas Di Grassi.

That's it, Parente's career is fucked.

I can't find a source for the confirmation of Perez at Arden?

Renamed Addax team sign Grosjean

The former Campos team have announced their new Barwa Addax name and confirmed Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov as their drivers for the 2009 GP2 Series.

The name change is a result of the departure of founder Adrian Campos at the end of last season, with new owner Alejandro Agag opting to re-title the team after the addax antelope, and in deference to main sponsor Barwa International.

Campos won the teams' championship in 2008 and took third in the drivers' points with Lucas di Grassi despite the Brazilian missing the first half of the season.

Renault Formula One test driver Grosjean has joined Addax after winning the GP2 Asia title and two races in the main series with former champions ART last year.

"There is very little to say about Romain having already reached Formula One status, in one of the best teams," Agag said. "We shall offer him a car that will give him the opportunity to demonstrate, not for the first time, his undoubted talent."

Grosjean added: "We have high expectations for the season to come. They have welcomed me warmly and I really feel that together we will be able to work efficiently and successfully from the get go."

Russian driver Petrov is about to start his third year with the team, having taken two victories in the main series and one race win in the Asian championship.

"We know each other perfectly and we know that he will guarantee us important points in the overall championship and offer other great moments like his victory in Valencia," said Agag. "And who is to say he won't be fighting for the drivers' championship."

Petrov, who first joined GP2 with DPR in mid-2006, admitted that this had to be a breakthrough season for him.

"For me the 2009 season will be probably the most important and difficult," he said.

"I'm really happy to stay one more year with Barwa Addax Team, which was my strong fortress for the last couple of years. I hope that together with my new teammate Romain we can repeat last season's result and become the strongest team in GP2."

Razia at FMS internationnal.

Parente to ORT: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73649

It's almost certain that Luca Filippi will partner Viila at Supernova.

Rigon and Al Fardan will test for Trident.

I hope rigon won't get the Trident seat, that guy deserves much more then a crap Trident car


btw, talking about crap:



He was once in Renaults youngdriver program but they dropped him (not that that means something, they even dropped Kubica imo). But in 2007 he topped all the wintertesting of Formula Renault 2.0, still he only finished 10th in that championship.

In 2008 he raced in the Spanish Formula 3 Championship, he became runner-up, but he didn't get a single victory!

There are other drivers who deserve a GP2 seat much more then he does.

But it's all about the money..

This kind of thing explains why Durango, even being one of the most traditional teams, could never get any sort of good results apart from Pantano in F3000 in 2003.

Hello, there has been testing in Paul Ricard 2 weeks ago, and Barcelona this week. Nobody cares?

Parente's been 2nd yesterday and 1st today, that's much better than expected. Barcelona's one of his best tracks, but I hope that's an indication for the season.

d'Ambrosio was even 3rd, I hope it are indications for the new season, but I fear times aren't very relative

Testing @ Barcelona - Day 2 (24/03/2009)
[spoiler]Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Alvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 1:26.948 23
2. Lucas Di Grassi Racing Engineering 1:26.980 +0.032 31
3. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:27.101 +0.153 19
4. Nico Hulkenberg ART Grand Prix 1:27.116 +0.168 30
5. Giedo Van der Garde iSport International 1:27.269 +0.321 20
6. Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 1:27.309 +0.361 36
7. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:27.350 +0.402 22
8. Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1:27.394 +0.446 31
9. Jerome D Ambrosio Dams 1:27.407 +0.459 23
10. Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 1:27.534 +0.586 32
11. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:27.553 +0.605 30
12. Romain Grosjean Barwa Campos Team 1:27.634 +0.686 27
13. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP 1:27.686 +0.738 23
14. Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 1:27.686 +0.738 27
15. Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 1:27.744 +0.796 31
16. Andreas Zuber FMS International 1:27.823 +0.875 22
17. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Campos Team 1:27.828 +0.880 29
18. Diego Nunes iSport International 1:27.858 +0.910 31
19. James Jakes DPR 1:28.043 +1.095 26
20. Michael Herck DPR 1:28.158 +1.210 19
21. Nelson Panciatici Durango 1:28.184 +1.236 32
22. Sergio Perez Telmex Arden International 1:28.223 +1.275 28
23. Davide Rigon Trident Racing 1:28.513 +1.565 37
24. Luiz Luiz Razia FMS International 1:29.098 +2.150 32
25. Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 1:29.222 +2.274 19
26. Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 1:30.893 +3.945 24[/spoiler]

again Di Grassi very fast, with his experience he should be able to conquer the title this year

also Parente being very fast again, he was a bit in the background in his first season (wich suprised me because he did win both the title in British F3 and Formula Renault 3.5) but he's back again it seems, I'm shure he can get some nice wins this year

Davide Rigon only 23, he should be much more in the top, but fact is that Trident is a crap team, in another team he would have done much, much better, I'm shure

Parente in 1st and The Hulk in 4th makes me a happy panda.

Someone give Rigon a half-decent car, please. He beats his team-mate by 2 seconds and somehow manages to beat 2 other drivers.

Ricardo Teixeira doesn't count as a driver, he's more like a granny at the wheel.

Results of yesterdays test (day 3)
[spoiler]Pos Driver Team Time
1. Javier Villa Super Nova 1:26.696
2. Alvaro Parente Ocean 1:26.735
3. Lucas di Grassi Racing Engineering 1:26.858
4. Luca Filippi Super Nova 1:26.882
5. Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax 1:26.903
6. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP 1:26.913
7. Giedo van der Garde iSport 1:27.026
8. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:27.088
9. Sergio Perez Arden 1:27.155
10. Jerome d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:27.247
11. Nico Hulkenberg ART 1:27.316
12. Andi Zuber FMS 1:27.349
13. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax 1:27.369
14. Edoardo Mortara Arden 1:27.525
15. Michael Herck DPR 1:27.665
16. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:27.673
17. Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:27.699
18. James Jakes DPR 1:27.796
19. Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 1:27.877
20. Davide Rigon Trident 1:27.899
21. Nelson Panciatici Durango 1:27.995
22. Pastor Maldonado ART 1:28.033
23. Diego Nunes iSport 1:28.127
24. Karun Chandhok Ocean 1:28.273
25. Luiz Razia FMS 1:28.609
26. Ricardo Teixeira Trident 1:29.728[/spoiler]

I have the feeling this year will be it for Di Grassi. Hes been at it in GP2 for years now, hes got to do well this year so he can finally get a F1 drive. Hes got what it takes for sure. It's like Pantano, he tried for many years in GP2 and other feeder series', even though he won it, he couldn't even get a test. So I think Di Grassi has to step up this year.

Pantano was in F1 in 2004.

Erm, that doesn't negate what he's said, the entire goal of Pantano's GP2 career was to get back to F1 and he couldn't get a test again, even after winning the championship.

I agree that Di Grassi right now seems to be the main favourite, due to his experience, the team he's in, and the testing times; but I don't think it's going to be a walkover at all: Grosjean, Hulk, Maldonado, maybe Kobayashi and Parente will have a word to say in the title chase.

Looks like GP2's going to end up Live on Setanta Sports in the UK & since Im not paying £12.99 a month extra to recieve it looks like no Live GP2 for me this year

Anyone knows what channels will show GP2 in France and UK (confirmed on Setanta?) ? Because Eurosport France won't show GP2 this year and Setanta is too expensive.