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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…

Giorgio Pantano took a giant leap towards wrapping up the GP2 series title by qualifying on pole in Monza while main rival Bruno Senna could only manage 12th.

Mike Conway lost the chance to start from pole for tomorrow’s GP2 Belgian sprint race after a stewards’ decision promoted him to seventh in a penalty-strewn feature race.

Lucas di Grassi’s Campos team is celebrating after his win in Valencia handed a double to the Spanish team. He followed in the footsteps of team-mate Vitaly Petrov, who took an unexpected victory in the feature race when leader Giorgio Pantano ran out of fuel.

Giorgio Pantano remains GP2 series leader following the Hungarian round of the championship - but Bruno Senna made up ground and is now hot on the Italian’s heels.

Want to send a message to Formula One bosses about which GP2 driver you think they should be looking to recruit next year? Here’s your chance.

Giorgio Pantano has retained his GP2 championship lead in Germany this weekend - despite being overtaken five laps from the end of the first race and failing to finish the second.

Racing Engineering driver Giorgio Pantano will go into the Hockenheim GP2 race as the most successful driver in the series’ history - but he’ll still have to fight for a championship win.

GP2’s usual off-road action was ramped up by a rain-sodden Silverstone circuit - and it was Bruno Senna who made hay while the sun failed to shine.