Luca Filippi and Giacomo Ricci won the final two races of the GP2 Asia season to tie on points for the runner-up spot in the championship, with Filippi taking the honours on count-back.
DAMS rookie Christian Vietoris managed to stop a Davide Valsecchi juggernaut on the first weekend of the new GP2 Asia season as the drivers took to Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit for their inaugural meeting.
This season’s GP2 Asia drivers have been getting a sneak preview of Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit as they tested this week ahead of the season’s first event as a support race for the F1 season finale.
The GP2 Asia calendar has just been released – but don’t blink, or you might miss it.
Max Chilton, winner of the Challenge Cup for the best UK driver in British Formula Three, is to spend his winter in GP2 Asia after confirming he has a seat with Barwa Addax, one of the top teams.
It’s now looking certain that there will be no British drivers on this year’s GP2 grid after DPR filled its remaining seat with Italian Giacomo Ricci, dashing the hopes of GP2 Asia graduate James Jakes.
DAMS drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Jerome d’Ambrosio secured a one-two in this year’s GP2 Asia championship in Bahrain, as well as a constructors’ title for their team. Meanwhile, Britain’s James Jakes had a respectable season finish.
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James Jakes traded his third place on the Malaysia GP2 Asia grid for a podium in the feature race, but fell early victim to monsoon condition in the sprint and crashed out.
Yorkshireman James Jakes has done his chances of securing a drive for the European leg of the GP2 competition a power of good today after qualifying third for the Sepang race.