Brits on Pole

The next round of this winter’s GP2 Asia series kicks off in Dubai tomorrow - with the sole British driver on the grid, James Jakes, set to race for Super Nova.

Gosh, what a week. You’d never know we were in the F1 close season, would you? Join us in ignoring the credit crisis, the ugly-duckling cars and the loss of races, and instead searching out some of the more fun and interesting things to happen this week.

Jenson Button has won a ringing endorsement from his Honda team’s management, which reckons he could take on Lewis Hamilton with the right equipment. But they are not yet certain enough to give him a 2009 contract, it would appear…

British F3 International runner-up Oliver Turvey is hoping for a front-running GP2 drive next year - despite losing out to 18-year-old team-mate Jaime Alguersuari in the junior series’ final round. And he’s got high hopes of the Macau Grand Prix…

James Jakes has faced a taxing debut weekend in the GP2 Asia series after crashes by him and other drivers cost him a decent shot at qualifying and then a feature race finish.

Just when you thought it was safe to switch off from the support races… along comes James Jakes.

To say that it’s not been a vintage year for British drivers in GP2 is something of an understatement. Our only regular starter has Mike Conway at Trident Racing, experiencing a pretty frustrating season. Brits on Pole takes a look at how he fared.

GP2 is launching a new support series entitled GP3. And Formula Master is also due to stage extra support races at 2009 F1 events. What’s going on?

British F3 driver Oliver Turvey has been hailed as the next Lewis Hamilton - and now he’s one step closer to making that a reality after securing a test with leading GP2 team iSport International.

Giorgio Pantano was crowned GP2 champion at Monza despite two conservative drives and a penalty that kept him off the podium of either race.